Subj : Clean simple HTML (was: How much should I charge for fixed-pric...)
To   : comp.programming
From : rem642b
Date : Wed Aug 24 2005 11:48 pm

> From: blm...@myrealbox.com
> In the very olden days (what, about ten years ago?), one was meant
> to use HTML to define the logical structure of one's document, ...

I took a course in Web Design, only because it was required as a
prerequisite for JavaScript class I was going to take in the Fall (but
that class was cancelled due to insufficient enrollment). In the Web
design class it was emphasized that in the transition from SGML/HTML to
XML/XHTML, all specifications *how* a browser should render something
are being replaced by suggestions of the *purpose* of the markup. For
example, <b>...</b> i.e BOLD is going away, to be replaced by
<em>...</em> i.e. emphasized in a browser-dependent way, whereby some
browsers would make it bold but others might emphasize it in some other
way. This seems to be a slight turn around back toward the original
intent. XML of course is a complete flushing of all formatting,
expressing only the semantics of the information, with stylesheets as
separate files to show what formatting to use for each different
pattern of semantics. I'm currently formatting my new HTML WebPages as
XHTML transitional, but I almost wish I could be done with all that and
instead publish pure XML content that all Web browsers would understand
(with aid of my own stylesheet which could be overridden by any user
who didn't like mine).

> Based on the very small sample of Mr. Maas's Web pages I've looked
> at:  At least it's nice clean simple HTML, which in these times is
> unusual but (IMO) a nice change.

Thank you for the compliment.

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