JeremyB>Having a browser that is standards compliant I agree
JeremyB>with, I know M$ make up their own versions of standards
JeremyB>sometimes,

Yes. Standards are important.

JeremyB>but having a browser with a bit of intelligence to second
JeremyB>guess things when it gets something that doesn't parse
JeremyB>properly would be useful in many situations IMHO.

Yes, that is exactly what I mean by making a browser "forgiving"

Carl> Being a person who writes software, I'm kinda biased and I
Carl>reckon the tool should implement the standard and the person
Carl>should stick to the standard.

Ideally yes. But if the person who makes the websites makes a
mistake, I would rather have the browser make a good attempt.
Sorry, Carl, I know this means more work for you as a programmer.

Even some sanity checking like backward or forward slashes in a URL,
perhaps a Forgiving Browser would kindly fix this for you ...

Yuri




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