Re: [css-d] Doctypes rendering comparision table (my 5c)

2008-01-28 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Jan 28, 2008, at 5:30 AM, DAVOUD TOHIDY wrote: See: http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2008/01/24/almost-target/ ...for details. Thanks a lot for joining to the discussion George. So based on what Eric states on that page, a strict doctype requires that the correct CSS specifications to

Re: [css-d] Doctypes rendering comparision table (my 5c)

2008-01-28 Thread DAVOUD TOHIDY
@George: I understand your points very well. Again: doctypes and doctype-switching should *not* have anything to do with how CSS should be interpreted, but the fact that it does affect CSS is the only reason I'm responding on-list. That is exactly what I am reffering to George. Doctype

Re: [css-d] Doctypes rendering comparision table (my 5c)

2008-01-28 Thread DAVOUD TOHIDY
George wrote: I think that is one of the few proper uses one can make of a doctype. Yes that is ONLY one of the proper uses of a Doctype. Thanks a lot for everybody who contributed to this thread. Regards, davoud P.S.:To contribute to my research please visit:

Re: [css-d] Doctypes rendering comparision table (my 5c)

2008-01-28 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
DAVOUD TOHIDY wrote: Now from here I would like to point out an important issue. There has been some people on the internet claiming that Doctype is only for VALIDATION purposes. I believe they are just joking and that they do not see the big picture. The big picture is that browsers

Re: [css-d] Doctypes rendering comparision table (my 5c)

2008-01-28 Thread Alan Gresley
Davoud Tohidy wrote: @George: I understand your points very well. Again: doctypes and doctype-switching should *not* have anything to do with how CSS should be interpreted, but the fact that it does affect CSS is the only reason I'm responding on-list. That is exactly what I am

Re: [css-d] Doctypes rendering comparision table (my 5c)

2008-01-28 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Yes that is ONLY one of the proper uses of a Doctype. Doesn't make much sense to CC the list with quotes like that, when my mails are delayed forever and too often don't ever reach the list. G -- http://www.gunlaug.no

Re: [css-d] Doctypes rendering comparision table (my 5c)

2008-01-27 Thread Rafael
DAVOUD TOHIDY wrote: on Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:22:38 Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: 'The standards' (and the doctypes) were not written with differences in 'rendering' in mind. is this what you know or you believe? is there anything documented about this statement? In

Re: [css-d] Doctypes rendering comparision table (my 5c)

2008-01-27 Thread DAVOUD TOHIDY
o.k thanks a lot for everybody's contribution so far. Let me ask you a question. Suppose we use a strict doctype. Back to the image gap example. Now browsers encounter the strict doctype: I would like to know what happens that makes browsers insert the gap in strict mode? davoud

Re: [css-d] Doctypes rendering comparision table (my 5c)

2008-01-27 Thread DAVOUD TOHIDY
Jan 2008 19:03:25 +0100 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [css-d] Doctypes rendering comparision table (my 5c) On 27/01/2008, DAVOUD TOHIDY [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to know what happens that makes browsers insert the gap in strict mode? The cause

Re: [css-d] Doctypes rendering comparision table (my 5c)

2008-01-27 Thread DAVOUD TOHIDY
] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [css-d] Doctypes rendering comparision table (my 5c) DAVOUD TOHIDY wrote, On 27.01.2008 18:37: Let me ask you a question. Suppose we use a strict doctype. Back to the image gap example. Now browsers encounter the strict doctype: I would like

Re: [css-d] Doctypes rendering comparision table (my 5c)

2008-01-27 Thread DAVOUD TOHIDY
Rafel wrote: David, please configure your e-mail client... well I am using hotmail and i am not sure How I can do that...lol but I will look at the options to see what I can do there. The paragraph above looks like a possible answer to me...How about you? But it is not to me. It is not

Re: [css-d] Doctypes rendering comparision table (my 5c)

2008-01-27 Thread Zach Shepherd
I may be the only one who feels this way, but what started as a reasonable question has become very off topic (DTDs have nothing to do with CSS). I say this not only because off topic messages are considered annoying by some, but also because it means you are asking the wrong group of people.

Re: [css-d] Doctypes rendering comparision table (my 5c)

2008-01-27 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
DAVOUD TOHIDY wrote: [...] So based on what Eric states on that page, a strict doctype requires that the correct CSS specifications to be applied to an element such as the img in question. However almost standard mode does not necessarily requires it in SOME cases like above. Am I