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Aug. 18th, 2001 01:27 amA rant I wish I'd written.
To Hell with Bad Editors
"But if they choose to market this feature and know developers rely on it (like creating entire sites from sliced images), then they should have the responsibility of building the tool to write correct code. Some tools offer the option to customize code by, for instance, letting you quote attributes. This should not be an option, attributes should be quoted. If somebody really wants to write non-compliant code, that person can edit it manually, but the tool should default to correct code at all times, and assume the user utilizes the tool because the user cannot or will not code by hand. "
To Hell with Bad Editors
"But if they choose to market this feature and know developers rely on it (like creating entire sites from sliced images), then they should have the responsibility of building the tool to write correct code. Some tools offer the option to customize code by, for instance, letting you quote attributes. This should not be an option, attributes should be quoted. If somebody really wants to write non-compliant code, that person can edit it manually, but the tool should default to correct code at all times, and assume the user utilizes the tool because the user cannot or will not code by hand. "