Re: DTD. Is it needed?

> What about all the new Internet deveices, fridges, washers, cars,
hand helds
> etc...? Their numbers will, by some accounts, overtake browsers for
Interent
> access in the coming years

More and more devices are looking at the Declaration to decide how to
render a page.

Already IE5 for mac will give a different rendering to your page
depending on whether a DOCTYPE is declared or not, and if so what the
DOCTYPE declaration is..

The bottom line appears to be that if you ask for a strict DTD, the
device will render the page in compliance with W3C specifications, if
you ask for transitional or don't declare a doctype it will render
your page in the old 'buggy' mode.

Frank

----- Original Message -----
From: "Timo Markkanen" <timo.markkanen(at)moh.hnet.bc.ca>
To: "Villano, Paul" <VillanoP(at)usachcs-emh1.army.mil>
Cc: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: DTD. Is it needed?


> What about all the new Internet deveices, fridges, washers, cars,
hand helds
> etc...? Their numbers will, by some accounts, overtake browsers for
Interent
> access in the coming years.
> Does their hardware/software rendering specs require a DTD?
> I add DTDs to every page and test them all hoping that the Internet
devices were
> designed so I won't have to redo all my work ( as long as the pages
pass the
> testing, of course ).
> Is there any evidence anywhere one way or the other?
>
> Thanks,
>
> "Villano, Paul" wrote:
>
> > snip...
> > But browsers themselves (according to this expert) do not NEED a
DTD to
> > function.  There are a number of ways you can get Tidy and various
programs
> > to use it.  It is simply a tool that you can add to most other
programs
> > (including Dreamweaver) to edit your pages.  You can find more
info here:
> >
>
> Timo Markkanen
> Web Services - HealthNet/BC
> 250-952-2903
> timo.markkanen(at)moh.hnet.bc.ca
>
>

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