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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Mar 7, 2006 3:10PM

Andrew Kirkpatrick wrote:
>> As a general rule of thumb, the more compliant the markup is,
>> the more accessible to more devices it would be.
>
> That is the general idea, but I'm not sure that it is actually
> defensible. Are there any browsers that _require_ valid HTML? If not,
> are you saying that there is no way to write a page that will display
> and read (when applicable) correctly in these without that page being
> valid? I'm not asking whether it is easier or not, just whether the
> statement is accurate.

Once you go outside of the spec, you're effectively at the mercy of each
individual browser's error correction/compensation mechanisms, which can
vary considerably. This increases the likelihood that your page breaks
apart or otherwise fails to display correctly.

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Patrick H. Lauke
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