[thelist] XHTML validation question

[Tyme]

----- Original Message -----
From: Jon Haworth <jhaworth at witanjardine.co.uk>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 3:51 AM
Subject: RE: [thelist] XHTML validation question


> > > Just use <div id="blah"></div> ... no need to actually
> > > close blah with </div blah>
> >
> > TYME} Appreciate the response, but you missed the point entirely.  I
> _like_
> > using the closing tag descriptor.  Was asking if anyone had encountered
> any
> > adverse effects to this or had any reference that discuss using it.
>
> Hi Tyme,
>
> Couldn't you just use
>
> <div class="foo">
>    ...
>    ...
> </div><!-- foo -->
>
> as this neatly sidesteps any possible problems but still gives you the
same
> information?

TYME} Well, I _could_ ... :-)    And, I plan to do that, if necessary.  But,
still prefer the </div foo> style...is compact and more readable in web
editor with syntax highlighting set as it is.  ...Again, I am not
experiencing any browser problems using the end-tag descriptor, AFAIK.