[thelist] hiding html source code

[Tom Dell'Aringa]

--- At 12:54 pm +1030 Tim Burgan said
> > i've seen web developer... hide the source code
> > on a site that he had me view the work for approval.

--- Pauline Caldwell <figural at btopenworld.com> wrote:
> The definitive answer?
> 
> http://lemurzone.com/edit/converse53.htm

+1

Why would you want to hide your source? What is so unique about your
HTML source that you feel the need to hide it? Honestly, the answer
is nothing. There is nothing so unique or special about ANY - ANY
HTML code that it should be hidden.

The best know HTML authors on the net that truly do cutting edge work
- Douglas Bowman comes to mind - have their source freely available
to anyone who wants it. In fact, they encourage it.

If this is a boss directing you to do this, I would attempt to
educate him on the matter - mainly the point that there isn't
anything worth protecting in the HTML.

I've seen sites that have done it in IE. All I do is open it in
Mozilla/NS and bang, there it is. There are plenty of other ways to
get it. 

Tom

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