Comments on: Breaking the Rules http://blog.crankybit.com/breaking-the-rules/ Take a byte out of tech! Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:39:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Josh http://blog.crankybit.com/breaking-the-rules/#comment-1676 Josh Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:01:41 +0000 http://blog.crankybit.com/breaking-the-rules/#comment-1676 And by then, the web will evolve and the standard will be inadequate in some other way. We must let go of the "perfect world" hope in technology. :-D And this is a programming issue in general, not just a web development issue. Sticking to standards and best practices benefits you in ways you can't even foresee sometimes, but there's a reason standards are called standards and not laws, and "best" practices not "perfect" practices. Both will always be in a state of flux because we humans just can't hit the nail just right for something so potentially complicated as application and systems design. :-D AND recognize that the standards evolve slowly. In the real world, we don't have time to wait. All that said, the further beautification and modernization of XHTML is welcome. :-) And by then, the web will evolve and the standard will be inadequate in some other way. We must let go of the “perfect world” hope in technology. :-D

And this is a programming issue in general, not just a web development issue. Sticking to standards and best practices benefits you in ways you can’t even foresee sometimes, but there’s a reason standards are called standards and not laws, and “best” practices not “perfect” practices. Both will always be in a state of flux because we humans just can’t hit the nail just right for something so potentially complicated as application and systems design. :-D

AND recognize that the standards evolve slowly. In the real world, we don’t have time to wait. All that said, the further beautification and modernization of XHTML is welcome. :-)

]]> By: Jennifer http://blog.crankybit.com/breaking-the-rules/#comment-1675 Jennifer Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:05:26 +0000 http://blog.crankybit.com/breaking-the-rules/#comment-1675 Yea, I agree in some instances you have to break the rules. The standards are not yet fully flushed out to deal with all necessary circumstances. As XHTML progresses more closely to XML standards, I think that this will be a thing of the past. <a href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/waiaria" rel="nofollow">ALA</a> posted an article that made me think of this. There needs to be stateful identifiers in XHTML, which is where these non-semantic ids and classes are coming from - an attempt to give state. With these proposed additions of a "role" attribute, non-semantic rules will lessen! Yea, I agree in some instances you have to break the rules. The standards are not yet fully flushed out to deal with all necessary circumstances. As XHTML progresses more closely to XML standards, I think that this will be a thing of the past.

ALA posted an article that made me think of this. There needs to be stateful identifiers in XHTML, which is where these non-semantic ids and classes are coming from – an attempt to give state. With these proposed additions of a “role” attribute, non-semantic rules will lessen!

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