Head First HTML with CSS

Transitional Strict
So, you’re just going to leave behind all those
millions of Web pages out there that still use older
versions of HTML? Ignore them completely? I
bet you use some nonstrict Web pages yourself.
How ’bout I come over and check your history list?
Not everyone wants to be on the cutting edge,
you know. Some people like using those old tags.
Other people want to take things a bit slower,
make sure they understand exactly what the new
standard is before jumping in and willy-nilly
changing their pages.
You know, you really should be nice to me; I’ve
helped a lot of pages move to strict.
True, they can just start strict and won’t need me.
Anyway, I’m going back to my kinder and gentler
method of moving pages to strict. You can go back
to cracking your whip.
Yeah, yeah. Did you bother telling the readers that
by the end of the chapter, you’ll be obsolete too?
standards, compliance, and all that jazz
Oh no, you’re not coming near my browser
history; keep your grubby paws off it. You’re
right, there are a lot of useful pages out there
that need to be updated, and maybe they never
will be, but we’re trying to build a better Web.
So stop encouraging people to stay behind the
times.
Willy-nilly? There’s nothing willy-nilly about
4.01. It’s actually cleaner and simpler to
understand than the older HTML versions.
And, if people write their Web pages correctly,
they’ll be well prepared to have their pages
work well in browsers for a long time.
Okay, it is helpful for people to be able to mark
their pages as transitional until they learn the
new stuff. All I’m saying here is transitional
shouldn’t be used as a crutch. And anyone
reading this book who is new to HTML and
CSS has no need to be transitional.
Hey! Watch it. Pages will be thanking me down
the road for keeping them strict.
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