Revision as of 14:08, 9 March 2004 edit David Gerard (talk \| contribs) Edit filter managers, Extended confirmed users 214,589 edits FrontPage really was notably bad for this sort of thing - this better? ← Previous edit		Revision as of 14:44, 9 March 2004 edit undo David Gerard (talk \| contribs) Edit filter managers, Extended confirmed users 214,589 edits "syntactically incorrect", of course Next edit →
Line 19: HTML is a heavily structured [[markup language]]. There are certain rules on how HTML must be written as defined by the [[W3C]] standards. Following these rules allows for sites that are accessible to handicapped people, and also to [[wireless]] devices like [[mobile phone]]s or [[PDA]]s. WYSIWYG editors frequently fail to adhere to these rules, turning out code that works to some degree but is syntactically ~~correct~~incorrect. Older versions of [[Microsoft FrontPage]], in particular, were notorious for producing code that would only work properly in [[Internet Explorer]], as (to a lesser degree) was [[Netscape Composer]] for [[Netscape Navigator]]. Then again, text editors do not provide complete validation for all of these rules either, so valid code still relies on knowledge and accuracy of the coder. While the "valid HTML" arguement still stands, the larger WYSIWYG editors have greatly improved their automated code writing in each version.

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