Re: [MACCAWS] XHTML and ASP.NET

At 10:43 11/09/2002 +0000, tgmcmillen wrote:
>So if you are approching anyone who uses ASP.Net, it may not be
>technically possible for them to code to the latest standards.
>Microsoft have written ASP.Net to enable a page to be displayed so
>that is looks the same on all clients - but in the process have thrown
>away any chance of writing something with a DOCTYPE at the top of the
>page. In one way it's very clever, but by not giving an option to
>procuce consistent output code it's also very very stupid.
>
>As it's from MS though, why am I not surprised it's impossible to
>write stuff to open standards?

I noticed this issue the other day while reading through the ASP.NET 
quickstart guides. The most worrying thing I saw was ASP.NET's automatic 
inclusion of javascript:_weirdstuff() links to enable "postbacks", which 
reload the page with slightly different contents when you click a link.

All in all, ASP.NET looks like a pretty serious problem for us web 
standards enthusiasts. This is a big issue, and one that in my opinion 
would be best tackled by an organised united front from organisations like 
MACCAWS and WaSP. Microsoft are unlikely to alter their new keystone 
technology lightly.

Regards,

Simon Willison

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