Re: indentation

["John E. Simpson" <simpson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 01:02 PM 11/10/1999 -0800, Chuck White wrote:
> ... overall, I'd be careful about warning people against learning the IE5
> method. It's still a good way to get comfortable with the syntax, and not
> everybody is a programmer or is comfortable working with the tools most
> often discussed on this list. XT is my favorite tool, but mostly because I'm
> a non-programmer and it's relatively easy to use and it follows the spec.
> But I got my feet wet with IE5 because all I had to do was hit the reload
> button when I made changes to my style sheet.
>
> So while it's important that the distinction between the emerging standard
> and the IE5 namespace is made, I still look at IE5 as a fairly decent
> learning tool, if nothing else.

Of course you're right. Someone might opt to use IE5 for any of a dozen 
reasons, none of which I'm in a position to argue with -- including the 
excellent reason you cite.

In my post to which the above was a reply, I actually dithered quite a bit 
over the wording: didn't want to tell someone NOT to use IE5, but also 
wanted them (if they chose it) to do so with open eyes. Obviously could've 
afforded to dither for a few seconds more. :)

Thanks for the clarification, Chuck.


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