jjroland opened this issue on Apr 19, 2007 ยท 56 posts
svdl posted Fri, 20 April 2007 at 9:39 AM
I definitely recommend using XHTML instead of vanilla HTML. XHTML is currently the recommended W3C standard.
Its main advantage is that XHTML syntax conforms to the XML standards, which makes it stricter. By the way, XHTML requires the use of CSS. It's not optional as in HTML 4.0.
I have used Dreamweaver MX, and frankly, I'm not impressed. The HTML it generates is quite clunky. And don't get me started on the quality of the scripts it generates - lousy is too generous a word. If you're going to use script, either client-side or server-side, create it yourself. Generated scripts are trying to cover each and every situation, which results in an incredible amount of bloat.
The pen is mightier than the sword. But if you literally want to have some impact, use a typewriter