should Konqueror render invalid HTML?

[George Staikos]

FYI, even google.com does not have valid HTML.  At least, it did not last time 
I checked with the validator.  I emailed them to ask them why, and if they 
would consider making it valid html, they responded saying they were not 
interested in having valid HTML. (on their front page!!)

On Tuesday 18 February 2003 22:56, Michael Wardle wrote:
> (I am not currently subscribed to the Konqueror mailing list.  I would
> appreciate it if you copied me on any response.)
>
> I just performed a search for Konqueror bugs on <http://bugs.kde.org>,
> and noticed there were a substantial number of bugs reported either
> expecting Konqueror to render invalid HTML or to work "like Netscape
> does" or "like Internet Explorer does" on badly-written sites.
>
> Is it the Konqueror developers' desire to make Konqueror work on invalid
> HTML, especially when doing so might render valid HTML pages
> incorrectly?
>
> As I would rather a fast, small, and standards-compliant browser, I
> would enjoy going thru KDE bugs and closing ones which ask for broken
> pages to be rendered "right", but perhaps you would rather I didn't.
>
> Could somebody from the development team please comment on what the
> objectives of Konqueror are and how you would like such bugs handled.
>
> I searched the kfm-devel archives and couldn't find a relevant answer to
> this question, however it is of course fine for you to point me there
> if I have missed something.
>
> Thanks

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George Staikos