Re: [dm-l] MS-Internet Explorer 6 and standards based computing

Hi all,

Joris van.Zundert wrote:

Although I doubt whether IE parses better, I wonder why one wouldn't just parse server side and sending HTML? For those who want the very XML, a download button, FTP, or OAI solution may be provided. HTML is implemented fairly reliable over all browsers, is it? Or do I fail to see an important point for not parsing XML server side?

There are three good reasons:

-You have no XSL transformation tool on the server (and no control over the server so you can't install one).

-You need to deliver materials on CD-ROM or other standalone media for people with no access to the Internet.

-Your server is struggling with its load, and you'd like to offload some of the work to clients.

Cheers, Martin