Comments on: Fun Anecdote about innerHTML http://ajaxian.com/archives/fun-anecdote-about-innerhtml Cleaning up the web with Ajax Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:55:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: loveencounterflow http://ajaxian.com/archives/fun-anecdote-about-innerhtml/comment-page-1#comment-271878 loveencounterflow Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:26:03 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=6201#comment-271878 yeah, as the old saying goes—on the high seas, before a judge, and when commenting on a blog post, your fate is in god’s hand. looks like nearly all the blog software out there has been designed to shoot down some other randomly chosen feature of what you typed in. last time i looked, slashdot of all places TURNED ANY CHARACTER OUTSIDE OF LATIN-1 INTO UTF-8 LITERALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sorry for shouting. yeah, as the old saying goes—on the high seas, before a judge, and when commenting on a blog post, your fate is in god’s hand. looks like nearly all the blog software out there has been designed to shoot down some other randomly chosen feature of what you typed in. last time i looked, slashdot of all places TURNED ANY CHARACTER OUTSIDE OF LATIN-1 INTO UTF-8 LITERALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sorry for shouting.

]]> By: eyelidlessness http://ajaxian.com/archives/fun-anecdote-about-innerhtml/comment-page-1#comment-271866 eyelidlessness Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:16:13 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=6201#comment-271866 Oh, and of course the comment parser can combine two hyphens to become an em dash. 9_9 Oh, and of course the comment parser can combine two hyphens to become an em dash. 9_9

]]> By: eyelidlessness http://ajaxian.com/archives/fun-anecdote-about-innerhtml/comment-page-1#comment-271865 eyelidlessness Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:15:34 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=6201#comment-271865 For anyone who cares and doesn't want to bother viewing the source, the tags that were not properly escaped in the quote are: <tr> <table> <!-- new rows --> I'm continually rolling my eyes at basic mistakes like this on a site devoted to advanced web development concerns. For anyone who cares and doesn’t want to bother viewing the source, the tags that were not properly escaped in the quote are:

<tr>
<table>
<!– new rows –>

I’m continually rolling my eyes at basic mistakes like this on a site devoted to advanced web development concerns.

]]> By: igaenssley http://ajaxian.com/archives/fun-anecdote-about-innerhtml/comment-page-1#comment-271853 igaenssley Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:26:31 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=6201#comment-271853 @Jonathan, Oh snap. @Jonathan,

Oh snap.

]]> By: JonathanLeech http://ajaxian.com/archives/fun-anecdote-about-innerhtml/comment-page-1#comment-271850 JonathanLeech Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:13:27 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=6201#comment-271850 The real crime isn't omitting innerHTML for tables umpteen years ago, it's that Microsoft has never implemented it since. And I've got the world's smallest violin playing just for that Microsoft developer who got bit by his own omission. The real crime isn’t omitting innerHTML for tables umpteen years ago, it’s that Microsoft has never implemented it since. And I’ve got the world’s smallest violin playing just for that Microsoft developer who got bit by his own omission.

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