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		chc on April 18, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why HTTP Streaming? I think that's the point: Browsers don't bother to validate HTML, but they have to validate XHTML to know whether to pitch a fit about errors as required by the spec.

bct on April 19, 2011 | [–]

Please note that there is an important difference between "well-formed" and "valid".

jrockway on April 18, 2011 | [–]

Browsers? Spec? What universe are you from! :)

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