@Stephen_PhilbinOct 03.2004 — #Just seems to me like he's saying what most people here have been saying for ages. Valid code alone is not enough, standards being standard is still a long way off and that you should put just as much thought into your code as code its self. Not doing something in a particular way because you know how, but because it's the best way to do it (or at least you think it is the best way).
Put simply; Use standards, but use them sensibly.
My personal preference is as strict as possible. That's just how I like it, because it suits me. That's not to say though that I frown upon using transitional. I just don't have much use for it myself. Each DTD is preferable for something over another. If they weren't then we wouldn't have them all. We'd just have the one that everyone would have to make do with.
As for the whole colaboration side of things. Well I don't see me getting any better at working in a group or working on other peoples' work any time soon. I can't stand working on other people's work. I'm hoping that the reason for that is because when it's html, it's invariably a massive mish-mash of pointless <td>'s and <tr>'s etc. However I'm pretty sure that is not the case because I still hate working with other peoples' php. I think it's more that when it's something I've made I immediately know where the problem will be because I know my code and how it works. However with someone elses' work I have to take the time to assemble the structure of the code in my minds eye for each error that needs adjusting or fixing. And how each change will affect the structure of the rest of the project. :/