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Obfuscated HTML Contest?

Posted by Cliff on from the they-do-it-for-other-languages dept.

ptaff asks: "We all know the nightmare of typical HTML developer: you get different results on different browsers/platforms (and we're talking HTML only, no CSS/scripts). To make matters worse, MSIE has this ability to render completely invalid HTML code (missing tags, invalid nesting, you get the point). Mozilla and its many cousins are trying hard to keep up with the inconsistencies of today's 'web-optimized-for-MSIE', but where is the limit? As an exercise, can you build the most malformed HTML document that can be rendered in MSIE but will choke on others browsers?"

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  1. Just export a Word doc to HTML by redcliffe · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's totally obfuscated......

  2. Just use Microsoft's HTML obfuscator ... by jolshefsky · · Score: 5, Funny
    Step 1: type "Hello world." in a Microsoft Word document.

    Step 2: save as a web page.

    The result:

    <html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"
    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">

    <head>
    <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
    <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document>
    <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 9">
    <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 9">
    <link rel=File-List href="./Hello%20world_files/filelist.xml">
    <title>Hello world</title>
    <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
    <o:DocumentProperties>
    <o:Author>Administrator</o:Author>
    <o:LastAuthor>Administrator</o:LastAuthor&gt ;
    <o:Revision>1</o:Revision>
    <o:TotalTime>0</o:TotalTime>
    <o:Created>2002-12-12T13:01:00Z</o:Created&g t;
    <o:LastSaved>2002-12-12T13:01:00Z</o:LastSaved>
    <o:Pages>1</o:Pages>
    <o:Company>Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems, Inc.</o:Company>
    <o:Lines>1</o:Lines>
    <o:Paragraphs>1</o:Paragraphs>
    <o:Version>9.4402</o:Version>
    </o:DocumentProperties>
    </xml><![endif]-->
    <style>
    <!--
    /* Style Definitions */
    p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
    {mso-style-parent:"";
    margin:0in;
    margin-bottom:.0001pt;
    mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
    font-size:12.0pt;
    font-family:"Times New Roman";
    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
    @page Section1
    {size:8.5in 11.0in;
    margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;
    mso-header-margin:.5in;
    mso-footer-margin:.5in;
    mso-paper-source:0;}
    div.Section1
    {page:Section1;}
    -->
    </style>
    </head>

    <body lang=EN-US style='tab-interval:.5in'>

    <div class=Section1>

    <p class=MsoNormal>Hello world.</p>

    </div>

    </body>

    </html>
    Of course, it breaks the rules because it uses style sheets, but who's counting...
    --
    --- Jason Olshefsky

    Karma: Poser (mostly affected by adding this line long after everyone else did)

  3. How about this one... by Clover_Kicker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here is a classic.

    It just looks dumb in Mozilla, but you can use IE to truly experience the horror.

    I believe this was originally designed as an object lesson that HTML email and usenet posts are a bad idea.

    There is no author identified, but I'd love to know who came up with this one.

    1. Re:How about this one... by belbo · · Score: 5, Informative

      In case someone doesn't get it - look at the source of the page.

      Nice one, thanks :).

      b.

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