Re: FN-FORUM: Opinions on W3C validator

date posted 24th September 2007 11:07

On 24 Sep 2007, at 11:33 am, Tony Crockford wrote:

>> The point I'm making is that very few (I couldn't actually find any)
>> well know brands have web sites that validate. Therefore I'm
>> assuming
>> it's not something to worry about.
>
> I disagree.
>
> Internet Explorer is the most widely used browser, but it doesn't
> adhere to standards.
>
> saying it's okay not to validate just because lots of big sites
> don't is not a forward thinking standards advocating web
> professional way of thinking.
>
> ;o)
>
> you're either for standards or not. if you are *for* then you
> validate your code against those standards.

What he said (I was just in the process of drafting an
almost identically-worded response! )

Designers and companies not worrying about non-standard websites is
what allowed Microsoft to get away with IE's bad behaviour for so long.


Ian.
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