Re: FN-FORUM: Opinions on W3C validator

date posted 24th September 2007 11:26

On 24 Sep 2007 10:46:14 -0000, Ian Piper wrote
> 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.

No its not. Its users just wanting to get a job done online and not giving a
stuff (or not even knowing) about what standards the site they are using
does or does not employ. I don't have facts to back this up (obviously) but
I'd be stunned if more than a small percentage of Net users where aware of
standards and which sites do and do not adhere to them.

Usability is key not standards - the two are not necessarily the same.

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Gary Short
http://www.garyshort.org