Re: FN-FORUM: wellvetted.com

date posted 10th January 2006 17:16

Erm.. thanks for patronising me - but I am aware of what web
standards are and why they're important.

My point was that Dave had said the fact that the site produced
errors "didn't inspire much confidence".

This is not a web designer's site. It's a site showcasing other
people's designs. The only thing that I, as a user, want
"confidence" in is the site creator's ability to choose attractive
sites - not their ability to code.

As it happens the site is entirely Flash-based and the code appears
to have been auto-generated - so the only people who I am likely to
lose confidence in are Macromedia. It kind of begs the question of
why you'd bother to check the HTML validity of a Flash site anyway?

Rich Quick
http://www.richardquickdesign.com



On 10 Jan 2006, at 16:56, Tony Crockford wrote:

>
> On 10 Jan 2006 16:43:45 -0000, Richard Quick
> [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>>
>> It's a site showcasing good design, not good development.
>>
>> I don't see what the number of html errors has got to do with that?
>
> and that's the problem with designers today.
>
> what you just clearly indicated is that how it looks is more important
> than if it works or not.
>
> I wonder how far Porsche or Ferrari would have got if they'd taken
> that attitude...
>
> Validation and Standards are an integral part of design.
>
> and don't just take my word for it - here's an excellent rant on
> the topic:
> http://blog.fawny.org/2006/01/04/failed/
>
> ;o)
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