Re: FN-FORUM: Opinions on W3C validator

date posted 24th September 2007 10:53


On 24 Sep 2007, at 11:16, Paul Cooper wrote:

>
> On 23 Sep 2007 13:06:39 -0000, Tony Crockford
> [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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>> On 21 Sep 2007, at 13:22, Paul Cooper wrote:
>>> Amazon comes up with over 1000 errors. Even Google has 33
>>> errors.
>>
>> not sure of the point you're trying to make?
>>
> 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.