Re: FN-FORUM: Opinions on W3C validator

date posted 24th September 2007 13:52

On 24 Sep 2007 13:07:48 -0000, Tony Crockford wrote
> it's not the fact that it's standard compliant or not, its that it's
> being used in an inappropriate way.

Close but not quite. Its not the fact that its standards compliant or not,
its the that the designer failed to take account of all the classes of user,
and that its not usable for at least one class. The fact that its standards
compliant does not help that class of user.

> in other words the web *application* depends on access to a database,
> deny it access to the database and it's unusable.

Correct; and this is true regardless of its standards compliance or
otherwise.

> so as you said, it's not the compliance that makes it unusable or not...

Correct!

> I suspect we're agreeing with each other and just failing to
> communicate it.

I suspect you are correct.

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Gary Short
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