- From: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:48:08 -0400
- To: Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>
- CC: HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
Henri Sivonen wrote: > On Jun 13, 2009, at 00:08, John Foliot wrote: > >> Which brings *me* back to my ongoing question: why should we care about >> validity (conformance)? > > You should care about running a validator, because it points out > mistakes you didn't intend to make and, thus, helps you find mistakes > that would otherwise be slower (i.e. more expensive) to spot. I operate a validator for another (and related) specification, so I definitely know where you are coming from, but taking a look at this: http://html5.validator.nu/?doc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F Noting that the last six errors relate to the font element, let me ask: how does this help "you find mistakes that would otherwise be slower (i.e. more expensive) to spot"? Note: I am intentionally *not* asking about @gbcolor, @text, @link, @vlink, @alink, @topmargin, @marginheight, nobr, u, @width, center, @clear, @cellpadding, @cellspacing, @valign, @align, @nowrap or naked ampersands. - Sam Ruby
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