[Bug 1263] New: Simplified results page for "referer" validation

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=1263

           Summary: Simplified results page for "referer" validation
           Product: Validator
           Version: 0.7.0
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P4
         Component: Templates
        AssignedTo: ot@w3.org
        ReportedBy: ot@w3.org
         QAContact: www-validator-cvs@w3.org


A recurrent issue of the "check referrer" question is that, very often, the people who click on the icon 
are not the actual page owner, but someone curious, and the results pages, with its flow of information, 
are somewhat confusing.

The difficulty is to combine our policy that the icons should be set with a link to quick revalidation, as a 
"soft" guarantee that they are not misused, with the need to make the experience for people lost there a 
little less miserable.

The development of a templated system for the validator's results finally gives us an opportunity to 
improve the situation. 

We could imagine a "simple view" of the results, with (subject to discussion):
- no revalidation control 
- A quick intro text stating. "this page is the result of markup validation for the document located at 
[...]. You can learn more about _validation_, _why it matters_ and _how this validator works_ in our 
_FAQ and help_ document."
- the "this page is (not) valid foo" banner.
- (if applicable) the number of errors, with a link to full results.

A cgi parameter would trigger this view, and I suggest that we could start by only triggering it when 
doing the redirect from uri=referer to uri=http://www.example.com/foo. Then, if it is popular, we 
could make it more widely available.

Received on Thursday, 21 April 2005 03:25:51 UTC