- From: <JAMESICUS@aol.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 11:58:22 EST
- To: www-validator@w3.org
- CC: thomas@frovin.com
In a message dated 2/24/00 5:31:29 AM US Mountain Standard Time, Thomas Frovin Jensen wrote: > I have recently discovered the usefulness of HTML - validators. However > there is one aspect that bothers me. It is possible to write a page with > correct HTML that looks awfull on the screen, or rather looks nice in MS > Internet Explorer, but is corrupted in Netscape Navigator. The problem > is, which I think we all know, that Microsoft went so far in > 'userfriendliness' that even if your HTML code is not completely correct > Explorer attempt to show what was intended. Very 'friendly' to less > professional code writers but leading to bad habits like "If its works > in Explorer it is OK" Or 'not testing your page's performance in other > browsers" I have personally not experienced this, rather, I have always found that web pages that validate display correctly in all Browsers. James Pickering Tucson, Arizona jamesicus@aol.com Tools and Information for producing well-formed web pages http://members.aol.com/jamesicus/wf.htm Brazilian Cacti in cultivation http://members.aol.com/jamesicus/ Italic Calligraphy Online Copybook http://members.aol.com/corsiva/
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