- From: Danny Ayers <danny.ayers@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 22:11:18 +0100
- To: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- Cc: www-validator@w3.org
On 1/28/06, Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net> wrote: > * Danny Ayers wrote: > >Even with validator bookmarks in place in my browser it takes time to > >check, and demands a lot more attention than glancing at a smiley. The > >change might only lower the bar to validation a teeny bit, but on web > >scale that may still make a significant difference. > > Well, you are really better off with a browser extension that performs > validation. There is a HTML Tidy plugin for Firefox that does this to > some extend, for example. From what I gather it should not be difficult > at all to extend this to use OpenSP or if you are more concerned about > XML formats to use some DSDL implementations performing NVDL, RNG, etc > validation. Especially for dynamic formats like SVG et al. that makes > considerably more sense as it would allow to validate the DOM at any > given point rather than just the static content which is increasingly > unlikely to represent the actual state of the document. Or WebApp, or > whatever you call it. A browser extension would certainly be better than my current approach, and as you suggest, dynamic material does muddy the water somewhat. However I do still think server-side validation has its advantages through being closer to the material under scrutiny. The on-site visual indication is there for everyone to see - for a multi-editor site that could make for a lot more bugfix eyeballs. Cheers, Danny. -- http://dannyayers.com
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