- From: Thanasis Kinias <tkinias@optimalco.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 05:56:07 -0700
- To: Jan! <jan_w3+evang@jeugdhuisx.be>
- Cc: Karl Dubost <karl@w3.org>, public-evangelist@w3.org
scripsit Jan!: > > >>Why Web Standards Matter - Carrie Bickner -- 7/15/2002 > >>http://libraryjournal.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA232338&publication=libraryjournal > >Is there another URI that actually serves the article? > > http://libraryjournal.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=articlePrint&articleID=CA232338&publication=libraryjournal > > The printer-friendly version, no HTTP redirects. For laughs, check out the output of running the W3C validator on that document: <http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Flibraryjournal.reviewsnews.com%2Findex.asp%3Flayout%3DarticlePrint%26articleID%3DCA%2B232338%26publication%3Dlibraryjournal&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline> 1. The article, which states > The first step in creating accessible sites is to make sure that you > are using well-formed XHTML. isn't XHTML at all; it's tag-soup MSHTML with some CSS slapped on. 2. There's no DOCTYPE. 3. Manually setting DOCTYPE to HTML 4.01 Transitional yields a slew of errors. Just how does this sort of advocacy help the cause? -- Thanasis Kinias Doctoral Student, Department of History Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A. Ash nazg durbatulūk, ash nazg gimbatul, Ash nazg thrakatulūk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul
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