- From: Susan Lesch <lesch@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 13:45:21 -0700
- To: "Michael Kerner" <irishllama@hotmail.com>, site-comments@w3.org
Michael Kerner wrote: > Your validation for HTML is so stupid! I made a page of my owen and your > site found hundreds of things that make NO difference if they were there or > not. No one cares about using "proper technique" because it works anyway > and users don't look at the sites code. Start concentrating on doing > things that help people. Thank you for writing. I hope that this page at the Web Design Group will help explain some of the reasons why HTML validation has always been important. For example, pieces of an invalid HTML page can be invisible for the user in some browsers. I daresay invalid HTML can cause a bad user experience and at times can result in data loss. http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/reasons.html Best wishes, -- Susan Lesch http://www.w3.org/People/Lesch/ mailto:lesch@w3.org tel:+1.858.483.4819 World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) http://www.w3.org/
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