- From: P. T. Rourke <ptrourke@mediaone.net>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 11:36:10 -0400
- To: <www-amaya@w3.org>
Or perhaps just a utility that will run the current page through the W3C validator (pass the url of the current page to the validator and open the validator results page in a separate window, let's say)? Patrick Rourke ptrourke@mediaone.net ----- Original Message ----- From: John Russell <ve3ll@rac.ca> Subject: the gecko.html gibberish > Someone pointed out that the page had errors but > after running thru tidy it was readable.... > And of course error-tolerence is not a current priority > for the Amaya project..... > However, since tidy does a reasonable job of making > many pages at least useable, could not a mechanism > be placed in Amaya where an icon would run a function to > pass the current file thru tidy to get a display ..... > It would appear to user to be similar to REFRESH, but > instead of a refetch it puts the page thru the fixer.... > This would allow testers to immediately identify > whether problem is Amaya or page designer's > Admittedly one can download page and test with tidy > or run over to validator.w3.org and submit url for check > but a nice push icon and good display means its > yet another authoring error ... and not Amaya > This type of function would also appeal to surfer type > who just wants to get to data without technical hassle... > I think integration of tidy.exe would be win-win situation > > John Russell, VE3LL@RAC.CA > http://www.cgocable.net/~jrussel
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