Re: "valid [X]HTML x.x!" icons are Evil (was Re: Thanks a lot)

On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, James Ralston wrote:

> On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Nick Kew wrote:
> > Isn't the purpose of the icon to propagate the notion that
> > validation, or more generally standards-compliance, is a Good Thing?
>
> Yes, and it's a noble goal, but asking web authors to propagate that
> notion by *explicitly advertising their pages as being valid* is a
> horrible injustice,

not as horrible as 'best viewed with Netscape/IE' graphics.

L.

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Received on Thursday, 20 December 2001 19:57:33 UTC