- From: Thanasis Kinias <tkinias@optimalco.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 07:10:25 -0700
- To: Karl Dubost <karl@w3.org>
- Cc: Olivier Thereaux <ot@w3.org>, www-validator@w3.org
scripsit Karl Dubost: > At 18:25 -0700 2002-04-18, Thanasis Kinias wrote: > >As someone who uses the Validator quite a lot, and who also uses Lynx, I > >would say that anything added before the `This Page Is Valid' text would > >reduce the useability of the Validator. When one does a lot of > >validation, having to scroll to find out whether the page is valid is > >very inconvenient. > CSS rulez! No arguments there. > DO not confuse structure and layout. Thank you, Karl. ;) Maybe I should have mentioned that I've given seminars on WCAG with valid HTML/CSS, so I'm pretty familiar with the distinction. > We can perfectly put at the top for the layout and at the bottom in > the structure. So the page will be fine in text browsers and in > graphical browsers. In principle, yes. In this imperfect world, however, a developer must not exclude those using horribly flawed browsers like NS4. While there are ways to keep NS4 from seeing the CSS and going mad, they quickly leave the realm of elegance which CSS is supposed to offer and descend into very ugly hackdom. That having been said, there are several pages at W3C which demonstrate how you can use CSS positioning etc. to good effect while still giving NS4 something it can handle -- but it's not as simple as your comments suggest, unless a developer is willing to exclude a whole class of users. -- Thanasis Kinias Web Developer, Information Technology Graduate 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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