- From: Thanasis Kinias <tkinias@optimalco.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 17:52:27 -0700
- To: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- Cc: Liam Quinn <liam@htmlhelp.com>, www-validator@w3.org
scripsit Bjoern Hoehrmann: > > * Liam Quinn wrote: > >I don't think it makes sense for the Validator to check unsuccessful > >responses since this almost always indicates an incorrect URL. To check a > >404 error page, you can use the file upload form. > > I disagree and actually I have requested this feature some time ago, see > http://www.w3.org/2002/02/mid/89jn1uk63k59dsvan57sn7nb2i6cf91aip@4ax.com > > Using the file upload form is in general possible, but rather > uncomfortable, if a simple switch could enable such feature in the > validator. Consider e.g. dynamically generated error messages. FWIW, I would have to agree with Björn on this from an end-user perspective. _Normally_ I would want a validator simply to return an error if it gets a 404, but a switch (like the DOCTYPE and charset overrides) to validate 403/404/whatever error pages would be quite useful. What would be problematic would be validating the 404 page by default, as it could be confusing to get the ``No errors found!'' result when I've miskeyed a URL. -- Thanasis Kinias Web Developer, Information Technology Graduate Student, Department of History Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A. Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, Ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul
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