- From: Paul Ebermann <Paul-Ebermann@gmx.de>
- Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 21:02:44 -0400 (EDT)
- To: www-validator@w3.org
"Olivier Thereaux" skribis: > On Wed, Aug 14, 2002, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote: > > > > * 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, > > The arguments, "HTTP logic" VS "I want to validate my error pages", have > indeed been given before. > > IMHO the fact that the validator respects the logic behind HTTP (i.e "I > won't validate the page since it's not found") is useful most of the > time, while "I want to validate my error page" is very marginal. > > If there's not sensible way to satisfy both camps, I'd rather we stay > the way it is now. Why don't add an option? Like the other checkboxes (Show source, Show outline, Show parse tree, ...), there could be a checkbox "Ignore HTTP Errors". Paul
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