- From: Larry Israel <lisrael@cruzio.com>
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 13:57:17 -0700
- To: www-validator@w3.org
Some ideas: rigorous perfection for the perfectionist strict On a slightly different issue, I agree with suggestions previously in this thread that the job of the validator is to check validity. I agree with the sentiment that if a document validates against the standard, the validator should says so: This document is Valid HTML 4.01 Transitional (for example). I also think the direction this beta is taking of providing additional suggestions when in fussy mode is excellent! Best practices are to be encouraged, and the validator is a good tool for educating web authors about problematic markup. Given that *both* of the above are my preferred direction of choice, the fussy warnings: 1. Should not invalidate the document (as stated above) and 2. Should be considered (worded) to be additional suggestions, tips, or advice. Ideally, these would be offered in a separate section of the results. Perhaps this could be similar to the CSS validator's errors and warnings. Therefore, these are words that might be used for fussy mode: (additional/further/with/plus) suggestions/tips/advice Interface idea (where "O" is a radio button): O Check validity O Check validity and provide additional suggestions Or, for short: "Validator" and "Validator Plus." Larry
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