- From: olivier Thereaux <ot@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:24:59 -0400
- To: Scott Haneda <talklists@newgeo.com>
- Cc: Ian Stuart <Ian.Stuart@ed.ac.uk>, www-validator@w3.org
On Mar 19, 2008, at 16:30 , Scott Haneda wrote: > > Those are custom attribute types for Safari, which allow a search > box to do a little more than a usual one, it looks nicer IMO, and > can remember past search terms. > > Since the site is all Mac, it seems relevant. Is there some way I > can shove some markup in there to get the validator to ignore that, > or does that dissolve the ideals of validating in general? The point of validation is that it is one way to check that your page is close to a standard that should help you be interoperable across browsers. So, even if there may be tricks to "validate" some proprietary markup, it does defeat the purpose. Look for tutorials on the Web on styling and scripting forms, maybe? HTH, -- olivier
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