Re: validator broken for http://www.google.co.uk/ from Ruud Steltenpool on 2009-08-10 (www-validator@w3.org from August 2009)

From: Ruud Steltenpool <svg@steltenpower.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:10:24 +0200
To: www-validator@w3.org
Message-ID: <4A7FE400.7040500@steltenpower.com>

>>  Error  Line 7, Column 741: Attribute "BGCOLOR" is not a valid 
>> attribute. Did you mean "bgcolor"?
>>
>> yet the code it highlights has a lowercase bgcolor:


> This is a generic message applied to all unrecognised attributes on the 
> off chance that XHTML is being used and the attribute is in uppercase.
> 
> It seems to be one of the most confusing messages, with numerous queries 
> to the mailing list about it.
> 
> Can we get it scrapped for the next release of the Validator please?


Please fix, instead of scrap.

Received on Monday, 10 August 2009 09:20:19 UTC