Comments on: How important is HTML and CSS validation? http://www.thewebsqueeze.com/web-design-articles/how-important-is-html-and-css-validation.html Web Design Magazine Wed, 06 Jul 2011 03:12:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Karinne Legault http://www.thewebsqueeze.com/web-design-articles/how-important-is-html-and-css-validation.html/comment-page-1/#comment-7776 Karinne Legault Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:13:09 +0000 http://www.thewebsqueeze.com/?p=613#comment-7776 <p>@Amber - I totally agree! I'm just saying that some people tend to take the validator like the tool to prove they code right, which in my opinion is not entirely true. Yes, you've got all your tags closed but if you're using a span (or div) element with a bunch of CSS properties to mimmick the heading element, then you don't know what you're doing.</p> @Amber – I totally agree! I’m just saying that some people tend to take the validator like the tool to prove they code right, which in my opinion is not entirely true. Yes, you’ve got all your tags closed but if you’re using a span (or div) element with a bunch of CSS properties to mimmick the heading element, then you don’t know what you’re doing.

]]> By: Amber Weinberg http://www.thewebsqueeze.com/web-design-articles/how-important-is-html-and-css-validation.html/comment-page-1/#comment-7775 Amber Weinberg Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:40:58 +0000 http://www.thewebsqueeze.com/?p=613#comment-7775 Or perhaps I read this post wrong (sorry!) but you are right, semantics, which the validators don't check for, are just as, if not more important than validation. Or perhaps I read this post wrong (sorry!) but you are right, semantics, which the validators don’t check for, are just as, if not more important than validation.

]]> By: Amber Weinberg http://www.thewebsqueeze.com/web-design-articles/how-important-is-html-and-css-validation.html/comment-page-1/#comment-7774 Amber Weinberg Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:25:51 +0000 http://www.thewebsqueeze.com/?p=613#comment-7774 I disagree. Validation ensures browser compatibility among other reasons you listed above. An unvalidated site is as bad as have drop shadows on everything in a design. If you don't take the time to learn proper coding, you'll never be an excellent developer. Validation has: *speed up my coding time *speed up browser compatibility *cleaned up code *made it easier to update in the future *makes you look like you know what you're doing - no reputable agency should ever hire a developer who doesn't validate. *Improves SEO Not to offend anywhere here who agreed with the post however. I disagree. Validation ensures browser compatibility among other reasons you listed above. An unvalidated site is as bad as have drop shadows on everything in a design. If you don’t take the time to learn proper coding, you’ll never be an excellent developer.

Validation has:

*speed up my coding time
*speed up browser compatibility
*cleaned up code
*made it easier to update in the future
*makes you look like you know what you’re doing – no reputable agency should ever hire a developer who doesn’t validate.
*Improves SEO

Not to offend anywhere here who agreed with the post however.

]]> By: Michael http://www.thewebsqueeze.com/web-design-articles/how-important-is-html-and-css-validation.html/comment-page-1/#comment-5144 Michael Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:41:13 +0000 http://www.thewebsqueeze.com/?p=613#comment-5144 I tend to get layout problems when I place a div in the wrong spot, or wrap a div improperly - which unfortunately is not caught by W3C. (Obviously) :) Also, I think one point you missed was that validation is important for proper SEO. Good article. I tend to get layout problems when I place a div in the wrong spot, or wrap a div improperly – which unfortunately is not caught by W3C. (Obviously) :)

Also, I think one point you missed was that validation is important for proper SEO. Good article.

]]> By: Karinne Legault http://www.thewebsqueeze.com/web-design-articles/how-important-is-html-and-css-validation.html/comment-page-1/#comment-4008 Karinne Legault Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:11:59 +0000 http://www.thewebsqueeze.com/?p=613#comment-4008 <p>@Jennifer - I totally agree! Once it validates at least you know the bug isn't caused by a tag that isn't closed or something like that.</p> @Jennifer – I totally agree! Once it validates at least you know the bug isn’t caused by a tag that isn’t closed or something like that.

]]> By: Jennifer Kyrnin http://www.thewebsqueeze.com/web-design-articles/how-important-is-html-and-css-validation.html/comment-page-1/#comment-4005 Jennifer Kyrnin Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:51:12 +0000 http://www.thewebsqueeze.com/?p=613#comment-4005 Great post! My teammates quickly learned that I wouldn't fix their problems for them unless their code validated. Valid code is just one way to eliminate one more source of problems. If you know your code validates, then you can move on to other causes - like browsers, conflicts, and so on. Great post! My teammates quickly learned that I wouldn’t fix their problems for them unless their code validated. Valid code is just one way to eliminate one more source of problems. If you know your code validates, then you can move on to other causes – like browsers, conflicts, and so on.

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