RE: [WSG] validation logos - kitemarks?

Alan Trick on Wednesday, March 02, 2005 10:55 AM said: > This is kind of off topic but to you think that validation logos > should open in a new window, or not. Opening in a new window keeps > people from leaving the site, but popups are anoying and generally > frow

Re: [WSG] validation logos - kitemarks?

Budd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 9:59 AM Subject: Re: [WSG] validation logos - kitemarks? I think most people put validation logos on their sites for peers. This is often just vanity/showing off. However other web developers do click these logos and rep

Re: [WSG] validation logos - kitemarks?

- Original Message - From: "Andy Budd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 9:59 AM Subject: Re: [WSG] validation logos - kitemarks? > I think most people put validation logos on their sites for peers. This > is often just vanity/showing

Re: [WSG] validation logos - kitemarks?

I think most people put validation logos on their sites for peers. This is often just vanity/showing off. However other web developers do click these logos and report back if they find problems, so they can have their benefits. I know, I know, we should al make sure our pages validate when they

Re: [WSG] validation logos - kitemarks?

I recommend creating your own version of the buttons that fits in with your layout, so it won't stick out as much. On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 12:49:17 -, designer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I think that basically we all agree in principle. However, to take a couple > of points: > > [

Re: [WSG] validation logos - kitemarks?

Hi all, I think that basically we all agree in principle. However, to take a couple of points: [1] Patrick's : >It's a bit like plastering a nice > big sticker on a new building saying "built with bob's special concrete > mix". As long as the site (or building) performs as it should, customers >

RE: [WSG] validation logos - kitemarks?

An old chestnut. Standards badging is largely irrelevant to the client as they have no knowledge of or likely interest in the delivery mechanisms and markup/coding involved in development of a web presence. Neither too has the general public. That's point 1: fair ignorance of development. Since C

Re: [WSG] validation logos - kitemarks?

Kim Kruse wrote: I guess we all have a common interest in higher awareness about standards. But again, who are we targetting with these? Site visitors? Site owners? Our peer web developers? Maybe the "stickers" wont mean anything to all people but lets hope they'll ask what it is. That way th

Re: [WSG] validation logos - kitemarks?

I'm not sure I agree when it comes to "you shouldn't plaster a site with "stickers" for valid xhtml/css/508 etc. I guess we all have a common interest in higher awareness about standards. Maybe the "stickers" wont mean anything to all people but lets hope they'll ask what it is. That way the "s

Re: [WSG] validation logos - kitemarks?

On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:41:24 -, designer wrote: > [1] Do folk regard the w3c validation logos in much the same way that other > industries regard the kitemark? Having never heard of a 'kitemark' I googled, and got this: http://www.bsi-global.com/Kitemark/index.xalter I assume the 'heart shape

Re: [WSG] validation logos - kitemarks?

designer wrote: [1] Do folk regard the w3c validation logos in much the same way that other industries regard the kitemark? I think an important thing to remember here is: who are these logos for? Sure, you get the peer recognition, but do consumers and end users *really* care about whether or n

[WSG] validation logos - kitemarks?

- Original Message - From: "Alan Trick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 8:08 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] To display or not to display validation logos? > What you may want to do is insted of the displaying that logo, use the > smaller ones, like the ones at the bottom