On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 6:37 PM, John Elliot <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/08/2011 6:53 AM, Daniel Friesen wrote: >> I can't comprehend the obsession with killing de-facto standardized >> patterns just to shove a button on a site to a picky validator that only >> takes into account a single relevant standard. > > One reason would be to help avoid embarrassments like this: > > http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://en.wikipedia.org >
I guess that's only embarrassing if those sorts of things bother you. I'm with Dan on this one, I've never thought those validator buttons are very nice additions to a website. Remind me a little too much of the "Optimized for NN4" buttons of old. -Chad _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
