Sorry! I meant "You couldn't have stated your claims better." Not
"could've of".
Shane
On Oct 6, 2004, at 1:46 PM, Shane Helm wrote:
Here here! You could've of stated your claims better. My choice is
XHTML for the exact same reasons. I have also become a better and
cleaner coder since I switched to XHTML & CSS.
Table-less layout rules!
Best,
Shane Helm
On Oct 6, 2004, at 1:34 PM, Michael Kear wrote:
-----Original Message-----
Shane Helm - he say:
<<<All code of every web page should be validated. Any errors need
to be
corrected. If your typo is in a tag, then it could produce
undesirable
results.
We should all make sure our code on every web page we create has no
errors, whether simple typos or forgotten closing tags; whether we use
HTML or XHTML.
Best,
Shane Helm>>>>
Quite so. I'm ashamed to say I built several web sites without
validating
anything. I worked on the basis that if it looked ok in IE and
perhaps
Netscape, and didn't look too bad in the mac we had at the next desk,
that
was ok. Anyone else who has something different was on their own.
Lots of
luck, pal.
Since I've learned more about web standards and accessibility I've had
occasion to rebuild one of those sites, and I built it to
XHML1.0Strict.
I'm not sure if using XHTML was better, or just because I validated
the
code, but the new version of the site is faster, smaller, better,
laid out
better, the code all works. It's easier to maintain. Far faster to
find the
place in a page that needs work than it did before.
Perhaps it's got nothing to do with XHTML per se, but because I coded
to a
much more stringent standard, I did a better job of it. It was
frustrating
at first, seeing all those errors coming up, and the nasty ole
validator
being picky and splitting hairs over a non-supported attribute here
or a
forgotten / there but the end result is a much better job, and now I
am much
more disciplined in the code I write.
The tighter discipline on my own coding habits means I get more pages
right
first time now than I did before. Benefit: faster results of higher
quality
than before.
Maybe XHTML has nothing to do with it, maybe it does. But the overall
effect is a big improvement all around for me. I reckon validating
makes
good sense from many points of view.
Cheers
Mike Kear
Windsor, NSW, Australia
AFP Webworks
http://afpwebworks.com
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