On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 14:00 +0200, Michael Lykke wrote: > Im just wondering - Cause sometimes it seems to me that alot of effort > is put into making something "correct" way beyond just adhering to the > webstandards. Like asking whether it is ok to use list definitions > when the list only has a single item etc. > Maybe i have misundertsood something but does it really matter as long > as you follow the standards and your page validates?
Not in terms of "web standards" themselves, but certainly in terms of their purpose. They exist to ensure accessibility, rather than guidelines for their own sake. For example, you can have a perfectly validating table-based layout that remains inaccessible. You can have a website which is purely image-based that is 'valid', although semantically null. Best practises and doing things the 'correct' way are beyond the letter of web standards, but adhere to their spirit - namely, ensuring a more meaningful and accessible web. Kind Regards, Joshua Street base10solutions Website: http://www.base10solutions.com.au/ Phone: (02) 9898-0060 Fax: (02) 8572-6021 Mobile: 0425 808 469 Multimedia Development Agency ________________________________________________________________________ E-mails and any attachments sent from base10solutions are to be regarded as confidential. Please do not distribute or publish any of the contents of this e-mail without the sender’s consent. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to the e-mail, and then delete the message without making copies or using it in any way. Although base10solutions takes precautions to ensure that e-mail sent from our accounts are free of viruses, we encourage recipients to undertake their own virus scan on each e-mail before opening, as base10solutions accepts no responsibility for loss or damage caused by the contents of this e-mail. ________________________________________________________________________ ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
