Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
Joseph R. B. Taylor wrote:
That's the point. That's why they want to have someone build a site
for them that has a clue about this stuff. The day WILL come when
there is a governing body over the net. There WAS a day when housing
codes DID NOT exist and were being worked on and accepted.
Call me a cynic, but I seriously doubt that any web standards savvy
designer/developer may be able to convince clients to hire her by saying
that in "one day there will be a governing body that will make all
non-standards compliant sites illegal".
Further, I seriously doubt that any one body will be governing the net
and enforcing such standards within the lifetime of the technologies we
are using to build sites today.
Housing codes are often unique to a municipality or country. What passes
for housing codes in Pakistan won't fly in Melbourne (maybe Sydney, it
depends on who you know ;-)
Standards are a good thing in their own right, Joseph. Don't drum up
mythical fear tactics to try to enforce them. That's the sort of thing
PR companies get paid to do...
cheers
Mark
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