At 10:24 PM 1/4/2006, Nic wrote:
You go to a site, and it proudly claims xhtml/css/wai compliance. You do a
quick check, and discover that the code wouldn't pass xhtml 1.0 compliance,
let alone the 1.1 strict they claim! Their css is a mess.
...
This upsets me on several levels.
...
Nic,
If you run into developers who are clearly flaunting W3C tags to
attract naive clients but who have no intention of following through,
what can you do? Start a blog pointing out the worst
offenders? Pass them along to Vincent Flanders of
http://webpagesthatsuck.com/? Will the subsequent traffic to their
sites help or hinder them? You'll need to decide if they're really
worth your time, when you could be out there creating elegant
websites that work.
My suggestion is, don't get mad, get helpful. If a website bugs you,
write to its developer pointing out its flaws. Most web developers
in my experience are open to criticism because we're all always
trying to improve our craft. Don't be too quick to judge -- many of
us are so over-extended that we don't have time to do everything on
our to-do lists. (I don't know about you, but I'm so busy working on
my clients' sites that my own suffers from inattention.) If there's
anything about an erroneous site that you LIKE, I'd point that out as
well so your comments will more likely be seen as friendly.
Regards,
Paul
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