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Posted by Travis Newbury on 10/18/06 09:54
Andy Dingley wrote:
> The objective starting point is validation, not appearance. You can
> make a valid site look good by gradual refactoring and improvement, you
> can't make a good-looking invalid site into a valid one without also
> first going backwards and disturbing the appearance.
Ah, this is where we disagree. To me, the objective starting point is
the look and feel of a site. Not validation.
I understand that there are millions of people out there that will
never see things I do, and they will probably never return to a site I
have touched because they either don't use flash, they don't have the
connection speed needed, or they just don't like that kind of thing.
This is a fact of life on the web.
Validation, is a good starting point, but you have to find the balance
that makes your site successful in it's little niche. There is another
side to the web, an inaccessible, javascript loving, Flash hugging, non
validating side. And there are 10s of millions of people out there
that seek that kind of site. They come to see the presentation.
Well I kind of got off the subject a little... Anyway, I think
validation is a good thing. But only if it does not break my
presentation.
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