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Posted by Albert Wiersch on 08/11/07 20:39
"Ben C" <spamspam@spam.eggs> wrote in message
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> In order to write HTML pages it is better to understand some of the
> basics of text editing, of HTML, and of authoring for the web. I don't
> say this because I snootily think only "qualified" or "competent" people
> should be allowed to write for the web. On the contrary my point is that
> these basics are easy to learn, and all the information and tools needed
> are freely available. Fortunately that's how things are done on
> computers nowadays.
If HTML specific tools didn't add value to the free stuff out there, then
they wouldn't exist. Just because you don't see the need, doesn't mean these
tools are not useful for others.
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> Finally, if you find the earlier discussion on alt.html, one poster very
> quickly found a bug in the CSE "Validator"'s HTML parser. Now software
> has bugs in it, that's to be expected, but Albert Wiersch's response
> wasn't. In a variant of divine command theory, he denied that it was bug
> claiming that whatever the CSE Validator pronounced was correct by
> definition. That kind of attitude is worthy of a Microsoft product
> manager.
Actually, this another completely wrong statement. If it was a bug, then I
would have said it was. Someone who has the source code is better able to
determine the cause of reported "bugs" than someone who doesn't. Just
because something doesn't work the way YOU THINK it should work, doesn't
make it a bug.
When there is a bug, I have no problem saying it is. I strive for bug-free
software but nevertheless bugs do occur as with virtually all software,
especially software as complex as CSE HTML Validator.
> Use a good text editor, tidy, the W3C validators and read a couple of
> tutorials. That's much better advice to anyone than to buy the CSE
> product, even if it is free for 17.5 hours on some special day of the
> year. He can keep it.
That may be fine for you, but others see plenty of value in tools like CSE
HTML Validator and other paid-for tools.
Albert
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