Posted by Vlatko Juric-Kokic on 06/09/06 07:35

On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 08:21:12 +1000, dorayme
<doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote:

>In article <r54h82t23g7o7n06s3n6kas4jvp8t4deaj@4ax.com>,
> Vlatko Juric-Kokic <vlatko@pcchip.hr> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 06:49:04 +1000, dorayme
>> <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>>
>> >Perhaps you had not read Dingley and Flavell before saying this?
>>
>> No, I don't think I have. Could you point me to the text(s)?
>
>Try http://tinyurl.com/r8ekp. It is part of the thread on a
>question called "Question about CSS validation" and it was
>originally asked by a person called "Vlatko Juric-Kokic" on a
>newsgroup called "alt.html"

Aargh! Dem server! Dropped both posts!

>> I don't think that a validator's task is to examine questionable
>> design ideas. If something is valid, it's valid. Also, if a validator
>> cannot see whether there's a basic underlying colour, it cannot say
>> whether "transparent" on a div (or a class or an id) is questionable
>> or not.
>
>Read the posts you missed.

Yes, I did now. And note what Flavell said: "you, at a higher level as
the page designer, still know that it's safe." That's what I'm talking
about.

With all the caution about the possibility of various snafus with
other people's style sheets...

>Pill time now, got to rush.

:-)

vlatko

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