Posted by Runnin' on Empty on 09/12/06 21:24

"David Dorward" <dorward@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Runnin' on Empty wrote:
>
>> Do this simple test, run any major enterprise level or ecommerce site
>> through the w3c validator, guess what, none validate.
>

Case in point:

Dell
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dell.com%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&verbose=1
Amazon
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&verbose=1
UPS
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ups.com%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&verbose=1
FEDEX
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fedex.com%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&verbose=1
Kinkos
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kinkos.com%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&verbose=1
Sears
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sears.com&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&verbose=1
Best Buy
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestbuy.com%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&verbose=1
Target
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.target.com%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&verbose=1
New Egg
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newegg.com%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&verbose=1


none validate


>> The reason is that there is more to successfully using the Internet (or
>> WWW, if you prefer), than making sure the HTML or CSS validates.
>
> Yes, there is more to it, but that doesn't stop validity being a yummy
> piece
> of very low hanging fruit on the tree of quality assurance.
>
>

Very true, very true..... I always get a warm feeling when that green bar
comes up.

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