Posted by newspost2000 on 02/01/07 19:28

This may seem like a silly question of which I already feel like I
know the answer... I am a web developer and I am working with a
Content Manager... I am trying to convince him why he should validate
all of the html code that he writes as he publishes content to his
Company's Site. This could be done by running pages through HTML
Validator or HTML Tidy. He feels that if his pages render as he would
expect through Firefox and IE, even if there are some missing closing
tags or deprecated tags... that at least the browsers are forgiving
enough so that it will not affect the presentation. He feels that
validating the code will actually slow down his development and
deployment time of content.

I argue that it is really a method of best practices and it will
further ensure the integrity of the code that it will work in an
optimum inter operable way between OS's and different Browser Types
for generations to come. I also argue that it should actually speed up
development and deployment of content time because these tools can act
as a pointer when your design is broken and you don't know why. I am
looking to produce a more robust argument in order to get him on side.

Can anyone out there give me other valid reasons that I can take back
to him?

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