Posted by Jukka K. Korpela on 02/24/06 17:28

Neredbojias <invalid@neredbojias.com> wrote:

> If you specify a color without a background-color or vice versa on
> any element, the validator will give a warning.

The CSS checker, misleadingly named "CSS Validator", indeed issues a
useful warning.

> In some cases it's ridiculous (-not all,)

No it isn't. The ridiculous part is that authors complain about the
useful warning with outbursts that clearly demonstrate why the warning
is useful and almost always points at a design mistake: authors do not
understand the cascade.

> but the validator is the validator...

No it isn't.

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