HTML etiquette

[Dianne L Parham]

I am very new at web design, having only started in August, and finding 
out there is a great deal to learn.  I always appreciate corrections to 
my webpage...it's part of the learning process.  However, there are ways 
and ways to send corrections.  Remember that the person can't hear the 
tone of your voice or know your good intentions, and this may be something 
they worked very hard on and want to be proud of at the same time they 
want to improve, so if the comment is made without sarcasm and without 
harshness and without a "you are an idiot" tone, I am sure the person 
would be glad to know how to correct the problems you listed.  At least I 
would!!!  Dianne Parham, San Diego Public Library (I am not listing my 
webpage address because it is a very personal webpage and I suspect of no 
interest to this list).  dzp at jill.sannet.gov

On Fri, 10 Oct 1997, Lori A. Schwabenbauer, Camden County Library wrote:

> Depends.  Is this situation more akin to telling someone they have an ugly
> mole they really should get checked, or to telling them they're trailing a
> piece of toilet paper on their shoe?  If it's the first, I would say, they know
> about the mole and it's rude to comment.  If the second, they would appreciate
> being told.  Maybe this person deliberately took the easy way out and would be
> offended that someone else wants to beckon them to a higher standard!  :^)
> 
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> From:	SMTP%"dwinells at vmsb.csd.mu.edu" 10-OCT-1997 16:22:58.15
> To:	LORI
> CC:	
> Subj:	HTML tagging error ettiquette
> 
> Ok, here's an odd question. I was looking at the source code of someone's
> page and noticed a lot of weird stuff (for example, <font
> color="990000"><font size="+2">blah blah</font></font>, empty containers
> <center></center> and 20 <br>&nbsp; at the end of the file), although it
> comes up alright in the browser. It has all the signs of having been done
> in some WYSIWYG editor and wasn't run through a validator. Would it be
> really obnoxious to inform someone that their tagging wasn't correct, or
> just forget about it?  By the way, I don't know this person. If I did I'd
> have no problem emailing them.
> 
> Sheryl Dwinell * Cataloger/DBM Librarian/Webmaster
> Memorial Library * Marquette University
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> 414-288-3406 * dwinells at vms.csd.mu.edu
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