HTML etiquette

[Vladislav S. Davidzon]

In my own opinion... It really would depend on a type of the site, who
runs is, and whether or not you know that person... For example... Any web
site I do for someone else I always validate with HTML Validator and make
sure that there are no broken images etc... But if you try to validate my
personal web site (http://www.fcl.metronet.lib.mi.us/~davidzon) you'll see
that its (most likely) got over 30 errors in HTML... Not because I am bad
at HTML but because I used a WYSIWYG editor to create it, in this case a
very old version of Frontpage, and I really do not have the time to go
through with a HTML Validator and pick out all the errors and bugs within
it. The point is that often times many do not have the time to go through
with a fine comb...

Just my 0.0002 cents worth...

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Vladislav S. Davidzon                     davidzon at tech-center.com 
Technology Assistant                      Farmington Community Library 
Phone: (248) 553-0300                     Fax: (248) 553-3228
32737 W. 12 Mile Road                     Farmington Hills, MI 48334

"It is the province of knowledge to speak, and its a privilege of wisdom
to listen."  - Oliver Wendell Homes
          
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On Sun, 12 Oct 1997, Araby Greene wrote:

> Sheryl, and others,
> 
> My comments about whether to notify a Web author about odd HTML were  =
> were meant as an answer to your specific, but *hypothetical* question, =
> NOT to demean you personally. You were considerate and nice to ASK =
> whether it would be a good idea.=20
> 
> With your specific example (of what can go wrong with Composer/WYSIWIG =
> editors), I felt that just a "no, don't do it" did not address your =
> question adequately, because this particular problem is not so easily =
> fixed.=20
> 
> I might talk to the author(s) if it was a general problem to be solved =
> in my own workplace or a friend I knew well. Sometimes, I have e-mailed =
> Web authors to let them know that I'm seeing something odd, like "&nbsp" =
> because they left off the ";" at the end, or a CGI script that did not =
> work, and I would hope that someone would help me out the same way.
> 
> It would be presumptious and mean-spirited of someone like me, who =
> contributes so little to this discussion list, to call you names. I have =
> often enjoyed your contributions to this list, both questions and =
> answers. My response to your reasonable "what if" question was a "what =
> if" response, not meant as a hurtful barb; it it seemed so, I do =
> apologize to everyone on this list and to you personally.
> 
> Araby Greene
> greene at bulldog.unca.edu
> 
>