evan_tech -- web standards

01:57 pm, 12 May 04

LJ is the only Webby award winner that has a valid (in the HTML sense) front page.

But I think

jwz made the important point (in an unrelated discussion):

de facto standards are what are known as "standards."
de jure standards are what are known as "wishes."

snej	I've never understood why people make such a big deal about their pages being valid, even putting in buttons so you can run the validator yourself. Yes, valid code is nice, but there are any number of more important things like usability. The average user isn't ever going to care whether the page's tags nest correctly. That's a good thing.
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