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How important is validation to you?

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09-26-2009, 12:11 AM
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validation is needed to do. But for me, it's not must. As long as it looks find in almost all browser like FF, safari or IE, it's fine.

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I tend to try and always validate my code, but there are some instances where it's not possible for it to be 100% valid.

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  Old  Validation as part of cross-browser comptibility process

I do validate as a part of keeping cross-browser compatibility of websites.

Still look forward to the future when all browsers will act the same and represent code into same look/design.

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10-09-2009, 01:42 PM
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I believe that for SEO purposes, CSS and HTML validation are both important. But it's not just the validity that is important, it is the size of the code. You should always try your hardest to compress your code so that it's less for the visitors to load and a bit less load on the server you're hosted on. A few KB here and there doesn't sound like a lot, but after 10,000 visitors it can make a difference.

When it comes down to it, as long as there aren't dozens of errors the most important thing is functionality. If your site is 100% valid but is scattered because of "incorrect" coding, then what good is the validity?

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i think valid CSS and XHTML is important

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Well, validation on its own isn't all that important to me. Coding to W3C standards definitely is.

If everybody coded their pages to some form of standards, W3C or not, and browser vendors made their software support standards correctly and in full, then we'd have a definitive way of working with markup. That is to say, we should be able to go out, code a page, and it will work in every browser out there, thus enabling access to as wide an audience as software permits. So for example, a page could be coded that works in IE for Windows users, Firefox for say Linux users, Lynx for visually-impaired users and so forth.

Of course there are other benefits of coding valid markup. You can have those buttons on your pages that say that it complies to W3C standards, which is always nice. It also promotes a more professional view of yourself, your company, or both. It means that other coders should be able to grab a copy of the source code and find a quick way to change something (to an extent). The list goes on.

The same applies to all web languages: HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, SVG, RDF etc.

With regards to browser-specific code, I generally try and avoid this. If you want a feature implemented, you might as well implement it for your whole audience, not just a percentage of your site's users. Understandably, some people would rather use CSS3 properties for rounded corners than images because of the file size, HTTP requests and rendering times. But if only 10% of your users reap the benefits, then images it would be, for me anyway!

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Originally Posted by online View Post
Initially I was of the opinion that validation is a must and should do exercise for browser compatibility. But when I did research, I was shocked 90% of websites don't follow these validation guidelines.
And that's why 90% of web sites sucks.

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Definitely both css and xhtml validation are really important to me, for cross-browser compatibilty, accessibility and to encourage (however little) all developers to keep/upgrade their browsers to w3c standards... plus my guilty secret is that I love when that little green bar flicks up on screen when validating! haha!

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Well, it all depends upon who/what your target audience is.

If your audience comprises of web-geeks who're hellbent on finding faults on your website, I'd say certainly stick to the standards set out by the W3C.

However, if you're catering to a niche such as cooking - and your audience is housewives, all you need to do is make the website appealing aesthetically and thats it.

Validation doesn't play an important role here.

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Well, validation on its own isn't all that important to me. Coding to W3C standards definitely is.
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