* at 29/10 08:24 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > From: Christopher Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Even if the HTML validator is easy to get going that doesn't mean that it > > still isn't often easier to not install it. Honestly I could see using > > this module when working on things at remote sites. It'd certainly be > > easier to get the original poster's module installed than trying to figure > > out whether OpenSP compiles on HP-UX or wait a month for my client to > > approve adding software to their production linux system. When working > > with a few TLA US goverment agencies the "mean time from begging to > > getting actual software installed" is about ten months. > > Fair points except in this case you wouldn't be doing your clients any > favours by making their production servers depend on a webservice that has > no specified interface and no promises about availability.
This is true, but the module will allow you to point it at a local installation of the validator so that becomes moot. On the other hand there is no sense in landing the casual user with the overhead of installing a raft of extra software in order to validate a few webpages once a month. Struan
