Re: [WSG] Validity! (was EMBED tag)

2004-05-18 Thread Curtis
Sorry for coming into this thread way late but felt as though I needed to add my 2 cents. 1. I completely agree with Peter, cheating the validator is just that... cheating. A page that squeaks by the validator by writing invalid code at runtime is no more valid than a page that has invalid

[WSG] Validity! (was EMBED tag)

2004-05-11 Thread Peter Firminger
Hi all, The goal in adhering to web standards isn't to pass the validator, it's to write valid code. The validator is just a tool to help achieve this. Fudging to fool the validator is just cheating on a test. If it's not in the spec it shouldn't be on the page, whether it's hard coded or