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[martin griffith]

Just been putting various websites through the W3 validator.
http://validator.w3.org/

Its amazing that the browsers work at all.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/ 33 errors
http://www.bbc.co.uk 72 errors
http://www.ti.com 122 errors
http://www.linear.com/index.jsp 34errors
http://www.farnell.com 25 errors
http://www.mouser.com/ 59 errors
http://uk.geocities.com/martingriffith/ 33 errors
http://rswww.com 6
http://www.artofelectronics.com 9 errors
http://www.google.es/ 47 errors
http://www.google.com/ 49 erors
http://www.surfersvillage.com/europe/index.htm#swell 275 errors

And the Winner is( Ta Daaaa)
http://www.guymacon.com/HOME/INDEX.HTM
This Page Is Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict!

(
and of course
http://validator.w3.org
This Page Is Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict!
)



mrtin

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind"
Gandhi

 

[martin griffith]

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:57:04 -0000, in sci.electronics.design "Leon
Heller" <leon_heller@hotmail.com> wrote:

"martin griffith" <martingriffithX@Xyahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:8i7r11tjeirbe3mv2d51suibt56kpa2dbg@4ax.com...
Just been putting various websites through the W3 validator.
http://validator.w3.org/

Its amazing that the browsers work at all.

snip
And the Winner is( Ta Daaaa)
http://www.guymacon.com/HOME/INDEX.HTM
This Page Is Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict!

(
and of course
http://validator.w3.org
This Page Is Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict!
)

How do you know that the validator is correctly flagging errors?

Leon
I tried a few sites with

http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/
as well, and it seemed to check with W3.org
so there is probably a grain of truth in what it reports



martin

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind"
Gandhi