Comments on: On valid XHTML and CSS http://helvensteijn.com/2009/08/23/on-valid-xhtml-and-css/ The glass is neither half full nor half empty; It is simply oversized Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:15:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Colin Helvensteijn http://helvensteijn.com/2009/08/23/on-valid-xhtml-and-css/comment-page-1/#comment-368 Colin Helvensteijn Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:30:08 +0000 http://helvensteijn.com/?p=979#comment-368 Agreed, most companies don't give a damn, so long as it works. Just try to run a few random corporate web sites through a validator, there aren't many that will get away without errors. Of course, hiding stuff with JS is still a very viable option. It's nasty, but heck, a particular web browser whose initials are IE is far nastier. We web developers can't help it that people still want use that hideous thing. :P Agreed, most companies don’t give a damn, so long as it works. Just try to run a few random corporate web sites through a validator, there aren’t many that will get away without errors.

Of course, hiding stuff with JS is still a very viable option. It’s nasty, but heck, a particular web browser whose initials are IE is far nastier. We web developers can’t help it that people still want use that hideous thing. :P

]]> By: newston http://helvensteijn.com/2009/08/23/on-valid-xhtml-and-css/comment-page-1/#comment-367 newston Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:58:59 +0000 http://helvensteijn.com/?p=979#comment-367 Nice work, you made it to the front page of google when searching for "border-radius invalid css"! I totally agree with you. I've used border-radius and text-shadow in my last few projects and I couldn't give a damn if it doesn't validate or is not visible in IE. Looks good to me and offers another reason why IE people should change their browser. However, my current website of which I have only just started working on (taken over from someone else) has a "Valid CSS" link at the bottom of the page and now with my new fangly curved CSS corners, it no longer validates :( So I might have to hide it with JS like you suggested... Or, convince the company to remove the Valid CSS link :) // I don't think many companies around here would know or care what it means anyway... Nice work, you made it to the front page of google when searching for “border-radius invalid css”!

I totally agree with you. I’ve used border-radius and text-shadow in my last few projects and I couldn’t give a damn if it doesn’t validate or is not visible in IE. Looks good to me and offers another reason why IE people should change their browser.

However, my current website of which I have only just started working on (taken over from someone else) has a “Valid CSS” link at the bottom of the page and now with my new fangly curved CSS corners, it no longer validates :( So I might have to hide it with JS like you suggested… Or, convince the company to remove the Valid CSS link :)

// I don’t think many companies around here would know or care what it means anyway…

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