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Originally Posted by tomed  I think it's wrong to compare standards compliant websites with either a surgeon or a barbers for that matter. |
But I'm not. I am however comparing the outward images of both examples. And I think its fair.
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Originally Posted by tomed Having a standards compliant icon at the bottom of the screen doesn't mean that a website/web firm are professional.
Anyone with a basic knowledge of web development can create a standards compliant website - so it is no guarantee of professionalism. |
True on the top point - However I believe it shows a certain delligence. And on the bottom point, I think you and I have very different ideas on the meaning of basic. It is quite an amount of work to get a complicated, well designed website to be web standard compliant and valid. Most people I know with basic web skills are still throwing table based websites at the general public.
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Originally Posted by tomed I'm still on the fence about standards compliance in the "web" industry. I believe we should have them, but I don't believe we are going the right way about it. For me, standards compliance on the web is al about ego at the moment. |
I don't understand what you mean about it being about ego... I don't think anyone is out there under the impression that just because they made their website standards compliant that their somehow a legend among men?
I believe that most people who are interested in these things do it to raise awareness. To try and get more people on the road to standard, better written and designed websites that enable the content to be shared by everyone and is not excluding any group of people through laziness or lack of understanding.