Comments on: CSS Validation—Why It Matters (or Not) http://azzcatdesign.com/blog/web-design/css-validation%e2%80%94why-it-matters-or-not Design stories & tips, peppered with life's little tidbits Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:53:47 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mark McCorkell http://azzcatdesign.com/blog/web-design/css-validation%e2%80%94why-it-matters-or-not/comment-page-1#comment-546 Mark McCorkell Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:48:07 +0000 http://azzcatdesign.com/blog/?p=834#comment-546 <p>When you get that "green light" frm W3C you do feel like you got a good mark on your homework. But when it comes to CSS... it is pretty unreliable now. Anyone that boasts "Valid CSS" now just isn't using progressive enhancement.</p> <p>Obviously we should aim to write flawless CSS anyway, but that dam validator needs to catch up with the sorcery that is CSS3. :-)</p> When you get that “green light” frm W3C you do feel like you got a good mark on your homework. But when it comes to CSS… it is pretty unreliable now. Anyone that boasts “Valid CSS” now just isn’t using progressive enhancement.

Obviously we should aim to write flawless CSS anyway, but that dam validator needs to catch up with the sorcery that is CSS3. :-)

]]> By: Catherine http://azzcatdesign.com/blog/web-design/css-validation%e2%80%94why-it-matters-or-not/comment-page-1#comment-488 Catherine Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:12:55 +0000 http://azzcatdesign.com/blog/?p=834#comment-488 <p>I like that fuzzy feeling, too! Problem is I'm working in HTML5 and since that isn't official yet, neither is the validation.</p> <p>I do double-check within Coda as I go for validity issues--ignoring the HTML5 warning. (Are you listening, Panic/Coda?) The only other time I ignore the HTML validator is for 3rd party embedding, like YouTube and affiliate links. They've almost always got some issue that I'm not likely to resolve. So as long as they display across major browsers, I let those errors go.</p> I like that fuzzy feeling, too! Problem is I’m working in HTML5 and since that isn’t official yet, neither is the validation.

I do double-check within Coda as I go for validity issues–ignoring the HTML5 warning. (Are you listening, Panic/Coda?) The only other time I ignore the HTML validator is for 3rd party embedding, like YouTube and affiliate links. They’ve almost always got some issue that I’m not likely to resolve. So as long as they display across major browsers, I let those errors go.

]]> By: Joseph McCullough http://azzcatdesign.com/blog/web-design/css-validation%e2%80%94why-it-matters-or-not/comment-page-1#comment-487 Joseph McCullough Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:03:04 +0000 http://azzcatdesign.com/blog/?p=834#comment-487 <p>I honestly haven't found a need to tap in to the new CSS techniques, but that's probably because I've only been in the game half a year. Generally CSS Validation doesn't help me fix my problems. The HTML validation, however, I believe is a godsend. I don't know how much of the HTML Validator I'd allow myself to ignore. I validate everything I make (except the blog) strict. Probably for nothing more than the fuzzy feeling of seeing the green box that says "Congratulations!". </p> I honestly haven’t found a need to tap in to the new CSS techniques, but that’s probably because I’ve only been in the game half a year. Generally CSS Validation doesn’t help me fix my problems. The HTML validation, however, I believe is a godsend. I don’t know how much of the HTML Validator I’d allow myself to ignore. I validate everything I make (except the blog) strict. Probably for nothing more than the fuzzy feeling of seeing the green box that says “Congratulations!”. 

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