Comments on: A Simple Guide To Web Standards http://www.setfiremedia.com/blog/a-simple-guide-to-web-standards Hot ideas for the web. Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:22:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ric Roberts http://www.setfiremedia.com/blog/a-simple-guide-to-web-standards/comment-page-1#comment-1016 Ric Roberts Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:50:35 +0000 http://www.setfiremedia.com/blog/?p=132#comment-1016 Sam, this is a great summary. Thanks. I agree with Si - following the standards as you describe actually adds quality, readability and maintainability to your code, as opposed to just following standards for standards' sake. If only MS paid attention to them for IE (8 versions and they still can't get it right!). Sam, this is a great summary. Thanks.

I agree with Si – following the standards as you describe actually adds quality, readability and maintainability to your code, as opposed to just following standards for standards’ sake. If only MS paid attention to them for IE (8 versions and they still can’t get it right!).

]]> By: Boris the SEO http://www.setfiremedia.com/blog/a-simple-guide-to-web-standards/comment-page-1#comment-1008 Boris the SEO Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:20:28 +0000 http://www.setfiremedia.com/blog/?p=132#comment-1008 This is a very well crafted and useful post. It is good old basic common sense, or at least to me. Thanks for the great post. First Time here. I will be back! This is a very well crafted and useful post. It is good old basic common sense, or at least to me. Thanks for the great post. First Time here. I will be back!

]]> By: Sam Sutton http://www.setfiremedia.com/blog/a-simple-guide-to-web-standards/comment-page-1#comment-960 Sam Sutton Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:44:28 +0000 http://www.setfiremedia.com/blog/?p=132#comment-960 As far as I understand it, the theory of standards is to create a common base we can all work from, developers and browser makers alike, and so hopefully eliminating a lot of work that we have to do to get our various products working together as we want them too. I've seen some good criticism of web standards recently, but I think most web developers would say that with the latest crop of browsers its definitely become easier(if not trivial) to create designs that are cross-browser compatible, and from my observations, this is certainly in part due to the efforts of the standards community. As far as I understand it, the theory of standards is to create a common base we can all work from, developers and browser makers alike, and so hopefully eliminating a lot of work that we have to do to get our various products working together as we want them too. I’ve seen some good criticism of web standards recently, but I think most web developers would say that with the latest crop of browsers its definitely become easier(if not trivial) to create designs that are cross-browser compatible, and from my observations, this is certainly in part due to the efforts of the standards community.

]]> By: Best Virtual Advertising » Blog Archive » A Simple Guide To Web Standards | The Matchbox http://www.setfiremedia.com/blog/a-simple-guide-to-web-standards/comment-page-1#comment-956 Best Virtual Advertising » Blog Archive » A Simple Guide To Web Standards | The Matchbox Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:52:49 +0000 http://www.setfiremedia.com/blog/?p=132#comment-956 [...] unknown wrote an interesting post today onA Simple Guide To Web Standards | The MatchboxHere’s a quick excerptGo direct to the validator page and insert your website’s url, or install something like the webdeveloper toolbar, which will allow you to send the page to the validator from a right click. … [...] [...] unknown wrote an interesting post today onA Simple Guide To Web Standards | The MatchboxHere’s a quick excerptGo direct to the validator page and insert your website’s url, or install something like the webdeveloper toolbar, which will allow you to send the page to the validator from a right click. … [...]

]]> By: Si http://www.setfiremedia.com/blog/a-simple-guide-to-web-standards/comment-page-1#comment-955 Si Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:00:28 +0000 http://www.setfiremedia.com/blog/?p=132#comment-955 Nice overview there. Everything you wrote I am familiar with and have used myself but it's always good read someone else expressing it differently. I think sometimes people think standards are made for some arbitrary reason - 'just to have a standard' - I don't know much about the politics of it all, and that may in fact be true but adhering to Web Standards makes your code cleaner, easier to maintain and just all round a lite nicer. Whether that's the true purpose of these standards or just a side effect is irrelevant as far as I'm concerned. Nice overview there. Everything you wrote I am familiar with and have used myself but it’s always good read someone else expressing it differently.

I think sometimes people think standards are made for some arbitrary reason – ‘just to have a standard’ – I don’t know much about the politics of it all, and that may in fact be true but adhering to Web Standards makes your code cleaner, easier to maintain and just all round a lite nicer. Whether that’s the true purpose of these standards or just a side effect is irrelevant as far as I’m concerned.

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