Comments on: An Introduction to Web Standards

By: 8 things to consider when redesigning your Web site—let’s start with WHY? | Web Development Blog

Thu, 27 May 2010 19:51:25 +0000

[...] your old site was built in W3C standards compliant HTML using semantic mark-up. If so it will make it far easier to re-use any of the old content you [...]

By: » Making sense of semantic HTML: an introduction for clients and new Web designers | Web Development Blog: Heidi Adams Cool

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:58:05 +0000

[...] Both the semantic and non-semantic page samples used in this post were produced using valid W3C standards compliant XHTML and CSS. One is clearly better formed than the other, but both also break in Internet [...]

By: » Embedding YouTube Videos the Standards Compliant Way—SFWobject 2.0 | Web Development Blog: Heidi Adams Cool

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:56:54 +0000

[...] just that easy—unless, like me, you care about adhering to Web standards. In that case, it requires a few more steps, but don't worry, they're not that complicated. YouTube [...]

By: Alan B

Alan B — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:57:19 +0000

It would seem that ignoring standards won't do you any favors with google anyway. If a site is pretty, but totally illegible to google you're going to be spending a lot of cash on marketing and adwords or will have a site with no visitors.

By: Yamalar

Yamalar — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:20:28 +0000

It is frustrating to see so many “web designers” ignoring standards. I think we need to do a better job of spreading the message and convincing these people that standards compliant design methods are worth learning. There are millions of people selling web design who don’t even seem to know what professionalism means, and standards are just a small part of that

By: Sully

Sully — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:12:18 +0000

What's the point of designing something no one is ever going to be able to fully use? It seems like common sense that if you are going to put the effort into building it, that you would follow accepted protocols to ensure maximum compatibility.

By: Roger B

Roger B — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:21:39 +0000

It's incomprehensible to me that a designer would not follow Web standards, especially when we aren't talking about someone's little hobby page, but what apparently was intended to be a regular destination for readers.

By: Vincent @ Office Tips and Tricks

Vincent @ Office Tips and Tricks — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:42:32 +0000

Hi Heidi, Again a nice article. I’m a webmaster/problogger myself and I love reading your articles, they are really valuable (and entertaining). I’ll be hanging around here a lot. Gr. Vincent The World of Office Tips and Tricks.

By: CV & Resume Expert

CV & Resume Expert — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:58:43 +0000

Thanks for this great informative article, from my experience, every reputable web designer should follow web standards for compliance, usuability, acessibility and even SEO, not all web designers follow this, but their customers should ask questions before commissioning them on their projects. I have also found that joining organisations like W3C are expensive, and is geared towards coporate organisations. Websites designed without standards in mind, can normally be detected, particularly when accessing across different platforms and browser version. Clean, organised, detailed web design is always obvious when a page is accessed.

By: Marc Klein - Webdesign

Marc Klein - Webdesign — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:57:02 +0000

Great post, very comprehensive. Will return on a regular basis to read this blog.