Using Standard (Valid) HTML Code According to w3.org

[John Ralls]

On Apr 11, 2011, at 7:04 AM, Joshua Moore wrote:

> 
> I saw bug 616608 (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=616608) while browsing Bugzilla.
> 
> "Generated HTML file is not conform to HTML standard."
> 
> "You can validate the generated file by http://validator.w3.org/ 
> It will show several conformation problems. Conform to standard will enhance
> the compatibility with various browser."
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> Would this be useful?  Does anyone know how much of a problem it is?  Is it a low priority for the main developers?
> 
> I ask because I think it could be within my capabilities to fix (even if it takes me a long time), and it may help me learn more about the report system, in general.
> 
> I'm not a software developer, but I'm familiar with "Valid HTML" and I'm getting good at tinkering with various reports that I use.
> 
> I guess I'm really asking if anyone else is working on this or if anyone is likely to work on it.

I just closed it as invalid. We're not really interested in whether we're generating html that passes the w3c's validator, or with cross-browser compatibility. We only need the generated HTML to display correctly in the embedded WebKit, which AFAICT it does.

Thanks for the offer, though.

Regards,
John Ralls