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Resize Validation Icon

2009-11-26T15:59:17Z

Hi,

I was just wondering if resizing the validation icons (http://www.w3.org/QA/Tools/Icons) was allowed?

Thanks,

Graeme

Re: QA DTD list page--don't use multiple internal scrolling regions

2009-09-08T08:04:09Z

Re: QA DTD list page--don't use multiple internal scrolling regions

Dominique Hazael-Massieux wrote:
> Le lundi 10 août 2009 à 14:07 -0400, Barclay, Daniel a écrit :
>> Regarding the page at
>> http://www.w3.org/QA/2002/04/valid-dtd-list.html:
>>
>> Please do NOT use "overflow: scroll" for individual PRE elements.
>
> I agree that the use of scrollbars for the pre elements was annoying,
> and so modified it not to do that any more.
>
> (it now has overflow: visible, and white-space: pre-wrap).

Thanks.

Daniel
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Re: http://www.w3.org/QA/* pages layout problem--search box overlaps links

2009-09-04T06:48:49Z

Le lundi 10 août 2009 à 13:25 -0400, Barclay, Daniel a écrit :
> The pages at http://www.w3.org/QA/* are coded/laid out in such a way
> that the text box for search can overlap the Feedback, Tools, etc.
> link text.

> (If you're using a browser window too wide to show the problem, trying
> narrowing it and watch what happens.)

I can how this could be happening, indeed; given that the W3C Web site
is being redesigned, and assuming that some/many of the QA pages will be
migrated to that new design, I'm not planning on acting upon it at this
stage.
http://beta.w3.org/

Thanks for your feedback,

Dom

Re: QA DTD list page--don't use multiple internal scrolling regions

2009-09-04T06:46:39Z

Le lundi 10 août 2009 à 14:07 -0400, Barclay, Daniel a écrit :
> Regarding the page at
> http://www.w3.org/QA/2002/04/valid-dtd-list.html:
>
> Please do NOT use "overflow: scroll" for individual PRE elements.

I agree that the use of scrollbars for the pre elements was annoying,
and so modified it not to do that any more.

(it now has overflow: visible, and white-space: pre-wrap).

Regards,

Dom

QA DTD list page--don't use multiple internal scrolling regions

2009-08-10T11:07:17Z

QA DTD list page--don't use multiple internal scrolling regions

Regarding the page at http://www.w3.org/QA/2002/04/valid-dtd-list.html:

Please do NOT use "overflow: scroll" for individual PRE elements.

That can make things really inconvenient, requiring the user to scroll
each block of content individually, instead of simply using the
browser's overall horizontal scroll bar (and shortcuts such as
simply pressing the left or right arrow key).

(If you don't see the problem, narrow your browser window to see how
it looks. In paticular, try looking at the content of (and scrolling)
multiple PRE blocks to see how inconvenient it gets.)

Additionally, notice how "overflow: scroll" requires repeated
scrolling even when the browser window _is_ wide enough to display
the _content_ of the PRE elements:

When the browser pane is narrow enough to not be able to display
all of the gray left margin, the white indentation of the PRE
elements, and the content of the PRE elements, the browser would
normally display a horizontal scroll bar.

If that width _is_ enough to display the content of PRE elements,
then once the user scrolls horizontally to see the PRE content, the
user normally could see _all_ of the PRE content without further
horizontal scrolling.

However, with the current "overflow: scroll" setting, even if a PRE
element's content would fit in the browser pane width, the user is
still forced to scroll horizontally in order to see it.

These are the _Quality_ Assurance pages. Though they're mostly
fine, they would benefit from a little more attention to page design
quality (usuability).

Daniel
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http://www.w3.org/QA/* pages layout problem--search box overlaps links

2009-08-10T10:25:02Z

http://www.w3.org/QA/* pages layout problem--search box overlaps links

The pages at http://www.w3.org/QA/* are coded/laid out in such a way
that the text box for search can overlap the Feedback, Tools, etc.
link text.

(If you're using a browser window too wide to show the problem, trying
narrowing it and watch what happens.)

Daniel
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Re: XML Schema validator or link broken?

2009-07-01T23:52:42Z

Hi Daniel,

Le mercredi 01 juillet 2009 à 15:37 -0400, Barclay, Daniel a écrit :
> On the page at http://www.w3.org/QA/Tools/, the link labeled
> "XML Schema Validator" leads to http://www.w3.org/2001/03/webdata/xsv,
> which seems to return an empty document.

Thanks for the report - I have forwarded it to the service maintainer,
and will let you know when I hear back from him.

Regards,

Dom

XML Schema validator or link broken?

2009-07-01T12:37:15Z

XML Schema validator or link broken?

On the page at http://www.w3.org/QA/Tools/, the link labeled
"XML Schema Validator" leads to http://www.w3.org/2001/03/webdata/xsv,
which seems to return an empty document.

Daniel
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Re: spidering html validator and xml ouput option

2009-05-15T07:26:43Z

Hi Paul,

Le vendredi 15 mai 2009 à 14:23 +0000, Paul Sullivan a écrit :
> I was just wondering if it were in development to combine spidering with
> the html validator and if it you would include an xml output option.
>
> This will enable site wide checking for valid pages and a means by which
> to extract the data (easily) for developers to use as a testing
> document.

I think the answer to that question is "not at this time", but you would
be more likely to get a reliable answer on www-validator@....

Regards,

Dom

spidering html validator and xml ouput option

2009-05-15T07:23:05Z

I was just wondering if it were in development to combine spidering with
the html validator and if it you would include an xml output option.

This will enable site wide checking for valid pages and a means by which
to extract the data (easily) for developers to use as a testing
document.

Paul

Re: Recommended DTDs to use in your Web document

2008-10-10T06:47:00Z

Jens Meiert wrote:
> Regarding recommended DTDs [1], may I suggest to add the HTML 5
> document type ("<!DOCTYPE html>" [2]) as well?

HTML5 isn't even a Candidate Recommendation yet, so I don't think that
would be a good idea.

Re: Recommended DTDs to use in your Web document

2008-10-10T04:57:41Z

Regarding recommended DTDs [1], may I suggest to add the HTML 5
document type ("<!DOCTYPE html>" [2]) as well?

[1] http://www.w3.org/QA/2002/04/valid-dtd-list.html
[2] http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/syntax.html#the-doctype

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Re: Error in QA Tips section of website: page moved with incorrect message

2008-09-24T13:26:04Z

Hello Timothy,

On 21-Sep-08, at 6:25 AM, Timothy Green wrote:
> The page http://www.w3.org/2001/06tips/noClickHere contains the text
> "The document has moved here." There is a link on the word 'here',

That's the default apache body for a 301 redirect permanent, FWIW.

>
> which, given the subject of the article, is mildly amusing. Less
> amusing, however, is the fact that the link is incorrect, pointing to
> the same page it's actually on. The document has in fact moved to
> http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/noClickHere.
>
> Why not use a HTTP redirect?

The redirect is set, and working for every other tip but this one...
I'm asking our webmaster to look into this.

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Error in QA Tips section of website: page moved with incorrect message

2008-09-21T03:25:44Z

The page http://www.w3.org/2001/06tips/noClickHere contains the text
"The document has moved here." There is a link on the word 'here',
which, given the subject of the article, is mildly amusing. Less
amusing, however, is the fact that the link is incorrect, pointing to
the same page it's actually on. The document has in fact moved to
http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/noClickHere.

Why not use a HTTP redirect?

Timothy Green.

Re: Direct input versus file upload results mismatch

2008-05-29T12:05:07Z

Dear Paola,

On 14-May-08, at 10:25 AM, Paola U. wrote:
> So I was a little bit surprised getting validation error through
> valid icons
> link in my web pages. To check if code was really wrong I copied the
> source
> code using the' view source code' in my Firefox browser and pasted
> it at
> address:
> http://validator.w3.org/#validate_by_input
> getting a valid result again!

It looks like you are using ASP.net, which is unfortunately known to
serve proper XHTML to browsers and pathologically broken markup to
other user agents, including the markup validator.

This is _not_ a bug in the W3C Tools.

For more information on this “feature” in ASP.net, and how to work
around it, see this document:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/exc57y7e.aspx
and in particular the section "Configuring Browser Capabilities for
Markup Validation".

Regards,
--
olivier

Direct input versus file upload results mismatch

2008-05-14T07:25:07Z

Hello,

I usually use W3C-QA tools to validate XHTML pages and CSS before publishing.
So I was a little bit surprised getting validation error through valid icons
link in my web pages. To check if code was really wrong I copied the source
code using the' view source code' in my Firefox browser and pasted it at
address:
http://validator.w3.org/#validate_by_input

getting a valid result again!

Revalidating the wrong result by checking the 'Clean up Markup with HTML
Tidy' box I could verify that the problem arises in the nested ul tags used
as navigation menues. Tiny added an extra empty <li class="c2"> tag.

You may verify this at address:

http://www.skeni.it/it/presentazione.html

I checked also pages:

http://www.skeni.it/it/progettazione.html
and
http://www.skeni.it/it/allestimenti.html

getting analogous results.

Looking forward to your answer as soon as possible.

Have a nice evening,

Paola Ugliano
Italy

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Prima di stampare questo messaggio chiediti se ne puoi fare a meno.....

.....l'ambiente ringrazia!

Re: XML Source

2008-03-23T02:48:34Z

On Sun, 23 Mar 2008, Scott A Tovey wrote:
>
> I am looking for a copy of the XML source of the HTML language for 4.01,
> XHTML 1.0, XHTML 1.1 and HTML 5.0.

I don't know about the other three, but for HTML5 the main document is
available at:

http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/

It is generated from this hand-edited source document using some
preprocessor scripts to number headers and link cross-references:

http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/source

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Re: XML Source

2008-03-23T01:47:22Z

On 23 Mar 2008, at 04:02, Scott A Tovey wrote:
>
> I am looking for a copy of the XML source of the
> HTML language for 4.01, XHTML 1.0, XHTML 1.1 and
> HTML 5.0.

The DTDs for HTML 4.x and XHTML 1.x are linked from their relevant
specifications. HTML5 is unfinished, and isn't an SGML or XML
application so doesn't have a DTD.

There is no "XML source" for the language though, as far as I know,
there is no XML application that can express the specifications.

> With proper implementation, this browser will be
> able to render all tags properly. Including tags
> that have yet to be considered.

I don't think that is possible.

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XML Source

2008-03-22T21:02:34Z

Hi,

I am looking for a copy of the XML source of the
HTML language for 4.01, XHTML 1.0, XHTML 1.1 and
HTML 5.0.

I have a novel concept for a standards compliant
browser but I need to look at the actual XML
source files, not white papers or documentation
explaining how the language works.

The concept is to create a browser that will be
standards compliant even if a new language is
created.

With proper implementation, this browser will be
able to render all tags properly. Including tags
that have yet to be considered.

Can you direct me to where I can download a copy
of these files?

I appreciate any help you can give me.

Scott A Tovey

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Re: UA support for Content-Disposition header (filename parameter)

2008-03-16T22:56:43Z

Hi Julian,

-public-html (bcc)
+www-qa
[Message reference][2]

Le 14 mars 2008 à 23:50, Julian Reschke a écrit :
> The problem I raised *is* an interoperability problem that has
> affected people in the real world. So it escapes me why you feel
> HTML5 should be silent on it.

The [issue you raised][1] would be better addressed in [CUAP][3] -
Common User Agent Problems. This note needs a huge clean up. If you
are willing to collect issues and document them, I might find time to
republish it and list you as co-editor.

[1]: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2008Mar/0113
[2]: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2008Mar/0115
[3]: http://www.w3.org/TR/cuap
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Re: Quality Tip suggestion: don't say "click here", not everyone will be clicking

2008-02-19T13:20:55Z

Re: Quality Tip suggestion: don't say "click here", not everyone will be clicking Bonjour Jean-Francois, Karl & everyone -

I’d written last year about the language of linking, specifically about the use of verbs:

http://online-copywriter.com/wordpress/2007/03/20/dont-click-here-avoid-verbs/

In a nutshell, the advice about avoiding verbs seems to be outdated. I’d be happy to update the entry in QA Tips if there is a perceived need.

Cheers!

Hal

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Hi Jean-François,

Le 18 févr. 2008 à 20:20, NAUD Jean Francois a écrit :
> why is the use of a verb phrase ( "is not a verb phrase") forbidden ?

to give a bit more context with regards to your request. You are
talking about
http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/noClickHere

======================
Both of these sentences divulge too much of the mechanics of getting
the Amaya software. If you want to call your reader to action, use
something like:

     Get _Amaya_!

Note that "get" is left out of the hypertext; we do not recommend
putting verb phrases in link text. Thus, rather than:

     _Tell me more_ about Amaya.

You should write:

     Tell me more about _Amaya_: W3C's free editor/browser that lets
you create HTML, SVG, and MathML documents.
======================

I guess the rationale behind that is that the link as given in the
example, doesn't start the download but is the actual homepage of Amaya.

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Re: Quality Tip suggestion: don't say "click here", not everyone will be clicking

2008-02-19T00:58:57Z

Hi Jean-François,

Le 18 févr. 2008 à 20:20, NAUD Jean Francois a écrit :
> why is the use of a verb phrase ( "is not a verb phrase") forbidden ?

to give a bit more context with regards to your request. You are
talking about
http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/noClickHere

======================
Both of these sentences divulge too much of the mechanics of getting
the Amaya software. If you want to call your reader to action, use
something like:

Get _Amaya_!

Note that "get" is left out of the hypertext; we do not recommend
putting verb phrases in link text. Thus, rather than:

_Tell me more_ about Amaya.

You should write:

Tell me more about _Amaya_: W3C's free editor/browser that lets
you create HTML, SVG, and MathML documents.
======================

I guess the rationale behind that is that the link as given in the
example, doesn't start the download but is the actual homepage of Amaya.

--
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http://www.w3.org/QA/
Be Strict To Be Cool

Re: Quality Tip suggestion: don't say "click here", not everyone will be clicking

2008-02-18T11:20:11Z

hi,

why is the use of a verb phrase ( "is not a verb phrase") forbidden ?

Regards,

THANX

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QA guidance on fragments

2008-02-14T06:00:40Z

Concerning ACTION-89

The document I had in mind was:

http://www.w3.org/TR/spec-variability/

I think the introductory text is well worth consideration
e.g.

[[
As a general principle, variability complicates interoperability. In
theory, interoperability is best when there are numerous identical,
complete, and correct implementations. However, when compared to the
alternatives, the net effect of conformance variability is not
necessarily negative in all cases. For example profiles — subdivisions
of the technology targeted at specific applications communities —
introduce variability among implementations. Some will implement Profile
ABC, some will implement Profile XYZ, and the two might not
intercommunicate well if ABC and XYZ are fairly different. However, if
ABC and XYZ are subsets of a large monolithic specification — too large
for many implementers to tackle in total -- and if they are well
targeted at actual application sectors, then subdivision by profiles may
actually enhance interoperability.

Different sorts of variability have different negative and positive
impacts. The principal danger is "excessive" variability - variability
that goes beyond what is needed for a positive interoperability
trade-off and that unnecessarily complicates the conformance model.
Specification editors need to carefully consider and justify any
variability allowed and its affect on conformance. This can be done by
referencing project requirements and use cases and/or explicitly
documenting the choices made.
]]

The whole thing is fairly concise and worth a read in my view.

In terms of the discussion we were having yesterday, I think that if
there is substantial vendor interest in a particular fragment then that
should provide adequate positive impact to counter the negative impacts
- but that having too many fragments is likely to have the opposite effect.

Jeremy

Re: comment lost in http://www.w3.org/QA/

2008-02-13T14:12:00Z

>Le 14 févr. 2008 à 05:53, Nicolas Krebs a écrit :
>> Here is a try (thanks to Live HTTP Headers)
>
>
>solved and published.

Many thanks.

Should i send again with <pre> or <table> html tag?

>I still do not know what was happening previously though.

Re: comment lost in http://www.w3.org/QA/

2008-02-13T14:05:22Z

Le 14 févr. 2008 à 05:53, Nicolas Krebs a écrit :
> Here is a try (thanks to Live HTTP Headers)

solved and published.
I still do not know what was happening previously though.

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Re: comment lost in http://www.w3.org/QA/

2008-02-13T12:53:34Z

>Nicolas,
>
>that was cool comments indeed.

Well, eh, thanks.

> But It still have not got them.
>Le 7 févr. 2008 à 05:34, Nicolas Krebs a écrit :
>> May be it could help someone :
>>
>> - my comment
>
>
>
>I really do not know what is happening. Could you make a very simple
>comment on one of the article? without URL and markup just words, note
>the date and time you made it, and send an email about it. I wonder if
>the spam filter is too aggressive.
>thanks.

Here is a try (thanks to Live HTTP Headers)

//////////////////////
request of form

GET /QA/2008/01/html5-is-html-and-xml.html HTTP/1.1
Host: www.w3.org
GET /QA/2008/01/html5-is-html-and-xml.html HTTP/1.1
Host: www.w3.org
User-Agent:
[...]
Gecko/20080201 Firefox/2.0.0.12
[...]
//////////////////////
retriving of form

HTTP/1.x 200 OK
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:20:34 GMT
Server: Apache/2
Last-Modified: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:35:11 GMT
Etag: "44ea-445ee94fd3dc0"
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 17642
Cache-Control: max-age=21600
Expires: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:20:34 GMT
P3P: policyref="http://www.w3.org/2001/05/P3P/p3p.xml"
Keep-Alive: timeout=2, max=100
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
//////////////////////
completion of form

Nicolas Krebs
nicolas1.krebs3@...

The following table may help people who do not understand all the meaning of "HTML 5, one vocabulary, two serializations" (read in fixed-lenght font)

text/html | application/xhtml+xml
----------|----------------------
HTML 2.0 |
HTML 3.2 |
HTML 4.01 | XHTML 1.0
| XHTML 2
HTML 5 | HTML 5
//////////////////////
POST /QA/sununga/beach.pl HTTP/1.1
Host: www.w3.org
User-Agent:
[...]
Gecko/20080201 Firefox/2.0.0.12
[...]
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 491
text=The+following+table+may+help+people+who+do+not+understand+
all+the+meaning+of+%22HTML+5%2C+one+vocabulary%2C+two+
serializations%22+%28read+in+fixed-lenght+font%29%0D%0A%0D%0Atext%2Fhtml+
%7C+application%2Fxhtml%2Bxml%0D%0A----------%7C----------------------%0D%0AHTML+
2.0++%7C%0D%0AHTML+3.2++%7C%0D%0AHTML+4.01+%7C+XHTML+
1.0%0D%0A++++++++++%7C+XHTML+2%0D%0AHTML+5++++%7C+
HTML+5%0D%0A&static=1&entry_id=137&__lang=en&author=Nicolas+
Krebs&email=nicolas1.krebs3%40netcourrier.com&post=Submit
//////////////////////
HTTP/1.x 200 OK
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:52:46 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.3 (Debian) mod_python/3.2.10 Python/2.4.4 PHP/5.2.0-8+etch7
Pragma: no-cache
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Cache-Control: max-age=21600
Expires: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:25:15 GMT
P3P: policyref="http://www.w3.org/2001/05/P3P/p3p.xml"
Keep-Alive: timeout=2, max=100
Connection: Keep-Alive
Transfer-Encoding: chunked

[an xhtml content of which the transliteration is]

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Your comment has been received and held for approval by the blog owner.

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Re: comment lost in http://www.w3.org/QA/

2008-02-06T14:22:53Z

Nicolas,

that was cool comments indeed. But It still have not got them.
Le 7 févr. 2008 à 05:34, Nicolas Krebs a écrit :
> May be it could help someone :
>
> - my comment …

I really do not know what is happening. Could you make a very simple
comment on one of the article? without URL and markup just words, note
the date and time you made it, and send an email about it. I wonder if
the spam filter is too aggressive.
thanks.

--
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http://www.w3.org/QA/
Be Strict To Be Cool

Re: comment lost in http://www.w3.org/QA/

2008-02-06T12:34:50Z

May be it could help someone :

- my comment to http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/01/html5-is-html-and-xml.html
was an answer to http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/01/html5-is-html-and-xml.html#c102605
and http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/01/html5-is-html-and-xml.html#c102979
with a table such

text/html | application/xhtml+xml
----------|----------------------
HTML 2.0 |
HTML 3.2 |
HTML 4.01 | XHTML 1.0
| XHTML 2
HTML 5 | HTML 5

- my comment to http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/01/html5.html
was a request to add a multi-page version in
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-html5-diff-20080122/
such http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/REC-xhtml1-20020801/Cover.html ,
due to the size of html 5 specification

Re: Little issue about CSS standard

2008-02-05T19:50:19Z

Hello Javier,

On Feb 2, 2008, at 14:00 , Javier Segura wrote:

> Hello, my name is Javier, I'm from Argentina, and I have a question
> for you.. I'm developing a web site, and I'd like to make a valid
> CSS code, as XHTML that works for all browsers. The problem, is that
> I want to use alpha tranparency or opacity respectively and I found
> that they are both not valid CSS attributes

[snip]

Try looking at the 'opacity' property and the 'rgba()' color values in
CSS3. I think you'll see that CSS development is going in the right
direction on opacity/transparency.

Note that you can tell the CSS validator to check stylesheets against
CSS3 by using the "more options" menu.

regards,
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olivier Thereaux - W3C - http://www.w3.org/People/olivier/
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Little issue about CSS standard

2008-02-01T21:00:59Z

Hello, my name is Javier, I'm from Argentina, and I have a question for you.. I'm developing a web site, and I'd like to make a valid CSS code, as XHTML that works for all browsers. The problem, is that I want to use alpha tranparency or opacity respectively and I found that they are both not valid CSS attributes, the question is: Why if these attributes exists, and works when I use them, they are not included as valid CSS attributes on W3C CSS standard? Anyway, if you are trying to validate a CSS standard, and I add CSS attributes to my XHTML code using JavaScript once html content is loaded, you cannot validate them, and I'm making valid CSS for your CSS server side validator tool, but, really I'm supposedly not, because I'm adding supposedly "not valid" CSS attributes to my XHTML DOM objects by using client side JavaScript once page is loaded, that, off course works for all navigators, but you cannot see them beacause they are generated by a client side script. So you are making a wrong validation and I'm adding more download time to my pages just for fix this problem. I hope you guys fix this issue when you release the CSS3 standard. It is not about to use a transparent PNG to make the same effect, because explorer under its 7th version has no support for this, and 98 % of Internet users, has Explorer running on their PCs, but anyway, you know that exists little hack for this, and the whole world use it, It works, but you consider it as not valid, and that is the moment I which I say What's happening?. So, if you don't fix it, well, I'll have to made my own jQuery CSS support to avoid all these "wrong CSS attributes", that off course you wont be able to validate, but this is the Web that you're making... I think.

Thank you very much.

Javier.

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Re: comment lost in http://www.w3.org/QA/

2008-01-28T15:59:19Z

Le 29 janv. 2008 à 08:06, Nicolas Krebs a écrit :
> I have submit a comment in
> http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/01/html5.html

Hmmm I have to explore this. Your comment is nowhere in pending or
spam queues.

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Karl Dubost - W3C
http://www.w3.org/QA/
Be Strict To Be Cool

Re: comment lost in http://www.w3.org/QA/

2008-01-28T15:06:01Z

>Hi Nicolas,

Hello,

>Le 25 janv. 2008 à 04:58, Nicolas Krebs a écrit :
>> I have "Leave a comment" in
>> http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/01/html5-is-html-and-xml.html ,
>> but is has not been published, without refusal announce by email
>> (i gave my email address in th form). Is this right/normal/expected ?
>
>
>So I went through the queue and your comment was not there.
>Could you make it again, I'll check today (monday japan, sunday
>europe) or tomorrow if it is caught by the spam filter there should be
>no reason, but we will see.

I have submit a comment in
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/01/html5.html

>Information for the rest of the people.
>There are sometimes interesting comments left anonymously or without
>any email address. We have decided as a policy to delete those.

A technical note : it is write that
"Usage of some HTML tags (<a href>,<br/>,<p>,<strong>,<em>,
<blockquote>,<pre>, ) to mark up your comment is allowed."

Are the table, tr, th, td, elements allowed?

>--
>Karl Dubost - W3C
>http://www.w3.org/QA/
>Be Strict To Be Cool

Yeah.

Re: comment lost in http://www.w3.org/QA/

2008-01-27T17:02:31Z

Hi Nicolas,

Le 25 janv. 2008 à 04:58, Nicolas Krebs a écrit :
> I have "Leave a comment" in
> http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/01/html5-is-html-and-xml.html ,
> but is has not been published, without refusal announce by email
> (i gave my email address in th form). Is this right/normal/expected ?

So I went through the queue and your comment was not there.
Could you make it again, I'll check today (monday japan, sunday
europe) or tomorrow if it is caught by the spam filter there should be
no reason, but we will see.

Information for the rest of the people.
There are sometimes interesting comments left anonymously or without
any email address. We have decided as a policy to delete those.

--
Karl Dubost - W3C
http://www.w3.org/QA/
Be Strict To Be Cool