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Re: [LUG] PDF's and the paperless office - well NVU really

 

On Wednesday 10 January 2007 20:36, Ben Goodger wrote:
> On 10/01/07, John Palmer <johnp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > What I always ask about these wysiwyg html editors is --- do they
> > generate HTML (or CSS) that passes the W3C validator ?
>
> I believe that Nvu does while Frontpage and Dreamweaver don't. However, NVU
> likely doesn't generate very nice code...
Actually the code is all good - no errors through Tidy (Firefox addin) which 
is the W3C one really. Like I said - it doesn't seem to have that attitude 
problem almost all other editors (not FCKeditor) seem to have.
It doesn't yet do CSS but you writing valid css is easy - its getting it to 
work in the same way in FF and IE  that can be a pain. I edit the source to 
use a css file and then use the Firefox CSS editor to 'get it right'.  If IE 
fails to display it properly then I put in a bit of JS that asks IE users to 
get a proper browser.
But seriously if your trying to write something that you're finding difficult 
to get to display correctly in FF/Mozilla and IE then your only making life 
hard for yourself. If its hard for you to write its probably hard for the 
client/customer/audience to understand and almost certainly breaks 
accessability rules. And, unless you're writing Microsoft Interfacing specs 
to avoid large fines, you want to be understood don't you?
Tom te tom te tom


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