December, 2007
Why Web Standards?
Monday, December 17th, 2007
For somebody who advocates the use of Web standards, there isn't much about why exactly I support them on this site.
A recent discussion on the FreelanceSwitch Forums, however, led me to defend the use of Web standards in my work. One designer questioned why, exactly, standards-based sites are such a big deal, when essentially the same visual result can be obtained by using a tables-based site?
His argument was valid, from a purely visual standpoint: one can create a visually appealing website using nothing but tables in their code. People have been doing so for years, and in some cases tables are more versatile for layout and design than valid CSS and HTML.
But, that's just the problem. (more...)
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