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I-Media Awards
"Recognize the highest standards of excellence in website design and development".
Too bad they've completely ignored web standards on their own site.
01 aug at 17:27 by Terry
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Then check out this url: http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.interactivemediaawards.com%2F
The fact that you think a validated page = web standard practice only shows your lack of understanding towards the paradigm of web standard and accessibility.
There're a few things you would have done differently if you really appreciate the beauty of web standard. Top of my head, you would probably stay away from table based layout in there. And you probably would use css rollover instead of dreamweaver default rollover javascript.
I probably described half a dozen sites out on the web by nagging about that. But thinking that this is a site that 'recognize the highest standard in website design and development', one would have probably anticipated something more.
The site is nice looking enough, but isn't it kind of stupid to have an awards site that 1. Uses a tables based layout (none of the site content is tabular data, except perhaps the list of winners) 2. is HTML 4? Not to mention the site says it validates XHTML?!
I mean if these people don't know anything about current web practices how can they judge anyone else's site?
There's nothing wrong with using HTML 4.
No, there's nothing wrong with HTML 4, but why say your site validates as XHMTL when your doctype indicates HTML 4. I think that's what joe is trying to say.
Terry was right, you shouldn't indicate your site validates one doctype but then use another.
Part of the point of XHTML was to take a step further in the direction of seperating style from content. To use HTML 4 is a step backwards. Technically if your site validates there's nothing "wrong" with it, but would you (as a web developer, not Aunt Mabel's Quilt Blog) use HTML 2 for that matter?
If you're going to use HTML 4 and tables, why bother even using CSS to begin with? If you're supposed to be celebrating the best of the best it's foolish to backtrack in time, when we should be praising innovation and progress.
Lisa said it best in much fewer words: thinking that this is a site that recognize the highest standard in website design and development', one would have probably anticipated something more
*shrugs* I was just going to argue the HTML 4 point. I wasn't aware that the site boasted XHTML compatibility.
*goes to get food*
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