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From: Bradley Taunt <bt@btxx.org>
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2024 13:43:37 -0400
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 <h1 id="using-html-validator-badges-again">Using HTML Validator Badges Again</h1>
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 <p>2019-07-05</p>
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 <p>There was a time on the Internet when websites wore badges of honor, declaring that their code was semantic and followed the W3C guidelines. The validators we used weren&#8217;t great (and <strong>still</strong> aren&#8217;t perfect) but they represented a community that took pride in caring about the quality of their work. I think it&#8217;s time we bring HTML badges back.</p>
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 <h2 id="getting-the-flaws-out-of-the-way">Getting the flaws out of the way</h2>
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 <p>Of course, there were reasons why these badges slowly faded out of popularity. Some of the reasoning made sense, but most felt like a stretch in logic from my perspective. I always looked at it as a &#8220;the good outweighs the bad&#8221;.</p>
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 <p>Jukka Korpela&#8217;s post way back in 2003, <a href="http://jkorpela.fi/html/validation.html">HTML validation is a good tool but just a tool</a>, highlighted a lot of problems with relying so heavily on these HTML validators. I suggest you give it a read if this kind of thing interests you. I found it fascinating, even though I disagree with most of the points he makes.</p>
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 <p>Some negatives used to dismiss HTML badges:</p>
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 <li><strong>The badge system is outdated</strong>
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 <li>Dismissing the worth of something based on how long it has been around is foolish. Many tools and frameworks are &#8220;outdated&#8221; but are still used to this day with great success.</li>
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 <li><strong>HTML5 doesn&#8217;t <em>require</em> validation</strong>
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 <li>Technically <em>no subset of HTML</em> requires validation - but developers should aim for it. The W3C validators perform a solid job of keeping a standard for web development, so by following a standard we can keep experiences consistent for users.</li>
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 <li><strong>Validation is too formal</strong>
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 <li>I believe in the ability to achieve your desired outcome based on almost any constraints. If a project leans you towards invalid or non-semantic structure to fulfill requirements, a better approach needs to be evaluated. We as developers tend to settle too quickly on the easiest option available to us.</li>
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 <li><strong>Websites &#47; web apps are just <em>too complex</em> to follow the W3C guidelines</strong>
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 <li>I call <em>BS</em> on this argument. The complexity of a website should have nothing to do with keeping semantic standards. <em>This is your job.</em></li>
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 <li><strong>It only exists to catch syntax errors</strong>
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 <li>For the record, I still see this more of a positive take on using validators. Subtle and nuanced syntax mistakes can be easily overlooked by the human eye.</li>
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 <h2 id="nobody-puts-badges-in-a-corner">&#8220;Nobody puts <em>badges</em> in a corner&#8221;</h2>
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 <p>A large of amount of designers &#47; developers tend to forget that there are new people entering our industry everyday and they might not be as well versed in the basics of the web (HTML &#38; CSS specifically). Since so many newcomers start out with JavaScript frameworks or jump onto pre-existing projects, they don&#8217;t always grasp the core foundation of valid markup. Some frameworks even break basic standards for visuals or easier development environments - setting their initial expectations that ugly semantics is acceptable code. The ends justify the means, etc.</p>
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 <p>Guiding first-timers towards HTML validators let&#8217;s them rethink their structure when building products or at least give some forethought to their outputted code. We, the more <em>verteran</em> members of the community, have the knowledge of proper semantics since we grew our careers around this &#8220;trend&#8221;. We shouldn&#8217;t assume newbies have the same understanding. The basics are important.</p>
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 <h2 id="open-source-html5-badge">Open source HTML5 badge</h2>
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 <p>Since the W3C doesn&#8217;t officially produce any badges for HTML5 validation 1, I&#8217;ve gone ahead and open sourced <code>SVG</code> and <code>PNG</code> versions of a badge based off the current W3C designs. You can check out the Github repo: <a href="https://github.com/bradleytaunt/html5-valid-badge">HTML5 Valid Badge</a></p>
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 <p>If you decide to use these badges, be sure to link these images to your valid passing URL (<a href="https://html5.validator.nu">html5.validator.nu</a>). You can see an example of the link in the footer of this website.</p>
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 <p>Please feel free to reach out and share your websites &#47; projects that pass as valid HTML and include an HTML valid badge. I&#8217;d love to check them out!</p>
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 <p>1 <a href="http://html5doctor.com/html5-check-it-before-you-wreck-it-with-miketm-smith/">Interview with Mike Smith</a>: &#8220;There won&#8217;t be any proper Valid HTML5 icon forthcoming, so if you&#8217;d like to use one in your content, you&#8217;ll probably need to create one on your own.&#8221;</p>
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