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The bugs are caught at parsing time, and therefore the error messages +also show the line where they occur and provide a +<b>hint</b> of what was expected instead! +<p> +The primary goal of the bug meter is to <b>help</b> webmasters and page authors +to polish the contents of their sites with a view to make them standards +compliant. +</div> + +<div class=section> +<h3>How does it work?</h3> + +Mainly, the parser catches +"<a href='http://www.bu.edu/tech/web/departments/non-wordpress/start/html-introduction/syntax/nesting-tags/'>nesting</a>" +bugs. That is, improperly closed or +unclosed elements. This is, actually, one of the most +<a href='http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/problems.html'>common +mistakes</a> found in web pages, so the chances of a dillo-validated +web page to be +<a href='http://validator.w3.org/'>W3C</a> or +<a href='http://www.htmlhelp.org/tools/validator/'>WDG</a> +compliant are very high! +<p> +The rest of the reported bugs set is basically related to proper format +and allowed contents for elements and attributes. +</div> + +<div class=section> +<h3>What's the difference with the W3C and WDG validators?</h3> + +Mainly the <b>ease of use</b> and completeness. +<p> +Dillo's bug meter is not a substitute for formal validators but a +<b>tool</b> to help towards standards compliance. +<p> +Every page displayed by Dillo shows the bug meter count, and also keeps +an error message list. That is, for the sole act of displaying a +page you know whether it validates with Dillo or not. +The error message list (with hints) is a single click away! +<p> +Once the page validates you can double check it either with the W3C +or WDG by right-clicking the bug meter and making your choice. These +validators make a formal check of the page contents. +<p> +Most of the time the page will pass this second check! +</div> + +<div class=section> +<h3>Why are standards so important?</h3> + +When a page is not standards compliant it becomes <b>slang</b>, and as +such its interpretation is subjective or, at best, only known to +its creators. +<p> +Such pages, and particularly those with multiple slang instances, +start to become only understandable by one interpreter (browser). +<p> +Once this happens, the universality of the Web fails, because it +restricts site usage to a certain browser. +<p> +Making your sites standards-compliant will help ensure every +browser, old and new, will be able to present the sites +<b>properly</b>, and also that they will +<b>work in the future</b>, making your site +accessible from a wide range of devices ranging from desktops to +cell phones. +<p> +The universality and interoperability of the Web is one of the biggest +assets of mankind today. Liberty of expression and freedom of information +have found their new home inside the fertile Web space. +<p> +If you let a single corporation or entity the power to +control the Internet's protocols, they would be +able to control the Web just as much as the mass-media. +<p> +Please don't let that happen. +</div> + +<div class=section> +<h3>What can I do?</h3> +<ul> +<li>Be aware of the importance of Web standards, and help + to spread the word. +<li>Help page authors and webmasters to provide standards-compliant contents +(For instance, you can copy&paste the error messages produced by +Dillo, and mail them to the author). +<li>Reject slang and proprietary protocols, + use alternative standard-compliant sites. +</ul> +</div> + +<div class=section> +<h3>Links:</h3> + +<ul> +<li>The Web Standards Project's +<a href='http://www.webstandards.org/learn/faq/'>FAQ</a>. +<li><a href='http://tidy.sourceforge.net'>Tidy</a>: +an extraordinary tool that automatically corrects a lot +of errors found in web pages. +<li> +<a href='http://www.w3.org/'>W3C</a> and +<a href='http://www.htmlhelp.org/'>WDG</a>. +</ul> +</div> + +<p>Note: near the release of dillo-3.0.4 a person that teaches HTML +wrote me with some suggested links of their own. I lost the email in +the server migration and wish he could send it again. + +</div> + + </td> + + </tr> +</table> + + +</body> +</html> + |