Comments on: Local W3C validator on OSX http://alastairc.ac/2009/02/local-w3c-validator-on-osx/ Kything web interactions Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:13:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: AlastairC http://alastairc.ac/2009/02/local-w3c-validator-on-osx/comment-page-1/#comment-122283 AlastairC Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:42:25 +0000 http://alastairc.ac/?p=424#comment-122283 Hi Oliver, Thanks for that, I guess read <a href="http://www.molly.com/2008/12/11/w3c-validators-in-jeopardy/" rel="nofollow">Molly's post</a> the wrong way, I'd taken 'operational' as the running rather than human cost. It's a shame, it was a good hook into the article ;) And you're right about Chuck, he's even got <a href="http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/?p=108" rel="nofollow">ARIA support</a> (experimental so far) in there as well! Hi Oliver,

Thanks for that, I guess read Molly’s post the wrong way, I’d taken ‘operational’ as the running rather than human cost. It’s a shame, it was a good hook into the article ;)

And you’re right about Chuck, he’s even got ARIA support (experimental so far) in there as well!

]]> By: olivier Thereaux, W3C http://alastairc.ac/2009/02/local-w3c-validator-on-osx/comment-page-1/#comment-122248 olivier Thereaux, W3C Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:25:54 +0000 http://alastairc.ac/?p=424#comment-122248 Validator SAC is a fantastic tool and I'm really in awe of some of the work Chuck has been doing on it. I hadn't figured out that trick of installing it and being able to point one's browser to the validator instance -nice! For those who don't have a mac, the validator can be installed locally too. Quite a lot easier for linux users than Windows, but both are supported. One thing I'm not sure I agree with, however ;)… Alastair, when you say “There is a way that you can support the W3c validation service - by not using it. The public version that is.” I think it implies that W3C is asking for contributions to finance servers and bandwidth. That is NOT the actual story. While it is correct that we recommend that heavy users try installing their own local instance of the validators instead of hammering the shared free services, bandwidth and servers are not the big problem here: the contributions are to be used to staff the development, design, bug fixing, evolution with new technologies and into the future of the w3c validators. The best way to support the W3C validators is to <a href="http://validator.w3.org/contribute.html" rel="nofollow">get involved</a> :)! Donations are an option, but there are many other ways, including code, community support, documentation, etc. Validator SAC is a fantastic tool and I’m really in awe of some of the work Chuck has been doing on it. I hadn’t figured out that trick of installing it and being able to point one’s browser to the validator instance -nice!

For those who don’t have a mac, the validator can be installed locally too. Quite a lot easier for linux users than Windows, but both are supported.

One thing I’m not sure I agree with, however ;) … Alastair, when you say “There is a way that you can support the W3c validation service – by not using it. The public version that is.” I think it implies that W3C is asking for contributions to finance servers and bandwidth. That is NOT the actual story.

While it is correct that we recommend that heavy users try installing their own local instance of the validators instead of hammering the shared free services, bandwidth and servers are not the big problem here: the contributions are to be used to staff the development, design, bug fixing, evolution with new technologies and into the future of the w3c validators.

The best way to support the W3C validators is to get involved :) ! Donations are an option, but there are many other ways, including code, community support, documentation, etc.

]]> By: AlastairC http://alastairc.ac/2009/02/local-w3c-validator-on-osx/comment-page-1/#comment-122021 AlastairC Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:11:15 +0000 http://alastairc.ac/?p=424#comment-122021 Hi Ben, that's true, but I don't like having lots of pluggins that run on page load. (I have too many pluggins, so I'm careful about the on-load ones). I'd rather have it as something local I can call on, but not slow down Firefox. Hi Ben, that’s true, but I don’t like having lots of pluggins that run on page load. (I have too many pluggins, so I’m careful about the on-load ones). I’d rather have it as something local I can call on, but not slow down Firefox.

]]> By: Ben Millard http://alastairc.ac/2009/02/local-w3c-validator-on-osx/comment-page-1/#comment-122019 Ben Millard Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:50:41 +0000 http://alastairc.ac/?p=424#comment-122019 The <a href="http://users.skynet.be/mgueury/mozilla/" rel="nofollow">HTML Validator Extension for Firefox</a> is another way to run it locally. Especially handy for Firefox users, like myself. (And you, judging by the Back/Next buttons in the screenshots.) The HTML Validator Extension for Firefox is another way to run it locally. Especially handy for Firefox users, like myself. (And you, judging by the Back/Next buttons in the screenshots.)

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