Is Javascript bad? Is W3 validation important, or just cross-browser compatibility is? (was: Supermarket repackaging trick again)

[Evan Leibovitch]

Jason Spiro wrote:
> Is W3 validation important? Doesn't it only matter that a page looks
> good in a variety of browsers?
That's the whole point of standards. Rather than needing to validate
against "a variety of browsers" at different revision levels, you
validate against one standard. Then, you know that any
standards-compliant browser will work with it.

- Evan

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