Why is it that so many company websites don't have valid sites??? I was doing my Christmas shopping when I first noticed this was such a huge problem - large retail sites that have such basic errors as not having a doctype, having pages constructed from tables, mixing up structure with presentation.....why???
...when valid code standards are probably easier to produce and maintain.
...when valid code goes along way to making a website accessible to visually impaired and disabled users who may rely on a screen reader or be unable to use a mouse.
...alt and title tags explain what an image is when images are turned off - if there are no text alternatives then the site may as well have no images whatsoever!
One site i went on (a well know highstreet brand) had a whole site composed of unlabeled images that were advertising their christmas stock....wonder how much money and/or customers they lost this year???
Presumably, such large companies hire professional designers to design and develop their sites - sometimes, you'd never know it!
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