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› March 14, 2005
HTML Validator Firefox extension
First, you needed to visit the W3C markup validation service in order to validate your web pages. Then, there were validation bookmarklets and the web developer toolbar. And a while ago, Nate reported on Ben Hammersley's XHTML Validator to RSS tool, which turned validation into a passive business—just having a peek at the relevant RSS feed now and then was enough.
The HTML Validator extension for Firefox (and Mozilla) makes life even better: instant validation of all pages you visit. Be sure to give it a try.
Comments
1. March 14, 2005 02:09 PM
2. March 14, 2005 02:38 PM
David Lindquist Posted…
From the link above:
- the data is not sent to a 3rd party server
The extension has HTML Tidy built in.
3. March 15, 2005 03:51 PM
icexe Posted…
David is correct. Tidy is built-in, all validation is done by the extension itself. I've been using it for a few months now, and i tell you its an invaluable tool. BTW, in case you didn't know, you can also set different levels of accessibility checks, though it can get a little overzealous at times when set to level 1.
4. March 16, 2005 04:42 PM
Nate Posted…
Already, I can't imagine not having this. Anyone hesitating to download this should reconsider - it's super helpful.
Joe Grossberg Posted…
That seems like an enormous waste of the W3C's bandwidth.
I'll stick with the right-click context menu option that comes with the WebDeveloper toolbar.