XHTML valid

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[grahame]

I have fixed the XHTML - it was reporting (err) 95 errors and 1 warning .... and I have added a poll as I would like to know what (if any) practical difference I have made.  Please vote - I want to learn from this.

I think you misunderstood me. I wasn't complaining, simply pointing it out

I have often wondered just how much real difference XHTML standard adherance makes, and your post has given me an excellent opportunity to get some practical inputs.    When I first saw your post, I thought "do I really need to bother to fix this" and I answered "I don't know" to myself.   It's very interesting how the votes are going.

[TerminalJunkie]

I have often wondered just how much real difference XHTML standard adherance makes

On a fast desktop computer, probably not that much. On a slower machine a standards-compliant browser like Firefox ought to render pages more quickly, as there won't be any processing required to fallback onto quirks mode: on my EeePC 701 the site certainly feels quicker.

On mobile devices I suspect it does make a difference - the site now loads on my iPAQ, which it wouldn't before.

If nothing else, you should now have that nice warm glow of a job well done

Now all you have to do is get rid of the 26 or so problems that stop it validating as XHTML 1.0 Strict

[6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01]

Went back to firefox and mine is now ok, safari which is an older version on my iPhone is also fine while on my pc safari randomly logs me out

[Mookiemoo]

site works ok on a pc - mac - iphone - windows mobile

whats the issue?

[grahame]

On mobile devices I suspect it does make a difference - the site now loads on my iPAQ, which it wouldn't before.

Now all you have to do is get rid of the 26 or so problems that stop it validating as XHTML 1.0 Strict

The other place I suspect it does make a difference is in how the search engines rank us. We're already on the first page at Google with "First Great Western" and at the very top with "First Great Western Customer Forum". But without published algorithms, it's hard to know about that; there's a lot of guesswork and summise around.

On "Strict", I'm going to leave that while I have the poll open;  I'm very antsy about effectively changing the question half way through.  But, sure, why not ...

[Btline]

To the person who voted "still fails":

What computer/browser do you use? It's probably a problem at your end, unless you don't use IE, Safari, Firefox, iPhone, Windows Moblile, Mac OSX, Windows!

(Perhaps it a Vista problem! )