What is the point of using W3C icons?

Question

I am talking about these .

Yes, I know that they are intended to show that the page is standards compliant and should reference the page reevaluation service. OK. But why should I, as a regular user, worry about this? As a visitor, I am indifferent to whether the page is strict XHTML or not, whether it contains dirty IE hacks or not. It is important that the page is displayed correctly, convenient and fast. All this! And in fact, in many cases, these requirements are not consistent with W3C standards smoothly.

So, what is the mania to add something designed for developers to the product? Am I missing a point?

Answer 1

This is not a point of sale like tags like "Be Safe With".

Enabling w3c icons is a way to show that you know that standards must be followed to build a web page. This is a way to show that you want to be polite to all users, regardless of browser, and help promote the idea that browsers should implement at least standards.

It is also a way to educate your readers. Not everyone knows that these standards exist or why they exist. Raising your readers, we hope, will allow them to find a browser that meets their expectations of viewing and raise these expectations above "show me some images from 4chan."

Although, in the end, this usually turns out to be a different way to put things on a website, because you lack the artistic feat to make everything look good without putting any stickers on them.

Answer 2

Strange, but virtual medals really work. It is no coincidence that SO has a reputation and badges.

Answer 3

There are many sites with important text that my browser skips because I do not use the browser that the page author used. If I see one of these icons, I can be sure that the whole page is displayed.

It is important that the page is displayed correctly, convenient and fast. It's all! And in fact, in many cases, these requirements are not consistent with W3C standards smoothly.

Don't you think they are in conflict?

Any day, I would take a page with a check on the page "with hacks for every browser."

Answer 4

This is not important to anyone, including potential employers and other developers, and especially not for users. I saw pages that DO NOT check despite the icons, and valid markup means that the syntax is correct, but does not mean that it is well designed, laid out, formatted, well thought out, flexible, useful or of any interest to anyone else , I will look at the markup to see what the author did, and this is important.

Answer 5

This is just a way to show your technically competent users that you are technically competent. They have no other reason. I try to always check, but never put them. If I had a blog, I could post them in the about section.

Answer 6

It’s just bragging. Same as any badge / award implementation. Of course, this does not really matter for 99% of visitors, but it may matter to you, the developer.

Answer 7

You do not need badges. However, when they are present, they indicate that all modern browsers will display the page [almost] the same way.

Example: they give the user confidence that when he returns home (in the office he is forced to use Mac OS X, but has Windows at home), the page will still display properly for him. Nothing critical, but sometimes it’s very important to know.

Answer 8

As a visitor, I am indifferent to whether the page is strict XHTML or not, whether it contains dirty IE hacks or not.

Well, if you use Safari, and the site only works with IE because of "dirty IE hacks," then the site is broken and useless for you. Similarly, if you are an IE user and the site is full of dirty hackers, the site will be broken down on you.