The relevance of standards-compliance
I think compliance with standards is important. It is quite possibly one of the most important issues in web design and development today. Some web developers agree with me; some do not. Most do not know enough to even have a worthwhile opinion. One of those who has a worthwhile opinion, but who does not agree with me (despite his being a talented and intelligent designer) is Mike Davidson. I ran across an interesting entry on his blog concerning this subject. I disagree with much of what he says, but you may find the blog entry and the resulting comments interesting. Let me know what you think.
Much of my own work, both on Black Gate and at RPG Library, is not even close to being standards compliant, by the way. It’s horrible, and I know it, and I intend to fix it. When I have time.