Comments on: Webby Awards and Web Standards

By: Adarsh

Adarsh — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:40:14 +0000

I would suggest not to provide a link to those sites, just a text URL will do. I mean, if they are not ‘up to the mark’, why shall we promote them .. just my opinion.

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:31:42 +0000

Webbies, like almost all awards, are entirely self-promotional entities, interested only in validating their own importance. They gain legitimacy by leeching off other peoples ‘wow-factor’ sites and have no concern for technical standards.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:53:07 +0000

This is an excellent point. While I generally code to the standards, for over-taxed folk like myself, it’s easy to slip and have under-par standards. I’m all for standards as a general principal, but reality presents a different story. Great post!

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By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 20:48:01 +0000

Interesting. Thanks for publishing. As a developer, I sometimes find strict adherance to standards difficult to achieve. And I unfortunately don’t make it a habit to run validation checks on everything I create. When I do run validation checks, it is often a tedious and time consuming process to catch everything. I guess the key is writing valid code in the first place. Old habits die hard!

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:49:09 +0000

So many of those sites are ugly. Looks like politics has more weight than talent when it comes to getting a Webby.