For the Internet I prefer W3C compliant pages that will function correctly in all major browsers. IE, Firefox, Opera, Safari, whatever. For corporate intranets it might be useful to target a specific browser. I still prefer W3C compliancy, but I can imagine scenarios where ActiveX controls running in a browser are a good solution. Which means targeting IE only. Since Renderosity is an Internet site it should be designed to run correctly in all browsers. Not just Firefox, or IE, or Opera. I just ran the Marketplace front page through the W3C validator - quite a few validation errors against HTML 4.01 Transitional. Most of the errors were caused by URLs with querystring arguments, some are genuine errors that should be looked into by the Bondware programmers. Building a website that makes it through the W3C validation takes more consideration and time than building it "quick and dirty." But a validated web site is guaranteed to display correctly in ALL browsers - worth the time! And since a W3C validated site shows the commitment and skill of the builder, it also instills trust in the visitor. Good for the reputation - which means good for sales.

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