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My site is an e-commerce site - is there much point in showing this logos - I am just wasting bandwidth and confusing my users who probably never heard of w3c?
Alex
My site is an e-commerce site
Unless you're selling web design services or a product oriented to a very geeky crowd - i.e. people like you and me ;-) - I can't see th point.
Tom
I use links to show that a site is compliant with Web standards, but that's on a Web development site.
In your case, it doesn't add anything for your customers to see the logos. And since the logos are ones you've designed, they aren't even the ones savvy surfers would recognize. So what's the point? You'll be making your visitors work unnecessarily.
It's just clutter.
Personally, I always think adding these logos makes a site look a bit ameuteurish - it's like those "best viewed in IE5 600*800 signs".
Hmmm... I see what you're saying, sanenet, but I'm not sure I agree. Standards compliancy is something that ought to be far wider spread knowledge than it is at present. The W3C has even gone to the trouble to provide a "What's this?" page of explanation to anyone who clicks through and then wonders where on earth they've ended up.
For sure, what it means won't make a difference to most people any more than seeing an ISO standard printed on a piece of machinery... but for those few who might benefit from learning what the W3C is and does, it's a very non-intrusive way to spread the word that there are browser-independent standards behind writing a web page.
I don't think it matters what graphic you use - even a text link somewhere at the bottom of the page is fair enough.
No. No. It is the exact opposite.
The "Best viewed in IE" notice always shows that the site was designed by an amateur, that is for sure; but adding the validation logos shows that it was designed by a professional that takes care and pride in what they do.
Of course, presses and journals often have such information in the author's pack, but that's another story.
