Rails Guides CSS

So, now that the Rails Guides validate as XHTML 1.0 Strict, I thought it would be cool to finish the job and validate its CSS, too.

But it doesn't:

http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?profile=css21&warning=0&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fedgeguides.rubyonrails.org%2Findex.html

I contacted Jason Zimdars, author of the design, and he gave me 3 solutions. So, first, we should decide what to do: leave it as it is, with validation errors, or fix it, possibly changing a bit the look of the site (rounded corners and stuff).

And second, we'd need a volunteer for this, as I'm not good with CSS, I don't feel able for this task.

You'll find below Jason's reply. What do you think we should do?

Oh c'mon. Validation is an tool, not a wonderful thing in its own right. Making the site look worse in good browsers, or requiring extra work from the designer (who isn't getting paid) just so we can check off the "valid CSS" box are both bad ideas.

My vote: leave it as is. We're grown up enough to stand the horror of not being valid.

Mike

What Mike said.

Jaime thank you for checking also this.

I am sure your effort with XHTML will pay off, and I hope those reported issues in IE8 are fixed now (can't test it myself).

CSS is a different story in my view. If validation was trivial to accomplish I'd say go for it, but since it is not I'd touch that only if the site looks horrible in some mainstream and modern browser.

It was worth looking into nonetheless, thank you!

That's my opinion, too. Better leave it as it is now: fixing XHTML was one thing, but dealing with CSS surely is not worth the effort.

Just sharing it with you to make sure you also thought like this.