Jay Honeck wrote:

Jay.. I am also learning HTML and MS FrontPage...

Well, Bill, despite Peter's (and others) elitist attitudes toward building
a
web page, this ain't rocket science. Microsoft FrontPage -- for all of
its quirks -- is head and shoulders above any other web editor I've tried,
for ease of use.

Sure, you can go with Dreamweaver for more "power" -- if you've got a few
weeks of your life to devote to something as stupid as learning a new
program. Nowadays, with PCs as powerful as mainframes once were, there is
simply no reason for a program to be anything but naked-butt simple to
use. If it's NOT, that's indicative of poor programming design, IMHO.

I understand (and agree) that learning to use new software can be a pain. In
this case however there is a different issue involved besides whose
software is better.

It is certainly in your best interests to produce web pages that conform to
standards. By settling for "good enough" you ignore a growing trend of
people using alternatives to MS software. Many people are opting to run
other browsers on MS not to mention other OS's (Linux, Mac) altogether.

I use Mozilla (or Konquerer) on Linux. As a result I encounter many sites
that do not conform and are therefore unavailable to me. If it's something
like the video clips you link to it's not too big of a deal, although I
would like to view them. But if I'm trying to make travel plans then your
place is skipped and we both lose. (Fortunately I am able to see most of
your site without trouble. Besides, if I ever have to travel in your neck
of the woods I won't need a browser to book a room.)

On more of a philosophical note, the internet works because users and
providers _cooperate_ on protocols. Tolerance of non-conforming sites hurts
us all. I submit that one cannot continue to _knowingly_ publish
non-conforming pages and be a good internet 'citizen'.


--
Frank....H