HTML Validator Editor's Review

'HTML Validator' is a small application that verifies if an HTML document complies with W3C's Web standards for HTML and XHTML.

This application supports either a local file from your hard drive or a Web page location from the Internet, as the input file. The external URLs require you to use the 'http://' prefix for the addresses or the application won't parse the page, because it can't recognize it.

I made several tests with this application using various sources. The first test result was funny. I tried the application with the producer's 'releasenotes.html' file and it failed it. To be honest, most of the pages fail to comply with the Web standards and I'm not too happy about it.

My final tests were the W3C's site and W3C's Acid 2 test. They both passed the verification.

Pluses: It's a fast tool that verifies the Web standards. This works much faster than the online tools provided by W3C.

Drawbacks / flaws: It can't export the results as a file.

In conclusion: This tool is very useful for Web-masters who want to check if their work is compliant with the W3C standards.

version reviewed: 1.0 beta2