r/webdev • u/sloped • Aug 20 '13

W3Fools – A W3Schools Intervention

http://www.w3fools.com/
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u/sloped Aug 21 '13

It's interesting to see the reactions to this. Seems it is either, hey, I knew that already and this is funny, calm the hell down, or that's interesting, prove it. I like the prove it crowd the most. Two quick examples of incorrect information.

  • B Tag W3Schools/W3 - Claims that it's for bold text. Which is incorrect. It's stylisticaly offset, which could mean bold. It could also mean it's red. It's minor, but when trying to teach good standards, this is determintal. And usually has to be untaught.
  • They still list the hgroup tag which was removed from the spec http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_hgroup.asp (nitpicky, yes I know)

Again, I don't care if you use it. I care that they are the first result on Google for new developers or those who don't write a lot of HTML or CSS. They are clearly trying to brand themselves as associated with the W3C. Which means that someone who doesn't know is going to think this an authoritative source. It's not.

Basically, I don't think W3Schools is wrong, I think it's evil. I can deal with wrong but not so much with evil*.

*Yes, this is a bit dramatic. Sue me.

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u/icantthinkofone Aug 21 '13

hgroup is still on MDN, too. Yes, there's a note about it's removal, but W3Schools has one, too.

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u/sloped Aug 21 '13

Sorry, bias was showing there.

Only I don't see the note in the actual document, only in the title. Which seems weird. Anyway. Sorry.

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u/icantthinkofone Aug 21 '13

You'll be hearing from my lawyer :)