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The W3C Markup Validation Service
Thehe W3C Markup Validation Service is a free service that checks Web documents in formats like HTML and XHTML for conformance to W3C Recommendations and other standards.

The W3C CSS Validation Service
Check Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and (X)HTML documents with style sheets.

W3C Feed Validation Service
Checks ATOM and RSS newsfeeds.

W3C Link Checker
Checks anchors (links) in a HTML/XHTML document. Useful to find broken links

W3C RDF Validation Service
Check and visualize RDF documents.

The W3C QA Toolbox
Validators, checkers and other tools for webmasters and web developers.

Browsers and HTML
Pages which describe the differences between Netscape and IE and how their different extensions work with the current and newer standards of HTML.

CSSCheck
A "style" checker for Cascading Style Sheets.

FEED Validator
An RSS feed validator for checking RSS feed XML.

Microsoft DLL Help Database
Microsoft searchable information about DLL file versions that ship with a selected set of Microsoft products.

Dr. Dobb's Software Tools for the Professional Programmer
Offers a wealth of information on Web development.

Center for Applied Special Technology
Includes Bobby, a Web site development tool that tests accessibility and pinpoints problems.

Web Accessibility Initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium
Includes accessibility guidelines and techniques, a guide to getting started on making sites accessible, and quick tips.

The End of DLL Hell

First Paragraph: When someone is introduced to a medical doctor in a social setting, they frequently report their most common ailment and expect the doctor to provide a quick remedy. It doesn't matter if the doctor is a plastic surgeon and they have back pains - to them a doctor is a doctor. I often have the same problem. When I'm introduced to a new crowd, someone relates their computer problem and expects me to instantly solve it. The most common problem reported is known as "DLL Hell": After installing a new application, one or more existing programs quit working...

Comments: Describes three types of DLL Hell and discusses how the DLL Universal Problem Solver (DUPS) package can be used to resolve DLL compatibility problems.

Author: Rick Anderson
Publisher: Microsoft MSDN Online Library
Issue/Date: January 2000
Common Application Compatibility Issues with Windows 2000

First Paragraph: Before researching a problem as a operating system compatibility issue, be sure that the problem does not occur on your current platform. If your application does not run well on Microsoft® Windows® 2000 or Microsoft Windows XP, and you believe it is a compatibility problem, it may be due to one or more of the following new features or changes to the operating system. Your application can avoid problems in these areas by adhering to the points described in Best Practices When Designing for Application Compatibility.

Comments: This article outlines the potential incompatibility issues uncovered during the testing of application installation and execution on Windows 2000 or XP.

Author: Microsoft Corporation
Publisher: MSDN online Library
Issue/Date: July 2000
Microsoft's IE 5.5 Fails The Test
First Paragraph: The many proprietary extensions to industry standards that Microsoft has implemented in the new version of its Internet Explorer browser may very well frustrate and alienate the Internet and E-commerce developers that the company most wants to attract.

Comments: The many proprietary extensions to industry standards that Microsoft has implemented in the new version of its Internet Explorer browser may very well frustrate and alienate the Internet and E-commerce developers that the company most wants to attract.

Author: Jason Levitt
Publisher: Information Week
Issue/Date: July 31, 2000
 
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