Feb 17
Review: XHTML Challenge
XHTML Challenge is a freshly launched project by Valentin Agachi, which enables you to create challenges between two websites. The script will analyze the sites’ XHTML markups and return a report for the visitors to vote. The signup process and overall workflow is very simple. Within a minute, I created a challenge between Best Web Gallery and CSS Remix (see the challenge).
I asked Valenin: "why did you create XHTML Challenge"?
I started this project because I wanted to have a place to check up sites quickly markup-wise. There’s a lot of CSS galleries out there, but not many look under the hood at the code and check them out. I plan to add a few other facts regarding the code of the sites challenged.
The site is created using a homemade PHP framework. The facts about the sites challenged are analyzed in the background after submission, and periodically after that. The thumbnails of the sites are taken from a 3rd party provider.
Valentin Agachi, XHTML Challenge
My thoughts…
The concept is fun and creative, however, there are areas that I think it could improve:
- The voting system could be enchanced by Ajax. It is very annoying because the page reload every time I make a vote.
- The site is missing a commenting system. People like to comment, who doesn’t?
- The vote count should be based on user’s login, not cookie (and IP address I believe). This will prevent the same user from voting on the same challenge under different network or when the cookie is expired.
Check out some of the interesting challenges:
Mac OS X Leopard vs Window Vista
Del.icio.us vs. Digg
Facebook vs. Hi5
Barack Obama vs. Hillary Clinton
Firefox vs. Windows IE
Freelance Switch vs. Freelance Folder
Performancing vs. Problogger
Event: Future of Web Apps 2008 Grid and Column Designs
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25 chirag
April 28th, 2008 at 4:19 am
Hello,
How can i Subscribe your site
24 jerang http://jerang.net
April 1st, 2008 at 3:21 pm
I do agree with Fubiz, Valenin, could approach venture capitalist that way. “Think of it as HOT or NOT for websites. Great article Nick.
23 Ralph http://www.webpixelkonsum.de
March 7th, 2008 at 11:00 am
I like your idea to challenge website, respect
Do you go forward to this project or do you finished already?
Ralph
22 reviews
March 1st, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Hi from New York And thanks for the web site. It was just the thing I had been looking for. It has helped me no end. Thanks again
21 directory
March 1st, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Could you please send to me the contacts of developer of your site? It looks so damn good!
20 web design, almog , media http://www.almogdesign.net
February 25th, 2008 at 5:15 am
I think the idea is good , but still am not sure most users would need this kind of web app, for validation you have WW3 , and yes it is nice to compare two different sites based on a voting system but well there benefits for the user and site owner.
19 Fabian http://www.onyx-design.net/weblog2/
February 23rd, 2008 at 1:06 pm
I like the site ;), the design is great but the sidebar with archive/advertisements/etc. is too empty…
Nice review nick!
18 Will http://www.willblackmore.co.uk
February 22nd, 2008 at 10:59 am
All of your examples are sites that are almost encouraging biased opinions completely irrelevant of the actual code and more about the content. People will always be biased in this way and therefore this site is pretty useless for anything other than sites that people have never been to or heard of before. Small portfolio sites for example.
17 Karl
February 22nd, 2008 at 3:40 am
Don’t you think this could be a little biased to compare sites like IE v Firefox?
Im guessing people who use Firefox will vote for the site because they use it, not because it is a lot better in site comparison…. although i do use FF myself ;o)
16 bweb http://www.nyczaj.eu
February 20th, 2008 at 11:11 am
CSS Remix with 107 errors has no chance