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HTML is a heavily structured [[markup language]]. There are certain rules on how HTML must be written as defined by the [[W3C]] standards. Following these rules allows for sites that are accessible to handicapped people, and also to [[wireless]] devices like [[mobile phone]]s or [[PDA]]s.

WYSIWYG editors usuallyfrequently fail to adhere to these rules., Thisturning hasout beencode thethat mainworks pointto ofsome criticismdegree sincebut theis firstsyntactically introductioncorrect. Older versions of this[[Microsoft FrontPage]], in particular, were notorious for producing code that would only work properly in [[Internet Explorer]], as (to a lesser degree) was [[Netscape Composer]] for [[Netscape editorsNavigator]]. Then again, text editors do not provide complete validation for all of these rules either, so valid code still relies on knowledge and accuracy of the coder.

While the "valid HTML" arguement still stands, the larger WYSIWYG editors have greatly improved their automated code writing in each version.