Web Standards Based Design

The concept of web standards refers to the body of established technologies and methods developed by the World Wide Web Consortium, among others, for the delivery of web-based content. The original course of browser development led to proprietary versions of presentation and broke the "one document" idea of development. People continue to experience this "I'm using the wrong browser" feeling that leads site visitors to devalue a website's quality.

Developing with web standards accomplishes several things. It reduces the time and expense of development by creating sites that reliably work in more browsers and alternative devices. It increases accessibility for those with disabilities. It ensure the long-term viability of your site in future browser versions and devices.

The popularity of alternative standards-compliant browsers like Firefox, Opera and Safari as well as the gradual, albeit slow, improvement of Internet Explorer towards standards compliance allows a simplified development process while encouraging quality, feature-rich website design. Gone are the days of vastly different site versions for different browsers, or even the concept of sites only usable in a specific browser. Companies can now expect their sites to be developed with the greater web audience in mind, without sacrificing design quality or sophisticated interactive behavior.

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Further information is available at The W3 Consortium and The Web Standards Project.