Most of us have a profound experience, whenever the major browser version of the upgrade, we just created the site may become obsolete, we need to upgrade or re-construction site again. For example, the typical 1996-1999 “browser wars”, for compatibility with Netscape and IE, both sites have to write different code browser. Similarly, whenever a new network technology and the emergence of interactive devices, we also need to make a new version to support this new technology or new equipment, such as support for WAP mobile Internet technology. Similar problems abound: Site code bloat, complexity cost us a lot of bandwidth; for a browser DHTML effects, shielding some of the potential customers; difficult to use the code, people with disabilities can not browse websites. This is a vicious circle, is a huge waste.
How to solve these problems? Insight has already started to think, need to establish a universally accepted standard to end the disorder and confusion. Commercial companies (Netscape, Microsoft, etc.) also come to realize the benefits of uniform standards, so the W3C (W3C.org) organization, the site began to be established standards (February 10, 1998 release XML1.0 marked), and Standards Organization website (webstandards.org) to promote the implementation of the urging.
In short, the purpose of web standards is:
● to provide benefits to the most up to site users
● Make sure that the text of any Web site can block long-term effective
● simplify the code, lower construction costs
● make your site easier to use, able to adapt to a wider range of users and more network equipment
● When the browser version of the update, or the emergence of new interactive network device, to ensure that all applications will continue to run correctly.
For website design and developers, to follow web standards is the use of standards; for your site users, the web standards is the best experience.
The benefits of using web standards
The benefits of the site visitors:
● file download and faster page display;
● content can be accessed by more users (including the blind, visually weak, color blindness and other disabilities);
● content can be accessed by a wider range of devices (including screen readers, handheld devices, search robots, printers, refrigerators, etc.)
● Users can customize their selection by the performance style interface
● All pages can provide a version suitable for printing
The benefits of the site owner:
● less code and components, easy to maintain
● reduce the bandwidth requirements (code more concise), lower the cost. For example: When using CSS facelift ESPN.com day, saving more than two megabytes (terabytes) of bandwidth.
● more easily by search engines search
● revision of convenience, no change in page content
● Provide copy the contents of the print version without the need for
● to improve Web site usability. In the U.S., there are strict legal provisions (Section 508) to restrain government websites must meet certain ease of use, other countries have similar requirements.
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