Here's an interesting article on the implications for a web development shop on using web standards for development rather than the antique table-based methods we all used to use. This author compares the time taken to develop a site then and now, after changing to using standards.
If this doesn't convince a web professional to take a serious look at these standards nothing will. http://www.7nights.com/asterisk/archives/web_standards_roi.php Some people are interested in accessibility issues. Others are interested in standards. Others are interested in faster sites. But if I said "I have a revolutionary technique that will reduce the time and therefore the cost of building a web site to a THIRD of what it probably takes now," you'd be interested. If you thought this claim had any credibility you'd be very interested indeed or you wouldn't deserve to be in business. Here's someone else corroborating what I've been saying for months now. http://www.7nights.com/asterisk/archives/web_standards_roi.php Cheers Mike Kear AFP Webworks Windsor, NSW, Australia http://afpwebworks.com ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
