Hi all,
I was wondering what y'alls thoughts are on what the current browser compliance standards should be for international audiences. I develop websites for a variety of non-profits which want to ensure the sites are accessible by the majority of users in developing countries. I know that the sites need to be low bandwidth, 508 compliant/highly usable.
For a long time, I have been using Netscape 4.75 as the lowest common denominator in terms of browser compliance but am wondering if this is long out of date, especially as this browser is not fully compliant with CSS 1 (let alone CSS 2, XML or newer HTML standards). The good thing about 508 compliance is that the site needs to degrade gracefully without a CSS so I am not worried about a site being totally unusable (just ugly or harder to use).
Obviously, if the site is intentionally directed at a specific audience in a specific country, then we will make the site supportive of that specific environment. But I also need a general rule of thumb where we have a broad audience of "Development community" or "General Public".
Suggestions, thoughts, experiences, all welcome!!
Siobhan Green
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