http://www.webstandards.org/state_web.txt THE STATE OF THE WEB: BROWSER INCOMPABILITIES UNDERMINE WEB'S FOUNDATIONS As the Web grows far beyond the dreams of the people who created it 10 years ago, its foundations are becoming increasingly shaky due to browser incompatibilities, The Web Standards Project announced in a "State of the Web" report today. "Imagine if every brand of TV set required a different kind of signal to receive your favorite show," said WSP Project Leader George Olsen. "It sounds ridiculous, but that's close to the situation on the Web because browser makers have failed to implement a common set of standards." Though the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has been a standards body since the Web's inception, key Web standards remain incompletely (or incompatibly) implemented. As a result, the people who build the web have to choose between excluding large portions of their potential audience, or engaging in costly workarounds. In fact, nearly two-thirds of top 100 consumer Web sites are now built in multiple versions, according to a recent report by Jupiter Communications. Working around browser incompatibilities adds at least 25 percent to the cost of Web sites. "The sad thing is that the browser makers who helped W3C develop the standards are the very ones who've repeatedly failed to implement these standards -- some of which are more than two years old now," Olsen said. More at http://www.webstandards.org/state_web.txt Worth reading. Barry -- Barry Lee Brisco <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Web Design & Development - Online Marketing <http://www.ToTheWeb.com> Web portfolio at <http://www.ToTheWeb.com/portfolio.html> ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The NEW Web Consultants Association FORUMS and CHAT: Register Today at: http://just4u.com/forums/ Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants Give the Gift of Life This Year... Just4U Stop Smoking Support forum - helping smokers for over three years-tell a friend: http://just4u.com/forums/ To get 500 Banner Ads for FREE go to http://www.linkbuddies.com/start.go?id=111261 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
