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I thought to write this blogpost after I saw a comment from shanX in my Web Standards Awareness Survey For Sri Lankans post and will tell why I am much more concern about Web Standards.

Following is shanX’s comment;

I have developed several content sites, al though i have used latest techs like Ajax, Flv …etc on them, I never preferred Standards such as XHTML …etc, although am aware of them (rules to be broken? :D)
But I do think clean, efficient and cross-browser compatible HTML and CSS coding as a must

So you are developing sites only can view by web browsers? But I am trying to develop websites which can access by all available devices as well as future devices which will could access Internet.

Web standards are for making the web for all, not only for part of people.

Have you ever tried to develop a website for a blind person? Have any Sri Lankan web designer consider this? How many of you’ll have did a accessibility test or an Usability test for a website?

Areas that we have to consider are Accessibility, Usability, Browser Compatibility as well as the Future Compatibility of a website.

Because of these standards the browser war is ending slowly. So all major browsers including Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari… etc and their latest versions are compatible with most web standards for some extends and still they are improving. So web standards and it’s backward compatibility feature will ensure older browsers, current browsers as well as future browsers will display your website without doing any disturb to the user.

Even if you ever tried some semantic data formating technology like Microformats, you will realize how important and user friendly is Web Standards and how it will help developer or the website user. And how it’s compatible with web and the desktop.

It’s good that we use latest technologies but we have to make sure we are using it in correct way and for the correct purpose.

We are now in Web 2.0 era, and we are moving forward to Web 3.0 where we might have Web OS where can any device can access from any where in the world and share anything in our Web OS desktop like we are doing Social Networking with Web 2.0 now.

I know, it’s really hard to get rid of from the old school web designing and from those fancy heavy weight HTML editors, but finally we have to consider about the out come and make sure your website is have reached the correct audience as well as it has accessible to wider audience end of the day.

As Glenda said in WaSP ILG

“Internationalization? Localization? Forget these clumsy buzzwords and focus on the global reality. Hear world designers and developers share firsthand experiences with international best practices and Web standards. Learn technical infrastructure principles for creating sites with the flexibility to be global while keeping visual designs sensitive to regional needs.”

As Saleh Esmaeili said in WaSP ILG

it’s “Globally Local” Websites

W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) is the authority for recommending those standards and there are working committees for all areas. Go to the W3C site and refer their specifications for further learning.

The Web Standards Project (WaSP) is also fights for standards that reduce the cost and complexity of development while increasing the accessibility and long-term viability of any site published on the Web. They work with browser companies, authoring tool makers, and their peers to deliver the true power of standards to this medium.

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