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The Web Standards List

Article: What’s Next? The Same Thing! @ The Autistic Cuckoo

Many ask what web standards are. Here’s the list that web standards prevent.

Web Standards prevent:

  • lack a specified document type,
  • contain invalid (X)HTML,
  • use tables for layout,
  • require a particular browser to work,
  • require client-side scripting to work,
  • require third-party products such as Flash to work,
  • cannot be used by people with disabilities,
  • are semantically meaningless,
  • are unnecessarily heavy to download, thereby also placing unnecessary load
    on the server,
  • force links to … Continue Reading

Happy Cog Studios: Zeldman Video Keynote

Link: Happy Cog Studios: Zeldman Video Keynote

Zeldman presents a very entertaining video on the history of web standards and how it is revolutionizing society. He highlights four other members of A List Apart and their main contributions to the Web Standards Project.