Strategy Articles
On DevEdge
The Business Benefits of Web Standards
Refer to - and copy from - this article if you need to make a business case
for creating cross-browser, standards-based websites and applications.
(Also see the related presentation.)(March 2003)
Choosing Standards Compliance Over Proprietary Practices
Learn why conforming
to open technology standards external to an organization is just as important following
internal procedural standards. (March 2003)
External Articles and Blogs
W3: Buy Standards-Compliant Web Sites
Are you in the process of requisitioning a website?
This W3C document details the benefits of standards and summarizes
the specific requirements that will help you achieve this goal. (Ongoing updates)
W3: Business Benefits of Accessible Web Design
One of several W3C resources created to assist the preparation
of a business case for the implementation of web accessibility. (Ongoing updates)
W3: My Web site is standard! And yours?
Includes easy, painless techniques and ideas from the W3C for
improving your web site quality, as well as useful responses
to those objecting to standards. (Ongoing updates)
WebStandards.org: Web Standards Project's FAQ
In a useful outline format, this faq answers that burning question:
What are web standards and why should I use them? (Ongoing updates)
HotWired: Site Optimization Tutorial
This tutorial doesn't focus on standards per se but has some useful facts and tips for site building, all
which point to the benefits of clean, standards-based code. (2003)
Holovaty.com Blog: Standing up for standards
Thoughts on why designers should aim to support standards -
and not particular browsers. (Mar. 10, 2003)
Zeldman.com Blog: The Real Challenge
Hint: The large-scale systems and third-party content
that must be integrated into most big sites. (Oct. 10, 2002)
HotWired: Web Standards For Hard Times
A perspective on why you can't afford to ignore web standards anymore. (Aug. 6, 2002)
Sitepoint: The Importance Of Web Standards
A nice combination of history, technical details, and rationale for standards. (Jan. 31, 2002)
Youngpup: Iconologic and Standards
An old yet relevant article written by someone who really needed to tell his company why standards-compliant
web pages are more than a timesaver for lazy programmers (hosted on a neat CSS-driven site no less.) (July 23, 2001)
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