Timothy J. Neeb
Prof. Blake Johnson
Web Standards
By Following Web Standards practices, it makes it possible for web developers to achieve a consitent displayu and performance for sites. By doing so user can have a better user experince. Most people expect Microsoft Interent Explorer to be the best Web Standard-compliant browser, however this is not the case. The latest versions of Firefox and Opera on PC, and Safari and Firefox on Macintosh, all have XHTML styled with CSS2 very consistently.
Content, Structure, and Presentation
Content is the term given to any images, texts, videos, sounds, animations, and files that you want the user to interact with
XHTML(eXtensible HyperText Markup Language) gives you the ability to define whaty each individual element on your content is. You can determine this by adding XHTML markup to your content. Markup comprises tags that identify individual elemtents of your content. To create an XHTML element you either surround a piece of content with an opening and closing tag or for content that does not have text (an image) you use a single tag
CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) gives you the ability to define how each marked-up element of your content is presented on your webpage.
The Top Benefits of Standards-Based Coding
1. Deliver to multiple agents: The same piece of marked-up concent is available in different useragents. This means that different devices such as browsers, handhelds like smartphones, cell phones with browsers and screen readers that read text for the sight impaired.
2. Webpages are much smaller in file size, as a result they download quickly since your content only requires minimal structural markup
3. Serve all Browsers: With minimal effort, one can have their webpage degrade nicely in older browsers, so that all users accross different platforms will have the best experience