Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  Why standards-compliant HTML matters (17 Jan 2005) Building for an intranet with a very controlled park of machines and browsers is not really an argument against standards-compliant building, but may only be considered in combination with other, more compelling factors. Indeed, while designing for one browser may save a bit of effort, or provide extra possibilities, it also increases the reliance of the site on external factors you have no control over: not only could the browsers change, following a company-wide policy reversal, but the company making the browser could choose to evolve the software's technical characteristics in future versions. With standards-compliant code, you're safe in both cases. Article URL: http://www.evolt.org/article/Why_standards_compliant_HTML_matters/17/60446/index.html Read 96 more articles from evolt sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: How to Bake Usability into your Company     This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy