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What "web standards?"

The ones created by the World Wide Web Consortium — the people who invented the Web itself. The W3C created these standards so the Web would work better for everyone. New browsers, mainly, support these standards; old browsers, mainly, don't.

What can I do?

Your choice of software may be out of your hands. However, if you do have control over what software you are using you should consider upgrading your browser. Doing so will improve your web experience, enabling you to use and view sites as their creators intended.

The following browsers support numerous web standards including CSS, XHTML, and the DOM (a universal means of controlling the behavior of web pages):

• Netscape v7 or higher (all platforms), Mozilla Firebird (Windows), Camino (Mac OS X), Galeon (Linux GNOME Desktop) or other browser stemming from the Mozilla.org project.
• Opera v7 or higher (Windows, Linux)
• Apple's Safari (Mac OS X)
• Konqueror (Linux KDE Desktop)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer v6 or higher (Windows) or v5 or higher (Macintosh)

Please note that this page does not pretend to be an exhaustive list of browsers that support web standards, nor a test of browser compliance, nor a side-by-side comparison of various manufacturers' browsers.

This page was shamelessly stolen from the Web Standards Project Browser Upgrade Campaign. They suggest no longer redirecting people to their website. They consider the Browser Upgrade Campaign movement to be complete. But, their text was succinct and descriptive and we've decided to appropriate it here, because we like the WaSP and we support their actions and efforts.