Over the past few years, Internet browsers have been becoming more and more capable. One of these new capabilities has been that they are increasingly tolerant of poorly written Internet code. Although this feature has the potential to really help novice Internet developers, I am under the impression it is being far too widely utilized.

In fact, I would go as far to say that many Internet developers are abusing the leniancy of the new Internet browsers when they code their web sites. Any web developer should have a broad knowledge of the HTML language as specified by the current W3C specification. Coding to the rules specified by the W3C can only help the website. When the specification is followed, greater browser compatability and accessibility will be achieved.

Call me old fashion if you want. I guess I just believe in doing things the right way, as specified by the people who know. The guidelines by the W3C are not a joke, and when followed, only good things happen. I would encourage any web developer to follow the W3C guidelines when developing a website, once you try, you'll be hooked on the idea. The choice is yours, and until Microsoft stops producing garbage browsers that don't care about what your code looks like, it's up to us to tidy the Internet. Happy coding.