Finally, the Standards Compliance Race is on

Slashdot was the inspiration for this article.

The world of web design has been one of lackluster attention.. well, except for Firefox, Safari, Konqueror, Galleon.. err, every major desktop browser except for IE.

Until now. IE had completely ignored standards and focused on, well.. whatever it was they focused on. The race for Acid3 compliance is finally on, however, and it couldn't come at a better time. With the tech-savvy world focusing on mobile accessibility, standards compliance creates a realistic platform for up-and-coming, cutting-edge mobile browsers to make a serious entrance.

This is a great thing.

Most internet users couldn't care less about accessibility - "It just works" is a common philosophy that has fueled IE users for many years now (thanks to web designers such as myself who hack up our markup to work with the now described as "hell-hath-frozen-over" browser). IE8 will/is pass(ing) the Acid2 test, and with any luck, the race will truly continue into the Acid3 test.

Thanks to this, web designers such as myself will spend less time troubleshooting various browser's interpretation of our beautiful CSS and markup and take more time creating wonderful content, layouts, and more for our sites.

-WFL