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Usability tests have shown that the single greatest impediment to users of the Swinburne Web Site is the lack of consistent design elements. The purpose of this style guide is to define standards and provide templates in relation to material published on Swinburne's web site. It is also intended to act as a reference tool for publishers in relation to web design in general.

Web standards - more than just 'table-free sites' The term web standards can mean different things to different people. For some, it is 'table-free sites', for others it is 'using valid code'. However, web standards are much broader than that. A site built to web standards should adhere to standards (HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, XSLT, DOM, MathML, SVG etc) and pursue best practices (valid code, accessible code, semantically correct code, user-friendly URLs etc). In other words, a site built to web standards should ideally be lean, clean, CSS-based, accessible, usable and search engine friendly.

QuirksMode.org is the prime source for browser compatibility information on the Internet. It is maintained by Peter-Paul Koch, mobile platform strategist in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. QuirksMode.org is the home of the Browser Compatibility Tables, where you'll find hype-free assessments of the major browsers' CSS and JavaScript capabilities, as well as their adherence to the W3C standards. It is also increasingly the home of ground-breaking mobile web research.