The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.
Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web
What are web standards and why should we care?
Although the Internet and web pages have been around for years a specific standard for their development and more importantly how the major browsers interpret that standard has been a long time coming. Finally that time has arrived.
These web standards increase the interoperability of the web and standardise the structure of web documents separating style from content. This all helps to make the same web page accessible through many different browsers as well as many different devices.
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) 
outlined the set of web standards and their increased adoption is thanks to organisations such as the Web Standards Project (WaSP) .
This website follows the standards published by the W3C in their recommendations. The content of this site follows the XHTML 1.0 Transitional standard. The style and layout is outlined in a separate CSS file. All pages have been validated based on the W3C recommendations.
Web Harmonics believes that the future of the web depends on the adoption of these standards and the desire to make the web accessible to all.
This website adheres to the accessibility guidelines outlined in the UK Government's Disability Discrimination Act and the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative .
The website has also been validated using the Watchfire WebXACT accessibility tool that analyses web pages with regards to accessibility for disabled people.
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Further info on web standards and accessibility
Please visit our web standards and accessibility article links for further information on the benefits of adopting these techniques.
The W3C has a paper on why accessibility is important .
The Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) also has information on good design techniques .
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Web Harmonics does not use or implement Pop-Up Ads, Pop-Under Ads, Spyware, Hidden Ad-Supported Downloads or other intrusive advertising programs. We find pop-up ads to be disruptive and downright annoying. We don't like them when we're using the web, and we won't subject you to them on our sites.
Code of Conduct:
- We do not serve pop-up or pop-under advertising on any of our websites.
- We do not offer services that install hidden, ad-supported programs onto users' computers on any of our websites.
- We do not knowingly work with companies who engage in advertising through spyware, hidden ad-supported downloads or similar ad activities, to drive users to any of our websites.
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