These standards help ensure that everyone has access to the information we are providing, and also make Web development faster and more enjoyable. Standards compliance makes it easier for people with special needs to use the Web. Blind people may have their computer read Web pages to them. People with poor eyesight may have pages rearranged and magnified for easier reading. As we will explain, there are also many practical reasons for developers to be concerned with Web standards.
Search engines can do a better job of indexing sites, for example.
Using browser-specific code often doubles or triples the work to create Web pages, and leaves a lot to be desired when new media are introduced. This situation will only get worse without the sound direction of Web standards. Some people fear that standards are limiting. In reality, they remove much of the tedious labour involved in Web development, and give developers more time and more flexibility to be truly creative. They are both open to future improvement and mindful of past technology.