What is the WaSP doing to encourage browser makers to adhere to the standards?
We’ve been lobbying representatives from Microsoft, Netscape and other browser makers who are interested in working with us on the issue. But we’re not just waiting for the browser makers to act. WaSP has set up several Action Committees to test currently available browsers and development tools to find out how well they support W3C standards and to list in detail what needs improving. These committees include well-known experts in CSS-1, DOM and XML, and related areas. WaSP also successfully encouraged developers and programmers to help with Netscape’s effort to debug their NGLayout Engine, which is intended to make their browser 100 percent compliant with CSS-1 and DOM. Partly as a result of these efforts, Netscape folded NGLayout into the upcoming version of Navigator. The result should be a browser that fully complies with two key standards. Meanwhile, we’ll continue building awareness about the issue of standards and keeping up the public pressure. Several of our Action Committees
