Why do Gecko-based browsers support W3C web standards (and not vendor dictated ones) ?
Mozilla.org believes that supporting W3C web standards helps both web creators and visitors. Web creators benefit by Mozilla’s support for standards compliant pages, because having a multi-platform browser which can read such webpages ensures that content can be written once, yet read anywhere: on a Mozilla based browser, or any other standards based browser. If Mozilla were to support platform specific “standards” such as ActiveX, which are only fully supported on the Windows platform, it would go against its cross-platform, “write once, read anywhere” philosophy. The Internet was founded as an open medium, and the creation (and accurate display)of standards compliant webpages ensures that the Internet remains accessible to all, not just those who use a particular operating system or browser. Website visitors who use Mozilla benefit because they are ensured the same browsing experience, regardless of the operating system they choose. Thus, Macintosh and Linux users no longer have to w
