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'''Web interoperability''' is producing web pages viewable with nearly every device and [[web browser]]. There have been variousrespective projects to improve web interoperability, for example the [[Web Standards Project]], Mozilla's Technology Evangelism<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/projects/tech-evangelism/ |title=Mobile/Evangelism - MozillaWiki |author= |date= |publisher= |accessdate=12 August 2016}}</ref> and Web Standards Group,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://webstandardsgroup.org/ |title=Web Standards Group (WSG) |date= |publisher= |accessdate=12 August 2016}}</ref> and the Web Essential Conference.

==History==

The term was first used in the Web Interoperability Pledge,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.w3.org/Promotion/WIP/|title=WIP -- Web Interoperability Pledge |accessdate=12 August 2016}}</ref> which is a promise to adhere to current [[HTML]] recommendations as promoted by the [[World Wide Web Consortium]] (W3C).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Understanding Website Usability and Conversions |url=https://www.netpaths.net/understanding-website-usability-conversions/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |language=en-US}}</ref> The WIP was not a W3C initiative but it was started by and has been run by [[ZDNet]] AnchorDesk.

This issue was known as "cross browsing" in the [[browser war]] between [[Internet Explorer]] and [[Netscape]]. Microsoft's Internet Explorer was the dominant web browser after that, but modern web browsers such as [[Mozilla Firefox]], [[Opera (web browser)|Opera]] and [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]] have become dominantcontrolling, and support additional web standards beyond what Internet Explorer supports.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What are the Characteristics of a Good Website? |url=https://hatchandvox.com/web-design/characteristics-of-good-website/ |access-date=2024-06-22 |language=en-GB}}</ref> Because of Internet Explorer's [[backward compatibility|backwards compatibility]], some web pages have continued to use non-standard HTML tags, DOM handling scripts, and platform-specific technologies such as [[ActiveX]], which couldmight potentially be harmful for [[Web accessibility]] and [[device independence]].

==Elements==

* StructuralGeomorphological and semantic markup with [[XHTML|HTML]]

* [[CSS]]-based layout with layout elements that resize based on screen size