How did I get here?

We have directed you to this page because your browser does not support current accepted web standards.

We've provided the link to this page in order to give you information about upgrading your browser.

What “current accepted web standards?” are you referring to?

The ones created by the World Wide Web Consortium – the people who invented the Web itself.

The W3C created these standards so the Web would work better for everyone. New browsers, mainly, support these standards.

Old browsers, mainly, don’t.

What can I do?

We strongly suggest upgrading to any of the following browsers. Doing so will improve your web experience, enabling you to use and view sites correctly and without the problems that older browsers create for you. All the browsers listed below can be downloaded from the web for free. Most allow for getting the browser on CD, which usually involves paying shipping and handling.

Mozilla

Mozilla is the browser built by the people who build the rendering core of modern Netscape browsers and several others. No browser does a better job of standards compliance, and Mozilla also includes all the usual add-ons like mail, news and chat. Best of all, Mozilla is free.

IE6 / Windows

IE6 for Windows delivers fine support for current accepted web standards. IE6 is available free of charge. Earlier versions of IE for Windows including 5.0 and 5.5 are good, but their standards support is not as complete as that offered by IE6.

IE5 / Mac

IE5 Macintosh Edition, released in March 2000, provides superb support for key web standards and an elegant user experience. IE5.1 for Mac OS X and Mac Classic, released December 2001, improves on its predecessor’s standards support. Available free of charge, the browser includes an innovative feature (“Text Zoom”) that greatly improves the accessibility of any text published on the Web. Mozilla and Netscape 6/7 also offer Text Zoom.

Netscape 6/7

Based on the rendering engine in Mozilla (see above), Netscape 6/7 complies with important web standards. Netscape 6/7 are available free of charge. Netscape 6.2 fixes bugs in earlier releases, and adds support for Mac OS X. An experimental Netscape 7 release is also available.