Web Standards and Browser Recommendations for UC Davis Web Sites and Applications
Web Standards and Browser Recommendations for UC Davis Web Sites and Applications
The University of California, Davis is a culturally diverse institution rich in research, teaching, learning and administrative activities. This diversity leads to varying IT requirements, including the need to support different web browsers. To ensure that a web site or application works well across the different UCD computing environments, a product needs to work well on all popular web browsers. Web developers and software purchasers need a method of validating services against a common web support framework, thereby ensuring that applications work properly for all users.
This guide recommends web application development and selection strategies to ensure the application:
- is accessible to all users;
- is maintainable;
- can readily adapt to changing needs of users;
- meets applicable legal and UC policy requirements;
The Documents
- Browser Related Recommendations for Developing and Procuring Web Services at UC Davis
- Identifies strategies for ensuring browser compatibility with web-based applications, content, and services in use at UC Davis. It provides rationale for the other documents and serves as reference material.
- Minimum Standards Compliance Requirements for UC Davis Web Sites and Applications
- Establishes minimum standards for browser support at UC Davis.
- Sample RFP Language for Browser Compatibility at UC Davis
- Provides sample RFP language that can be used to ensure purchased software complies with these specifications.
- Browser Support Matrix for UC Davis Web Content Providers
- Provides a list of operating systems and browsers that are compatible with these specifications.