Why does the UT Home Page look like this?

The UT Home Page page was designed using W3C standard XHTML and CSS (cascading style sheet) layout. The following browsers were set as benchmarks.

Browsers that SHOULD get the CSS:

Firefox (all versions)
Internet Explorer on the PC (version 5.5 and higher)
Konqueror (all versions)
Mozilla (all versions)
Netscape (version 7.1 and higher)
Opera (version 8.0 and higher)
Safari (all versions)

All other browsers should NOT get the style sheet. This means the page displays as a long list. We estimate 1.3% of our viewers will not see the page with the CSS. The CSS used complies with W3C standards.

Why did we make this decision? Browsers NOT in this list might not handle our CSS correctly. We decided to provide all content without styling to these browsers rather than a non-functioning page.

But my browser should work! If you feel your browser should be added to our list, please send us a message with the browser, browser version and operating system.

How can I update my browser? A list of recommended browsers with downloads is available in our Web Guidelines.