Browsers have not stayed the same and even as the web standards and technologies have upgraded, so have the browsers. Browsers are the engine for information presentation on the web and are considered to be very sensitive application which must stay constantly up to date in order to present the information on the web as it should. Web browsers make it possible to represent information and interact with the information on web servers through web pages. They are programmed to be as simple as possible and are considered to be very effective in the manner in which they break down information for the internet user.
Browser technologies are reliant on two main factors. The first is the HTML web standard and this determines how the user interface elements are going to be presented to the browser. Buttons and other layouts have their individual markup language which is used according to the latest web standards in order to give the user and internet programmers a simple way to present information to their customers. The second is the translation of the scripting language used in the applications and this is what makes the programs and web applications to run and interact with the user as it seems fit for them. In many situations, the internet user and the web application will require to add programmable functionality which the web browser should be capable of handling in an effort to make it possible for the application to be usable.
A JavaScript engine for the browser is what determines its effectiveness at the presentation of information and for many situations; the presentation of active content on the website will require that the browser is able to understand the webpage that has been sent down from the server in order to present it to the user as the designer anticipated it. The engine also makes it possible for the functionalities that are included into the websites that the user visits are active and practical for any usage scenario.
In the past, browser technologies were typically very slow and cranky as they were limited in their capabilities and could only read and interpret html, CSS and JavaScript to a certain extent. They were also limited in how well they were able to represent information and transforming the requests from the server into real pages that a user could read was very difficult. However, there has been a gradual upgrade and an overall improvement in how these web standards have evolved and the browsers have not been left behind in this regard.
In simple terms, web technologies have had to evolve in order to comfortably handle the latest information presentation standards on the internet. This has seen the growth of information presentation and browser engines which are able to handle all kinds of web pages and even animations. Video has not been left behind and modern browsers are now able to comfortably handle multimedia content without spending too much bandwidth in order to accomplish this.
