Importance of Multi Browser Compatibility
When designing a layout for your website it is essential to check it in multiple browsers.
Few years back over 90% of web surfers were using Microsoft Internet Explorer but nowadays other browsers fast gaining share of the market. Most popular are Mozilla Fairfox and Opera.
Even Internet Explorer has released new version (IE7) which works much different from the preceding version (IE6).
Layout and styles configured to work fine in IE may appear all broken or not readable in other browsers. I can guarantee - no one will open another browser just to see your site, so you will loose potential customer.
Multiple browsers can be easily installed on your computer without any interference with exception of IE versions - you can have only one version running.
This is even more important if your site has anything to do with web design services. Recently I did some research on local web design companies just to check competition and found very interesting thing… Some of those companies are claiming to be in web design and development business for years and display tons of feedback from so-called happy customers. Amazingly many of their own sites appears to be very poorly styled and appear broken in Fairfox… Would you consider to hire one of those companies to develop your site? I don’t think so!
So… Take your time to make website multi browser compatible or hire someone to do it for you - you will appreciate it later.
Did you learn something new today or like my point of view? Subscribe to my full RSS feed in the your favorite reader or get new posts delivered by Email directly to your inbox.
Tags: Browsers, Internet, Webdesign
July 14th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
[...] Even though I am not a huge fan of w3c validations it is always good to check pages for major errors. Most of the time errors could be created by included widgets or java-scripts (another reason not to use too many). At least check that your page validates according to the declared DOCTYPE and does not have any broken links. Validating CSS is also very important for your website to work properly in multiple browsers. [...]
July 19th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Importance of Multi Browser Compatibility…
Recently I did some research on local web design companies just to check competition and found very interesting thing… Some of those companies are claiming to be in web design and development business for years and display tons of feedback from so-ca…