I've been wondering: which browsers do you use to check your websites for acurate display?
Do you use Netscape 6 or 7 to check your websites - and Mozilla? Do you run stuff on a Mac as well? Do you still double-check with Netscape 4.+?
Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer (Mac)
Netscape 6.+
Netscape 4.+
Mozilla (includes all subvariants as they all use Gecko)
Opera
Konqueror
Lynx
Personally, I have grown a bit lazy. While I used to check everything with two different versions of IE, NS4.7, Mozilla, Opera and Konqueror, I nowadays only check with IE5.5, Mozilla and Operah. NS4.7 for plain HTML would be fine, but as soon as you have client-side scripting it makes a mess.
What do you use to check your websites with?
Which browsers are you checking your websites with?
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jollyjumper
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Hi Patrik,
I check my sites in IE4(only when I'm in a really good mood
), IE5.5, IE6, NS6.2, NS7, Opera7, IE4.5(mac), IE5(mac) and soon I will check my sites also with Netscape versions on the Mac.
Netscape 4 is done with as for my part. As it is a very old browser and it's really incompatible with todays techniques.
Greetz Jolly.
I check my sites in IE4(only when I'm in a really good mood
Netscape 4 is done with as for my part. As it is a very old browser and it's really incompatible with todays techniques.
Greetz Jolly.
Given that we all want to create websites which work and look equally well on every browser, I am wondering exactly how to cut down on the "quality-assurance" for the visuals. I am not using CSS 2 for simple compatibility-issue (although I would love to
). The differences in the layout-engines between, say, IE5.5 and IE6 regarding HTML4 and CSS1.+ are neglible, as far as I can tell (I am consciously leaving out Javascript here). Same goes for the Gecko-based browsers Mozilla, NS etc.
Why are you using IE5.5 AND IE6? And NS6.2 and NS7? Isn't one version sufficient or do you notice great differences?
Why are you using IE5.5 AND IE6? And NS6.2 and NS7? Isn't one version sufficient or do you notice great differences?
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jollyjumper
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Hi Patric,
As for IE5.5 and IE6 I don't know, just to be safe. Maybe I check it more to be sure that all my javascript functions work in both versions.
As for NS6.2 and NS7 there is a major difference. NS6.2 doens't handle width and height in percentage values well, so a site can look great in NS7 and doesn't work in NS6.2.
Greetz Jolly.
As for IE5.5 and IE6 I don't know, just to be safe. Maybe I check it more to be sure that all my javascript functions work in both versions.
As for NS6.2 and NS7 there is a major difference. NS6.2 doens't handle width and height in percentage values well, so a site can look great in NS7 and doesn't work in NS6.2.
Greetz Jolly.
I usually use Netscape 6.2.3 to test as a pre-Mozilla 1.0 build. Moz 1.0 implements much better XML/XSL support, as well as techniques to import external XML data into HTML/XHTML pages. I use the current Moz build for post-1.0 testing. I use Mozilla on Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and BeOS.
As far as IE, I test with IE5 and IE6, since IE6 has much better support for CSS2, and I believe it finally completes the CSS1 spec. IE5 is my "low-end" modern browser. For Mac, I test IE5 and 5.1... mainly to work out quirky CSS rendering bugs, and to check font sizes.
In Opera, I test 6 and 7 on Windows, and 5 on Mac OS.
I'm gonna wait on Safari until a 1.0 build is released.
On Linux, besides Moz, I test with Konqueror.
For POS browsers, I test with Netscape 4.7x/4.8, Netscape 3.02, and IE 3.02 and 4.01.
As far as IE, I test with IE5 and IE6, since IE6 has much better support for CSS2, and I believe it finally completes the CSS1 spec. IE5 is my "low-end" modern browser. For Mac, I test IE5 and 5.1... mainly to work out quirky CSS rendering bugs, and to check font sizes.
In Opera, I test 6 and 7 on Windows, and 5 on Mac OS.
I'm gonna wait on Safari until a 1.0 build is released.
On Linux, besides Moz, I test with Konqueror.
For POS browsers, I test with Netscape 4.7x/4.8, Netscape 3.02, and IE 3.02 and 4.01.