Once we determined that cross-browser compatibility was the #1 issue in 2008, we asked a few follow up questions. One of the questions we asked people who developed larger community based applications how they kept their users from causing compatibility issues.
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This week we have looked at the different problems that browsers can cause for developers, some of the ways to identify them early in the design process, and some tools to help fix them. One major question that still remains is why do all of these browsers all built around the same standards cause web applications to perform and appear so differently?
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After discovering that browser compatibility was an issue that is a universal issue we asked designers to share with us some of the tools they use to solve these problems once they are discovered. Here is a list of the top 5.
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How can you figure out if there is a problem? Hopefully it isn’t from a call from a client complaining about how the application you wrote from them doesn’t work or look right in their browser. Or worse yet, the call you didn’t get from a visitor to the site that simply left because the site didn’t work. How can these issues be identified?
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You may have heard about the Browser Wars. The battle for dominance among browsers. What happens when this browser war hits home and you are caught in the fray and trying to decide on your battle plan?
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In October 2006, Microsoft released Internet Explorer 7 and then as Windows XP computers were updated users started receiving it. It was a large download and some people still haven’t upgraded for different reasons, whether they were advised it would run slowly on their older machine, that it was full of bugs, or confusing. What this means to developers of web applications is that almost 3 years later we still have to support it and make sure our applications run on this browser. So if browser issues of 2006 aren’t going away, those of 2008 certainly aren’t. Now a whole new set of browsers have entered the market and it could get even more interesting. Read on to get a rundown of the browsers that now need to be supported and the issues that developers are facing.
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How do you create a great fan base for your online application, website, or software as a service (SaaS)? First create a product people already understand and then ask for their feedback. That is what has lead to the success of Google Apps and 37 Signals. Here are some testimonials from each that contain some clues as the softer side of software that we can all benefit from reading.
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