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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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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We asked some of the leading design companies around the country what their biggest design challenge was in 2008. We would have never guessed that we would receive such an overwhelming consensus. The biggest challenge of 2008 was cross-browser compatibility. Making sure that an application or website looks great on every major browser engine (Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari…) and all of the various versions and platforms.
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