[WEB4LIB]Re: testing web pages- a question

Harrison Dekker hdekker at britsys.net
Mon Aug 12 16:02:07 EDT 2002


You might check your server log files to determine which browser versions
have been used to access your site. Doesn't answer the question of what
browsers people *might* use, but it does at least give you one measure upon
which to base your decision about a cutoff point.


> From: "Drew, Bill" <drewwe at MORRISVILLE.EDU>
> Reply-To: drewwe at MORRISVILLE.EDU
> Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 11:26:50 -0700 (PDT)
> To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] testing web pages- a question
> 
> I want to thank everyone for their help in testing my web page.  I have a
> general question aimed at when a page has been tested enough.
> 
> I have gotten the page to work in Netscape4.77 and higher, IE5 and higher,
> Mozilla 1.0, Opera 6.04, Kmeleon, and also Lynx.  I am getting input from
> people using really buggy browser versions such as Netscape 4.03 and older.
> 
> Where do I stop and say that is it?  What browser version do I cut off at?
> 
> Wilfred (Bill) Drew
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> SUNY Morrisville College Library
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