[Web4lib] Browsers to test

[Robert L. Balliot]

Nancy -

What design features are you referencing?

When you ask 'should', are you referring to
a site that meets accessibility standards:
WCAG Priority 1, WCAG Priority 2, and 
Access Board Section 108?

If you are asking if later versions of Firefox can display
the same as 1.0.7, that will also depend on the
elements that you use.

Later versions of Firefox fix web compatibility
regressions and security issues and functionality
with Windows Vista and Linux.

The most realistic way to figure out if everything will
display properly is to test the page on as many
browsers and operating systems that you can. Lots
of elements require hacks - especially between
IE and Firefox.

I think one of the best tools that you can use
is to use Firefox: View/Page Style/No Style to
get a sense of structure.  Higher end web authoring
tools have built-in analysis of compatibility.
But they won't tell you how the page 'looks'.

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-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Nancy E. Sosna Bohm
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 12:36 PM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] Browsers to test

In what versions of browsers should an academic website display with all of
its design features intact? 
For example, in NS4 a page might not be laid out as intended, though the
elements are all present and functional.
But should a page look identical in, say, Firefox 2.0 and Firefox 1.0.7 ?

Thanks in advance for input.

Nancy E. Sosna Bohm
Associate Reference Librarian
Donnelley and Lee Library
Lake Forest College



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