[Web4lib] Browsers to test

[Andrew Hankinson]

It's pretty much impossible to get modern browsers and legacy browsers to
agree on the same code.  Browsers such as NS4 should be obsoleted ASAP, same
with IE4 and possibly IE5.  If you absolutely need to support these
browsers, you're probably better off redirecting them to a bare-bones,
text-only version of the site.

You should ensure you support at least one browser on the three major
operating systems.  Nothing bugs me more than a Windows-only website!
Firefox 2 is a definite since it's on all three (FF1 is a maybe - any
computer that can run FF2 can run FF1), Safari, Konquerer, and Opera.

Oh, and IE6 & 7 if you *really* have to.  ;)

-A



On 5/29/07, Nancy E. Sosna Bohm <nancy at thesmudge.com> wrote:
>
> 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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