Comments on: Browser Specific Design

By: Web Page Mistakes

Web Page Mistakes — Sun, 22 May 2011 07:29:38 +0000

That’s true! If you are going to use a script on your website or blog you have to make sure it works in all browsers.

By: living green

living green — Thu, 12 May 2011 17:52:36 +0000

Browser specific scripts have the same problem as browser specific tags, they don’t work in the “other” browsers.

By: Dianne Cris Becker

Dianne Cris Becker — Fri, 06 May 2011 04:05:02 +0000

It is true that Browser Specific Design can create problems when visitors don’t have the right browsers. That was cool stuff and very informative as well. Now I know how this can create problems and how to solve it. Thanks for this information.

By: Web Page Mistakes

Web Page Mistakes — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 06:39:40 +0000

The customer should be able to use any browser they choose to.

By: Printing

Printing — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:23:51 +0000

Very good information for the designers the links are very helpful. My question is, could it possibly be a problem with some customers’ browsers or email programs?

By: Favorite CSS Tips & Tricks

Favorite CSS Tips & Tricks — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:58:45 +0000

[...] box model is a difficult concept for some to understand My own tips:Don't design for a specific browser. Not everyone uses your chosen [...]

By: Web Page Mistakes

Web Page Mistakes — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:26:03 +0000

The problem stems from designers not making their designs cross-browser compatible not the end user's browser or email program. Preventing a visitor from viewing your site because they use a certain browser is not the solution. (Neither are those little nags that tell the visitor to change browsers or say best viewed with...) The solution starts by using valid (X)HTML standards compliant coding and valid CSS coding then working from there to get the site to work in all browsers without hacks.

By: Alien talk

Alien talk — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:56 +0000

HI. Very good information for the designers.the links are very helpful.My question is, could it possibly be a problem with some customers’ browsers or email programs? If so, please tell me specifically which browsers/programs/etc are troublesome that prevent select viewers from being able to use the site and specific solutions that can make the site user-friendly for everyone.

By: urlsbag

urlsbag — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:45:31 +0000

Am new to these stuff but just started web designed and stuff and i think its really great information and when i read the other comments thought this is what i am looking for and how it would help me
thanks for the awesome information

By: Tai Slim

Tai Slim — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:00:44 +0000

I have designed many website with cross browser functionality. But this is the first time I have got such a post where all the compatibility issues for browsers are discussed.

Thanks for sharing this information.

By: Luxury Linens

Luxury Linens — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:28:55 +0000

I am a designer but i have not heard about such things.This post has solved many of my problems and i am sure i will remove many of my weakness.
Thanks a lot.

By: Web Page Mistakes

Web Page Mistakes — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:15:29 +0000

Yes, you can use conditional comments but that only clogs up your web page coding with coding that eventually will be antiquated.

“Conditional comments only work in Explorer on Windows…”
Source: CSS – Conditional Comments

What about those on Macs that are still using Internet Explorer?

By: Drapery Toronto

Drapery Toronto — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:05:51 +0000

Re the browser specific CSS – you can comment out the IE6 specific css in your code so that only IE renders according to that CSS.

By: Hire a Geek

Hire a Geek — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:08:40 +0000

I still remember the IE vs Netscape days. Now, Firefox seems to be putting up a good fight. Using browser-specific tags could be a mistake. The main purpose of creating a web page is so possible customers can gain knowledge about one’s company and access its products. If you use browser-specific tags, imagine how many potential customers you can lose just because the page doesn’t “look good” or clean for them.

Its interesting to see which one will win in the new battle of the browsers ^^

By: Holiday Homes

Holiday Homes — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:14:21 +0000

It is actually very interesting which browser will win the war: Firefox or IE? I guess, we will be able to see it pretty soon.

However, the best thing for now for web designers is to avoid including specific features available only with a specific browser. It will antagonize a huge part of visitors.

By: Richard Mongler

Richard Mongler — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:40:19 +0000

I notice a lot of big companies do one or more of these things:
* Site only works on Microsoft Internet Explorer
* Site has browser-sniffing code and it won’t work if you spoof your useragent wrong

I hate sites doing that. They should use web standards and make it work for all browsers.

By: Web Development Company

Web Development Company — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:37:42 +0000

This is really important because most common problem internet users encounter regarding website design is that for example I open to FF browser and everything seems Ok..but when i will open in IE all page is messed up and not it alignment…

Thanks for bringing this up..it is a great help.

Cheers,
Jacob

By: corporate team building activity

corporate team building activity — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:30:39 +0000

The one situation where browser specific design is generally OK though is on Intranets.

Most companies will use a standard browser and designing for a single browser is generally going to be less time consuming.