Tag: cross browser compatibility

Unless it is absolutely necessary, don’t use flash in your website. If you do, be sure that the important information can be accessed without viewing the flash presentation.

When you upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer, there’s no way to go back to the earlier version. If a web developer or designer upgraded to Internet Explorer 7, how can s/he test if a website is working in Internet Explorer 6? The solution is to install and use a free software called IETester.

When creating a fixed width layout using auto margin, the master block element that contains all the other block element tends to shrink its height to zero as viewed in Firefox, Safari and Chrome, but not in Internet Explorer. A single line of code can force the master block element to expand like how it appears on non-centered fixed layout.

Aside from the default setting with hand on links, I-shaped bar on texts and arrow in everything else, you can control what mouse pointer appears to specific part of a webpage using CSS.

For those who are using Windows, buying Macintosh is ideal to test how your website works in Safari. However, as a free alternative, you can check how your website appears in Macintosh by using Browsrcamp.