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Opinion ColumnIt’s Time To Stop Blaming Internet Explorer

From Nicholas C. Zakas
July 12th, 2012
375 Comments

Earlier this week we published two articles by Louis Lazaris: one on why old browsers are holding back the Web and another encouraging Web users to upgrade their browsers and use modern browsers other than IE. This article presents another perspective on this issue. Nicholas C. Zakas, a well-respected member ...

Opinion Column: Moving The Web ForwardDear Web User: Please Upgrade Your Browser

From Louis Lazaris
July 10th, 2012
169 Comments

Shopping. Social networking. Emailing. Reading. Finding directions. Banking. Researching. Those are some of the most common tasks people perform on the World Wide Web. You’ve probably done all of these things yourself at some point. So if you’re like many people, you probably do these things every single week (and ...

Opinion ColumnOld Browsers Are Holding Back The Web

From Louis Lazaris
July 9th, 2012
116 Comments

Because of how far certain Web technologies like HTML5 and CSS3 have brought us, many would say that—from a Web platform perspective—the future is now. Sounds like a cliché, I know. At the very least, it feels like the future is starting to bubble up to the surface… but it’s ...

The Life, Times (and Death?) of Internet Explorer 6 (Comic Strip)

From Brad Colbow
February 11th, 2010
314 Comments

In recent years Internet Explorer 6 has become the browser web designers love to hate. Security issues, JavaScript errors and inexplicable CSS rendering quirks have made it the brunt of many jokes. With IE6 in its twilight and big companies like Google dropping support, it seems like a good time ...

Breaking: Internet Explorer 8.1 Eagle Eyes Leaked

From Jacob Gube
March 31st, 2009
307 Comments

Smashing Magazine tries to be at the forefront of new and exciting developments in the wide world of the web. You might have heard that we met with the IE 8 Chief Strategist in the past, so it should come as no surprise that we like ...

15 Helpful In-Browser Web Development Tools

From Jacob Gube
November 18th, 2008
164 Comments

There are many useful Web development tools that integrate in your browser. These in-browser tools are commonly known as add-ons or extensions. Though add-ons and extensions aren’t just for Web development, many of them out there are designed specifically for Web developers. In-browser tools vary greatly in the ...

Screen Resolutions and Better User Experience

From Vitaly Friedman
November 23rd, 2007
50 Comments

In order to work well, designs have to be optimized for simplicity, transparency and, consequently, optimal user experience. The user experience itself is, however, in many cases just an elegant term employed with false intentions and wrong approaches. Optimal user experience is rarely achieved by visual design elements, although some stakeholders ...

Interesting Web Browsers You Have Never Heard Of

From Sven Lennartz
November 21st, 2007
148 Comments

There are more browsers than you are probably aware of. Apart from Firefox, Opera and Internet Explorer there is a number of promising alternatives which can improve your flexibility, increase your productivity and enrich your browsing experience. In fact, there are over 100 existing (although not widely used) browser applications. Most ...

Who Is Your Visitor? An Average Profile

From Vitaly Friedman
October 3rd, 2007
39 Comments

You never really know who is going to visit your web-site next. You have no idea which configuration will be used, what browser will be installed, which screen resolution will be in use. However, since you’d like to comfort most of your web users, you need to know their habits ...