Posts Tagged ‘browsers’
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The Life, Times (and Death?) of Internet Explorer 6 (Comic Strip)
- 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 ...
Read more...Breaking: Internet Explorer 8.1 Eagle Eyes Leaked
- 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 ...
Read more...15 Helpful In-Browser Web Development Tools
- 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 ...
Read more...Screen Resolutions and Better User Experience
- November 23rd, 2007
- 49 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 ...
Read more...Interesting Web Browsers You Have Never Heard Of
- November 21st, 2007
- 147 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 ...
Read more...Who Is Your Visitor? An Average Profile
- 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 ...
Read more...Browser Tests, Services and Compatibility Test Suites
- October 2nd, 2007
- 52 Comments
Cross-browser compatibility is still one of the most complex issues when it comes to web-development. Web standards usually guarantee a (relatively) high degree of consistency, however no browser is perfect and particularly older browsers have always been quite good at surprising web-developers with their creative understanding of (X)HTML/CSS-code. Still you ...
Read more...Firefox Themes in an Overview
- February 27th, 2007
- 49 Comments
It’s amazing if you think about it. The new generation of web-browsers has become so flexible, so adaptable and so easy to use that you can design and use it according to your personal taste and needs. So if you are a Mozilla Firefox user, you can add almost any ...
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