| One of the most essential features of a successful | | | | differently. |
| website is browser compatibility. However, it is also | | | | Tips to attain Browser Compliance |
| one of the most overlooked areas during the | | | | Follow W3C Standardsone of the prime factors that |
| website design and development process. Browser | | | | determines browser compatibility of a website is the |
| compatible website designs make sure that your | | | | complexity of its design. Simple web designs can be |
| website renders well on most of the popular | | | | made compatible with multiple browsers by sticking |
| browsers and is accessible by a large number of | | | | to certain web conventions like W3C validation and |
| audiences. | | | | adhering to the standard resolution of 1024 pixels X |
| Problem with Browser Incompatibility | | | | 768 pixels during the design & development |
| When users want to open a web page, they specify | | | | process. However, with complex designs there are |
| a URL to the server through the browser. Your | | | | more things that need to be considered. |
| audiences may be using a number of web browsers | | | | Analyze the Browser Habits of your Target Audience |
| like the Firebox, IE, and Opera Safari etc. that | | | | It is important to make your website compliant with |
| connects the servers through the internet gateway. | | | | the popular browsers. And to figure out what |
| The request is send to the modem through IP | | | | browsers you need to focus on, it is important to |
| number of the users' computer. The modem | | | | identify your target audience and anticipate their |
| subsequently sends the request to ISP's IP number | | | | browsing habit. For example, if your website largely |
| and then connects it to the DNS. When the web | | | | caters to the Asian population, users would prefer |
| page is connected, ISP sends the contents of that | | | | using IE or Firebox. Nearly 60% of the internet users |
| web page to the requesting computer. All the | | | | globally use IE followed by about 35% (and |
| information comes in the form of HTML and it is | | | | increasing) who uses Firebox. The rest use browsers |
| further converted into normal text by the browsers. | | | | like Safari, Opera and so on. Moreover, there is also |
| This is the reason why HTML is referred to as client | | | | an increasing audience segment that use mobile |
| side scripting language. | | | | devices to access the internet and browse websites. |
| The problem of browser incompatibility arises | | | | Check the CSS |
| because different browsers read HTML differently. | | | | CSS or Cascading Style Sheets are a popular design |
| And the website would need to cater to all of them | | | | tool used by web programmers. CSS classes are |
| if it needs to get displayed well. | | | | applied to different HTML components. However, a |
| Browser incompatibility with multiple browsers | | | | single CSS class can behave differently in different |
| generally doesn't affect the website functionality. In | | | | browsers. Therefore it is important to develop the |
| fact, it has an impact on the design and layout of the | | | | CSS in such a way that the HTML output looks the |
| website. And this further influences how visitors view | | | | same in different browsers. |
| your website and what impression they get of the | | | | Maintain a Simple Structurea simple website structure |
| same. If you design your website for IE 7, it would | | | | allows you to deal with several incompatibility issues |
| display perfectly for all the users using IE 7 but for | | | | and make the website compliant across multiple |
| those people who use Firebox, it may display | | | | browsers. |