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Name: Don Arnett
Date: March 26, 2008 at 13:53:02 Pacific
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For those of you who create websites for public use, what browsers and versions do you test with.

I typically test with IE and Firefox, because that is all we use at my job.

I haven't tested with IE 4 in a while, but never worry much about any version prior to 4.



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Name: Laler
Date: March 26, 2008 at 14:19:46 Pacific
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I never care about IE less than version 6. Some people here (usually on offices with Win2k) still use IE5, but I've decided that I can "abandon" them =D

For other browsers, I have (and always test my work with) Firefox and Opera, also Safari on Mac.

Here's a sample statistic that shows visitors' browsers. A not too different result can also be found on w3schools.

I found that making w3c valid layouts that works (easily read and navigated) on text-browsers and cellphones, are more useful and satisfying than trying to make it work on IE5.

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Name: TheNerd
Date: April 15, 2008 at 11:31:46 Pacific
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I usually try and stay away from any browser specific stuff (like the scrollbar CSS stuff for IE) and then I now just test in IE7, Firefox 2, and Safari. Since IE8 is in the works you might want to download a copy of that and test with it too.

I don't think you need to test for IE6 or 5 anymore.

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Response Number 3
Name: Don Arnett
Date: April 15, 2008 at 11:45:06 Pacific
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According to W3 Schools (http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp), as recently as March 2008, 30% of users used IE6.


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Response Number 4
Name: TheNerd
Date: April 15, 2008 at 12:38:20 Pacific
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yeah I am aware of that statistic but if we (as webmasters) don't force them to change then they wont.

Really it's up to you which users you want to support.

If you are running an ecommerce or money making site then you definitely need to cater to as many browsers as you can.

If you are running a topic specific website and the majority of the viewers are using a certain browser then that's who you want to code it for.

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