Re: Browsers to test

Pons, Lisa (ponslm) a écrit :
> There are sites such as BrowserCam that will take
"snapshots" of your
> site using just about every browser out
there...Browsercam does cost,
> but there is a free tool out there if you don't mind
waiting for the
> shots. The name escapes me at the moment- anyone? 
>   
Browsershots?
http://browsershots.org/


>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: web4lib-bounceswebjunction.org 
>> [mailto:web4lib-bounceswebjunction.org] On Behalf
Of Robert Sullivan
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 1:35 PM
>> To: Andrew Hankinson
>> Cc: web4libwebjunction.org
>> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Browsers to test
>>
>>     
>>> It's pretty much impossible to get modern
browsers and 
>>>       
>> legacy browsers 
>>     
>>> to agree on the same code.  Browsers such as
NS4 should be 
>>>       
>> obsoleted 
>>     
>>> ASAP, same with IE4 and possibly IE5.  If you
absolutely need to 
>>> support these browsers, you're probably better
off 
>>>       
>> redirecting them to 
>>     
>>> a bare-bones, text-only version of the site.
>>>       
>> How about coding for modern browsers and hiding the
styles 
>> from browsers or devices whoch don't support them? 
Not only 
>> does this avoid the maintenance issues of a
duplicate version 
>> of a site, but a site which can be used without its
CSS will 
>> also make it easier for speech browsers and devices
with 
>> limited CSS support (cell phones
>> etc.)
>>
>>     
>>> You should ensure you support at least one
browser on the 
>>>       
>> three major 
>>     
>>> operating systems.  Nothing bugs me more than a

>>>       
>> Windows-only website!
>>     
>>> Firefox 2 is a definite since it's on all three
(FF1 is a 
>>>       
>> maybe - any 
>>     
>>> computer that can run FF2 can run FF1), Safari,
Konquerer, 
>>>       
>> and Opera.
>>
>> While not everyone has access to a Mac, an old PC
which is 
>> too slow for modern applications might still be
able to run 
>> the latest version of the Kubuntu Linux
distribution so you 
>> could test with Konqueror.
>> If that's all you want to do with it, you don't
have to know 
>> anything about Linux to set it up.
>>
>> --
>> Bob Sullivan
>> Schenectady Digital History Archive
>> <http://www.sch
enectadyhistory.org/>
>> Schenectady County (NY) Public Library
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