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Subject:FrontPage and Browsers From:"Moore, Tracey" <TMoore -at- PARKERVISION -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 14 Jan 1999 10:27:10 -0500
It's been said a million times before (I've told you a million times, do
not exaggerate. . .)
FrontPage and other HTML editors can create pages that look great in one
browser and not so great on another. Well, I have news for you: Even if
you create pages without an editor, this can still happen.
If you are building web pages, whether it be with an editor or from
scratch, you really should test your pages on (at the very least)
Internet Explorer and Netscape. View your entire web site or project in
both browsers (don't forget the different versions of the software).
Also, go to other computers and view the pages. Look at them on
different size monitors. If available, view them on different
platforms/machines. Try different display settings. Test, test, test.
If you know for sure that your users only use one browser (as is often
the case with intranets), then consider yourself lucky.
First priority: Determine what browsers and platforms your users are
using.
Our corporate (internet) web site receives WebTrends reports. These
reports tell you how many hits your site is getting, where they're
coming from, what browsers and platforms the users are using. Develop
your pages for your users.
