Do websites need to be experienced exactly the same in every web browser?

Monday, March 14, 2011

Jimmy has a new post about browser compatibility on websites and how to think about it from a developer and business perspective.

Jonathan Cogley is the CEO of Thycotic Software Ltd, a Washington DC based company who make the web-based password manager Secret Server.

2 Comments

Personally I think this is crucial. Web browser compatibility/support is one of my top priorities when building/testing new web sites especially when interacting with the UI with JavaScript / JQuery / Ajax and CSS. UX(User Experience) should remain at most the same across browsers such as IE, Firefox, Safari and Google Chrome. One of the key fundamentals in web design/development is to be consistent in representing your site and functionality. Any big changes may disorientate your users, even if it scales down to browser compatibility, I would recommend testing sites with major browsers such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari and Google Chrome.

Dreigorian - Thursday, March 31, 2011 7:01:26 PM
Yes, especially with all the browser analytics available these days - you should really know what browsers your customers are using and then cater to that audience.

Unfortunately we have often had to deal with IE6 just because corporate users of some applications are still using it.

Jonathan Cogley - Thursday, March 31, 2011 7:16:53 PM

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