Step 1. Design by viewing in Firefox
Step 2. Fix bugs in IE7
Step 3. Fix bugs in IE6
Step 4. Fix new bugs that appear in Firefox after fixing them for IE6 & 7
Step 5. Repeat Endlessly.
Sorry, my message got cut off after I used the “smaller than”-symbol.
I meant IE smaller than 6, e.g. IE 5.5. and 5.
I’m still testing on these ones because sometimes it really looks horribly wrong and broken in these browsers.
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So true!
At least IE7 isn’t quite as bad as IE6… Most IE6 fixes (CSS-wise, anyways) tend to sort out IE7, thankfully.
1. Create and test in a web standards compliant browser, Firefox/Safari
2. Put a best viewed in FireFox banner on your site
3. Screw IE 🙂
@William – I see what you’re doing there 😉 I’d rather not screw IE though, it’s bad enough to try and work with now!
Step 1. Design by viewing in Firefox
Step 2. Fix bugs in IE7
Step 3. Fix bugs in IE6
Step 4. Fix new bugs that appear in Firefox after fixing them for IE6 & 7
Step 5. Repeat Endlessly.
Yeah, usually IE7 almost works well for me after building for Firefox/Safari.
I make my IE changes in override stylesheets, so they never break Firefox.
I can exactly understand what you’ve written, Alex! But I have to admit that I’m a bit shocked that nobody here tests his site for IE
Only William said he doesn’t test in IE.
Sorry, my message got cut off after I used the “smaller than”-symbol.
I meant IE smaller than 6, e.g. IE 5.5. and 5.
I’m still testing on these ones because sometimes it really looks horribly wrong and broken in these browsers.
According to Wikipedia, IE 5.x and lower is less than .7% marketshare. You have to cut the cord sometime.
The modern os-based application development process:
1. Create a nice standards-compliant application on your platform of choice.
2. Test.
3. Release.
:p
(well ok, obviously it’s not quite that clean, but … nonetheless *much* less frustrating.)
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So sad, yet so very true…
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