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Just finished reading this months Cre@teOnline - The Browser Issue and came accross some interesting information regarding the state of current browsers and their suport..
Interesting Facts:
Only about 2% of web users use a Macintosh to surf the web (compared to something like 25% of sites being created on a Mac)
The only browser which complies 100% to the DOM and W3C standars is IE5 on the Mac!!
The only way to produce a true cross browser site is to use CSS and xHTMLand Browser detection
NS6.2 and IE6 comply with W3C and DOM 100% but still use their own tags as well!!
IE5.5035 is the most popular used browser to date.
NS6 caused Netscape to loose most of the market leaving NS6.2 to account for only 15% of penetration WW!!
IE6 doesn't use Java preventing a majority of users from viewing QuickTime and Flash.
In Japan - iMode is the largest use for accessing online information.
Accessability is now Law in the USA meaning all sites have to contain ALT tags, have a monochrome option for colour blind users, be accessable by "Voice browsers" and designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency greater than 2Hz and lower than 55Hz!!
Comapnies now charge extra to develop for legacy browsers with the current support being for IE4 and NS4.7. THough alot of agencies now only support compliant browsers (W3C/DOM) which are IE5.5, NS6.2, IE5(Mac) and Opera.
Oh the joys!!
Interesting Facts:
Only about 2% of web users use a Macintosh to surf the web (compared to something like 25% of sites being created on a Mac)
The only browser which complies 100% to the DOM and W3C standars is IE5 on the Mac!!
The only way to produce a true cross browser site is to use CSS and xHTMLand Browser detection
NS6.2 and IE6 comply with W3C and DOM 100% but still use their own tags as well!!
IE5.5035 is the most popular used browser to date.
NS6 caused Netscape to loose most of the market leaving NS6.2 to account for only 15% of penetration WW!!
IE6 doesn't use Java preventing a majority of users from viewing QuickTime and Flash.
In Japan - iMode is the largest use for accessing online information.
Accessability is now Law in the USA meaning all sites have to contain ALT tags, have a monochrome option for colour blind users, be accessable by "Voice browsers" and designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency greater than 2Hz and lower than 55Hz!!
Comapnies now charge extra to develop for legacy browsers with the current support being for IE4 and NS4.7. THough alot of agencies now only support compliant browsers (W3C/DOM) which are IE5.5, NS6.2, IE5(Mac) and Opera.
Oh the joys!!
funkygamer wrote:
> Tyla wrote:
> Blimey... you learn something new everyday!!
I aim to
> please... one of those weird things eh? Technically, you should use both I
> think, and I would imagine they can each have different values... Crazy World.
Been using them in a site I'm working on at the mo... The "title" overrides the "alt" in IE5/6 and NS6 but NS4+ only reads the "alt"... I think you can apply "title" to links and mailto's too?... Off to play!!
> Tyla wrote:
> Blimey... you learn something new everyday!!
I aim to
> please... one of those weird things eh? Technically, you should use both I
> think, and I would imagine they can each have different values... Crazy World.
Been using them in a site I'm working on at the mo... The "title" overrides the "alt" in IE5/6 and NS6 but NS4+ only reads the "alt"... I think you can apply "title" to links and mailto's too?... Off to play!!
funkygamer wrote:
> Nugget for the day there are ALT tags, and there are TITLE tags - you should be using the TITLE (not ALT) tags if you want there to be a little "tool tip" pop-up when you mouse over an image.
Blimey... you learn something new everyday!!
> Nugget for the day there are ALT tags, and there are TITLE tags - you should be using the TITLE (not ALT) tags if you want there to be a little "tool tip" pop-up when you mouse over an image.
Blimey... you learn something new everyday!!
Tyla wrote: IE6 doesn't use Java preventing a majority of users from viewing QuickTime and Flash.
I use I've got Microsoft Internet Explore version 6.0.2600.0000 but can't say I've had any problems using Flash ... though quicktime doesn't ever work .... wonder why???
I use I've got Microsoft Internet Explore version 6.0.2600.0000 but can't say I've had any problems using Flash ... though quicktime doesn't ever work .... wonder why???
Tyla wrote:
> IE6 doesn't use Java preventing a majority of users
> from viewing QuickTime and Flash.
That's not correct. IE5.5 and later have no support for the
> IE6 doesn't use Java preventing a majority of users
> from viewing QuickTime and Flash.
That's not correct. IE5.5 and later have no support for the
Tyla wrote:
Accessability is
> now Law in the USA meaning all sites have to contain ALT tags, have a monochrome
> option for colour blind users, be accessable by "Voice browsers" and
> designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency greater than
> 2Hz and lower than 55Hz!!
Is this for real? If so, are there really any propper implications for the average creater, amateur in us or elsewhere, or company pages that would consider themselves 'non-us'?
Words cannot express how much i want to rub a chesse grater against george bush's face.
And i'll want to even more if he's responsible for this : )
Accessability is
> now Law in the USA meaning all sites have to contain ALT tags, have a monochrome
> option for colour blind users, be accessable by "Voice browsers" and
> designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency greater than
> 2Hz and lower than 55Hz!!
Is this for real? If so, are there really any propper implications for the average creater, amateur in us or elsewhere, or company pages that would consider themselves 'non-us'?
Words cannot express how much i want to rub a chesse grater against george bush's face.
And i'll want to even more if he's responsible for this : )
Just finished reading this months Cre@teOnline - The Browser Issue and came accross some interesting information regarding the state of current browsers and their suport..
Interesting Facts:
Only about 2% of web users use a Macintosh to surf the web (compared to something like 25% of sites being created on a Mac)
The only browser which complies 100% to the DOM and W3C standars is IE5 on the Mac!!
The only way to produce a true cross browser site is to use CSS and xHTMLand Browser detection
NS6.2 and IE6 comply with W3C and DOM 100% but still use their own tags as well!!
IE5.5035 is the most popular used browser to date.
NS6 caused Netscape to loose most of the market leaving NS6.2 to account for only 15% of penetration WW!!
IE6 doesn't use Java preventing a majority of users from viewing QuickTime and Flash.
In Japan - iMode is the largest use for accessing online information.
Accessability is now Law in the USA meaning all sites have to contain ALT tags, have a monochrome option for colour blind users, be accessable by "Voice browsers" and designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency greater than 2Hz and lower than 55Hz!!
Comapnies now charge extra to develop for legacy browsers with the current support being for IE4 and NS4.7. THough alot of agencies now only support compliant browsers (W3C/DOM) which are IE5.5, NS6.2, IE5(Mac) and Opera.
Oh the joys!!
Interesting Facts:
Only about 2% of web users use a Macintosh to surf the web (compared to something like 25% of sites being created on a Mac)
The only browser which complies 100% to the DOM and W3C standars is IE5 on the Mac!!
The only way to produce a true cross browser site is to use CSS and xHTMLand Browser detection
NS6.2 and IE6 comply with W3C and DOM 100% but still use their own tags as well!!
IE5.5035 is the most popular used browser to date.
NS6 caused Netscape to loose most of the market leaving NS6.2 to account for only 15% of penetration WW!!
IE6 doesn't use Java preventing a majority of users from viewing QuickTime and Flash.
In Japan - iMode is the largest use for accessing online information.
Accessability is now Law in the USA meaning all sites have to contain ALT tags, have a monochrome option for colour blind users, be accessable by "Voice browsers" and designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency greater than 2Hz and lower than 55Hz!!
Comapnies now charge extra to develop for legacy browsers with the current support being for IE4 and NS4.7. THough alot of agencies now only support compliant browsers (W3C/DOM) which are IE5.5, NS6.2, IE5(Mac) and Opera.
Oh the joys!!