does anyone use netscape anymore? i use ie and have been making my webpage under ie.. here's what i have for my new page @ <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.sinthetiq.com">http://www.sinthetiq.com</a><!-- m --> is it worth it to code for both browsers? is there an easier way to do it ? im using css<!--content-->My own project is consistently visited by people who don't know which browser (never mind version), they're using.<br />
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"Hmmmm.....Acrobat Reader? Gee, what's that?"<!--content-->Site looks similar in IE 5.5 and Mozilla 1.1, but quite a lot different in Netscape 4.8 but it still doesn't look completely broken in Netscape, just quite different.<br />
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Netscape 4.x has a lot of problems with understanding anything other than basic CSS.<br />
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All your HTML code is valid (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sinthetiq.com%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=%28detect+automatically%29&ss=&sp=">http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http% ... 29&ss=&sp=</a><!-- m -->) but I see that there are a lot of warning with your CSS (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sinthetiq.com%2F&warning=1&profile=css2">http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/vali ... ofile=css2</a><!-- m -->).<!--content-->Yes, people still do use Netscape. In my opinion, you don't need to bother coding for Netscape 4.X, but you do need to make sure the site works in Netscape 7 and above.<br />
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In fact, I would say that you need to make sure the site is usable in all of the major browsers:<br />
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Opera<br />
Netscape<br />
IE<br />
Mozilla<br />
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That list is subject to debate. Netscape is built off of Mozilla, so what works in one should work in the other.<br />
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Many things may not look exactly the same in all of the browsers, but I would say that the site should at least be usable in all of them.<br />
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I suppose I should mention that the best way (in my opinion) to make the site cross browser compatable is to use valid CSS and HTML, which it seems you are doing fairly well in using.<br />
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Doog Xela<!--content-->
I Quote:<br />
"Hmmmm.....Acrobat Reader? Gee, what's that?"<!--content-->Site looks similar in IE 5.5 and Mozilla 1.1, but quite a lot different in Netscape 4.8 but it still doesn't look completely broken in Netscape, just quite different.<br />
<br />
Netscape 4.x has a lot of problems with understanding anything other than basic CSS.<br />
<br />
All your HTML code is valid (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sinthetiq.com%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=%28detect+automatically%29&ss=&sp=">http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http% ... 29&ss=&sp=</a><!-- m -->) but I see that there are a lot of warning with your CSS (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sinthetiq.com%2F&warning=1&profile=css2">http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/vali ... ofile=css2</a><!-- m -->).<!--content-->Yes, people still do use Netscape. In my opinion, you don't need to bother coding for Netscape 4.X, but you do need to make sure the site works in Netscape 7 and above.<br />
<br />
In fact, I would say that you need to make sure the site is usable in all of the major browsers:<br />
<br />
Opera<br />
Netscape<br />
IE<br />
Mozilla<br />
<br />
<br />
That list is subject to debate. Netscape is built off of Mozilla, so what works in one should work in the other.<br />
<br />
Many things may not look exactly the same in all of the browsers, but I would say that the site should at least be usable in all of them.<br />
<br />
I suppose I should mention that the best way (in my opinion) to make the site cross browser compatable is to use valid CSS and HTML, which it seems you are doing fairly well in using.<br />
<br />
Doog Xela<!--content-->