Is Your Site Cross-Browser and Cross-Platform Compatible?

Are people seeing what you think they are seeing?

• Your visitors are using multiple different browsers (Tools: BrowserShots.org, NetMechanic, BrowserCam)
  
  
• Browser Usage: (Source: W3Schools.com for January 2008)
  • Internet Explorer (more than 45%) - watch out for variations between IE6, IE7, and IE8
  • FireFox (about 45%)
  • Netscape
  • Opera
  • Safari
  • AOL
  
  
• Screen Resolutions (Source: W3Schools.com for January 2008)
  
  • 800x600 (about 8%)
  • 1024x768 (about 48%)
  • and higher (about 38%)
    
    
  Note: Currently as a standard we design to 960px wide.
  
  
• Helpful tool for adjusting your 'view': Firefox 'Web Developer' extensions
  
  
• Consider your user's platforms: Windows, Mac, PDAs, Netbooks, WindowsMobile, Blackberry, iPhone
  
  
• User testing: Use 'your friends' & people that are not internal to your project
  
  
• Is your site even visible? Use a 3rd party service like SiteUpTime.com.