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In the early days of the Internet, I used to come across many sites advertising "Best viewed with Netscape" or "Best viewed with Internet Explorer" or the like. These days, such labels seem to be rarer. And no wonder. Webmasters today put an inordinate amount of effort to promote their sites on the search engines and elsewhere, and it's unlikely that they'll want to turn away any visitor just because he/she uses a different browser. Business - All business/finance/loan/mortgage related link can be found here Computers - All computer hardware/software/peripheral related link can be found here Internet - All webhosting/webdesign/internet marketing related link can be found here Software - All software related link can be found here Web Design - All web design/development related link can be found here Web Hosting - All web hosting related link can be found here Web Promotion - All search engine optimization/internet marketing related link can be found here Web Resources - All other web related link can be found here Recreation - All travel/hotel/cruise related link can be found here Casino - All online gambling/poker/blackjack/roulette related link can be found here Health - All online pharmacy/hospital/health related link can be found here Shopping - All online shopping/gift related link can be found here Miscellaneous - All other links can be found here
Along with this principle of catering to the widest possible audience is the principle of designing your page for compatibility with different browsers, operating systems and hardware. If you design your site with fixed widths, you need to be aware of the above. For example, if you design for the 1024x768 screen resolution, you will force almost half your visitors (if your site has the same visitor make-up as mine) to scroll their screens horizontally to see the entire page. Horizontal scrolling irritates a number people (particularly if they have to scroll left and right continually just to read your sentences), hence many sites try to avoid it. They do this by either designing with a fluid design (as thesitewizard.com currently does), where the page automatically fits whatever screen resolution the visitor uses, or by designing it for a worst case screen resolution (either 800x600 or 640x480). |
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