Monday, June 22, 2009

Browsers: Not All The Same

Even though you are writing the standard HTML and CSS codes for your website, it might look differently in different browsers. Why is that?

The main reason is the vague standard. The browser developers might have different understanding of those words written in the standard manuals. Also they might assign different default values to the HTML elements. As a web design newbie, you may not know all the differences between all popular browsers. So it is not unusual that your new website look differently in different browsers.

It is very important to make sure your website look correctly in all browsers. Many of us will not have all kinds of browsers installed in our computers. Then how to verify your website? This site http://browsershots.org/ can help you get snapshots of your website for many browsers. So you do not need all browsers in your computer to test your websites. Is it a big relief?