Clarkeez Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Hey.. I am more of a developer than a designer but I have a website that works fine in chrome/FF but it ruined in IE.. Now, do I finish the site in chrome/FF then make it work with IE with seperate or is best practice to make it work with all browsers as I go along... ? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyKay47 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 i'm not sure on the exact percentage..(you can look it up), but unfortunately a lot of people still use IE.. my advice would be to make it compatible with all browsers pre-launch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManiacDan Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 A very large percentage of people use IE still, sadly. IE should be what you target first, the others should be the cleanup. I'd go back and fix your site in IE right now, and work on making it cross-browser compatible from now on. -Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonLewis Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 The other thing to consider is your target audience. What do you know about them? There age? The possibly that they'll be using a modern browser? Is your website aimed at companies who probably still run XP with IE? You need to take a broad look at your audience and consider how important it is for your website to be 100% in IE. Personally, I always ensure that my website degrades somewhat gracefully in IE so it at least doesn't look like someone took a dump on the screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cssfreakie Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Run your website through the validator. If your website looks crap in IE (certainly version 9) your doing it wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignace Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 I don't get how you could possibly still have troubles to make your website cross-browser compatible? I use a Browser class to detect the user's browser and add style rules accordingly. <body class="<?php print $this->browser->getCSSClassName(); ?>"> In your CSS you just add: .ie7 element { style } .ie8 element { style } /* etc */ cross-browser compatible every time Note though that I'm mainly a PHP developer, and every HTML/CSS developer out there will skin me alive if they ever find out where I live Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cssfreakie Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Note though that I'm mainly a PHP developer, and every HTML/CSS developer out there will skin me alive if they ever find out where I live [sherlock holmes mode] Vlaams belgie? [/sherlock holmes mode] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignace Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Note though that I'm mainly a PHP developer, and every HTML/CSS developer out there will skin me alive if they ever find out where I live [sherlock holmes mode] Vlaams belgie? [/sherlock holmes mode] 5.647.000 of which 1.076.924 in Vlaams-Brabant, I'll see you soon then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank P Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Vlaams belgie? Het Nederlandstalige deel van de web designers is schijnbaar groot, internationaal gezien? [Eng.: Seemingly, the Dutch-speaking web designers form a great part of the international community?] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cssfreakie Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Vlaams belgie? Het Nederlandstalige deel van de web designers is schijnbaar groot, internationaal gezien? [Eng.: Seemingly, the Dutch-speaking web designers form a great part of the international community?] VOC mentality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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