Browsers

A while ago I wrote about some of the extensions I use with Firefox which make the job of web development easier. I’ve since added some new ones to Firefox that I use on a fairly regular basis, so thought I should update the list.

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A furore has erupted over the past couple of days within a section of the web development community over a decision by Microsoft to require web developers to add a meta tag to their pages to define what version of Internet Explorer a site has been designed for. I’m not going to go into the pros and cons of this decision as it’s been comprehensively covered elsewhere.

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Last year, Nick Cowie created a podcast on the <button> and how it is the “forgotten element”. Well, it seems that it is not only developers who have forgotten about it, but browser makers, or more specifically those making browsers for handheld devices, and the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) (authors of the XHTML-MP specification) who have forgotten about it as well.

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Well I’ve discussed which browser to avoid using for primary testing, and which browser I prefer to use, so which browsers should one test in?

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As mentioned previously, I have a personal favourite browser when it comes to web development and that is Firefox. This is not only because of its good standards support (although it doesn’t yet pass the Acid 2 Test) and not because it has tabbed browsing and not because it’s any other browser other than Internet Explorer.

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As mentioned in previous posts, I spend some time on web design-related forums so a lot of what I’ve written on this site has been in response to questions I see asked quite often. This post is not so much about a question, but a reaction.

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