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What Color Is Your Browser?
I get a lot of questions about browsers: “Which one is the best?” “Why can’t I view items on this or that web page?” “My computer freezes when I go to the New York Times! What’s going on?” The answers to these questions are never easy, particularly regarding some who can’t view web pages correctly,…
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A word about Microsoft
Just a quick word about Microsoft. I’ve been pretty harsh on Internet Explorer 7, and, I think, with good reason. In truth, I really started out on OS/2. OS/2 was an excellent operating system, and I’m sorry it’s no longer around. However, Windows XP has surpassed where OS/2 was when OS/2 finally ceased development. I’m…
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IE7 Not Ready for Its Close-up
Internet Explorer 7 lost me completely today. I received a note on a Yahoo email list that my blog site “breaks” in IE7 when the user expands the text size one click, CTRL-+. It’s true. Here’s the result: Notice the text overflow onto the background, and the expanded size of the images. Essentially, Microsoft blew…
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Browser Wars VI – Mozilla Firefox Strikes Back
Firefox 2.0 has been released! Last week, we saw the arrival of Internet Explorer 7.0, a welcome, but long overdue upgrade. IE7 has received positive, but essentially lukewarm reviews. IE7 still does not measure up to Firefox, though its support for CSS specifications is vastly improved. Today, Firefox strikes back. Version 2.0 promises built in…
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Browser Wars V – A New Hope
IE7, a ew hope, but not for long. Internet Explorer 7 was officially released by Microsoft yesterday. Expectations are that within a month it will begin arriving on your desktop PC through the regular Windows Update. The much lauded update from Microsoft is expected to have much greater support for CSS. Already, however, reports are…
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Browser Wars IV – IE7 Wreaking Havoc on CSS?
Microsoft reported recently that several hacks that were implemented by designers to survive IE6 will stop working under IE7. This is not great news for designers, as it means that those of us who have implemented such hacks will be looking at hours of unpaid work cleaning up code for IE7. And, the situation could…
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Browser Wars III – IE7 Due This Month – Ready?
Microsoft has spent forever and a day preparing the newest release of Internet Explorer. If you do not download it yourself, you will receive it via Automatic Updates in the coming weeks. While IE7 is supposed to have greater conformance with CSS standards, Windows users are still much better off with Firefox. Web designers are…