Hi Guys,
With new up-gradation in browsers, sometimes it becomes hard to check web page that will display properly in all browsers. What are your views about it? How you check if your design would be compatible with all the web browsers?
the best way is to have all browsers and check it one by one. just stop checking in IE 6.
one by one: dev in firefox test in: safari, chrome, opera, IE < 5 (those are the ones I deal with). IE6 is pretty much so long as it isn’t completely busted its alright. For example, I know right off the bat using things like :first-child, adjacency selectors, multiple class selectors, etc means IE6 is going to have problems. Normally, I only use those types of things for things that can be sacrificed in older browsers without affecting the experience or presentation to much.
You need to divide all browsers into two groups - those that should display and function using all the features you included in the page AND all other browsers where the page just needs to work but will not necessarily look or function the way you would like.
You then need to test in all the browsers you list in the first group to make sure that they all function correctly. You also need to do enough testing with one or more browsers from the second group to know that the page will be usable in other browsers.
I try to design my web pages in such a way that it doesn’t use too many ‘new’ features which might break in an older browser. Unless if I have to go further back, the furthest I’ll support is IE7. What I worry more about is if my page can be seen by the visually and hearing impaired.