Cross browser compatibility with Safari and others
I just got accepted to the new and upcoming “Rubicon Project“, a site dedicated to help optimize PPC advertising. Only after creating my account though, I noticed that users are required to use Firefox 2+ to access the member’s area!
What a bummer, it seems like a bunch of other sites these days are doing the same thing. Well I guess it’s probably getting better now days, but I think as other browsers like Safari start becoming more popular people need to make it a point to develop their websites so that they can properly handle every browser!
How many of you have ran into problems like this with websites that you are trying to access? It’s really a day ruiner, especially when it’s on a site that you were really excited to be a part of! In some cases, I’m almost more willing to put off using the website if it means I have to open up another browser just to use it.
I’m not sure about you, but it sort of seems like a copout and/or a sign of being unprofessional to me if a website doesn’t function on every browser. I understand that there are some fancy features in css and javascript that only work on browsers like Firefox, but what about everyone using a different browser? Personally, I go without some of those fancy features just to support all of the other browsers.
One thing that especially bothers me is when websites restrict their users to only Internet Explorer. That leaves people like me and other Mac users out in the dust, as IE no longer is supported on a Mac. It not only is unfortunate for the users, but it really restricts the company’s reach to additional clients/users (i.e. less money).
This really makes me realize more and more the fact that we need to be making sure the websites we make are cross-compatible with every browser out on the market. With other browsers like Safari becoming more and more a part in the traffic surfing across the web, we need to start taking it more into consideration.
-Nick
Grab a feed!
Buy me a coffee
