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Cross-Browser/Platform Testing

Browser testing is critical in Web development to insure that all audiences are able to access information via your Web site. It's important to know your users and first analyze user statistics to identify target browsers. Once you know what browsers and platforms the majority of your site visitors use, you'll be able to prioritize your development time. For example, if you know that 80 percent of your audience uses Internet Explorer for Windows, you can know you'll want to make sure you site displays well in this browser. You can then work on the bugs for less popular browsers before the site is finally launched to the public.

Web Communications currently tests using the following browsers and platforms:

For Windows:

  • Internet Explorer 6.x, 7.x
  • Firefox 1.x, 2.x

For Mac OSX:

  • Safari 2.x
  • Firefox 2.x

There are several other browsers that are not on this list, but we've found that the majority of our users use one of the browsers above. We monitor our usage statistics and browser trends frequently and adjust our browser test list accordingly.

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