What is the meaning of Cross Browser Compatibility? It means the website should look the same in all the prevalent web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and many more.
Why Cross Browser Compatibility is needed? A fact cannot be ignored that each browser has a unique way of implementing CSS, Java Script and HTML. Sometimes one can find breakage in the website viewed in multiple browsers even the display and text properties may vary depending on the operating system of the user as it’s not necessary that all the user is using the same version of a respective web browser. On the other hand, if the website is not compatible with any browser it leads to increased bounce rate which means a user visiting your website is expected only to be disappointed and will leave never to return again. This is the reason cross browser compatibility is much needed now-a-days.
GMI, a Website Designing Company in India focuses on cross-browser compatibility in terms of web designing. Let’s have a look at the below points the web designers and developers needs to focus.
Focus on the popular web browsers
The popular web browsers include names such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Safari which nearly occupies 70% of the market share. The web developers should pay attention to their coding standards with respect to these browsers to improve performance on the different operating systems.
Comply with W3C validation rules
Before carrying out any change on a website, the web developer should focus on checking the markup validation. Validation rules are a set of principles that a developer should follow while writing the HTML codes for a website so as to make sure the website functions properly in all the major browsers.
Having a different CSS for different browsers
Having a different style sheets for different browsers can save you from last minute website glitches that the web developers often face when testing a particular website. Making a CSS generic for all browsers can result in last minute mishap for example a website is working fine in IE but have problems loading with Firefox or Chrome.
Checking With BrowserShots.org
The effective platform for cross browser testing which allows to have a glimpse of how a respective website will look on different browsers.
Firebug
Another brilliant tool that effectively analyzes any specific issues with CSS styles and HTML. Firebug is a Firefox add-on which benefits the designers and developers while working on cross browser compatibility. Similarly, Firebug Lite that is implemented to bring in Firebug visual interface and debugging functions to web browsers is a tool deployed at a client side Java Script code and is very easy to include in the web pages.
I hope these tips will assist you in making your website cross browser compatible with a smooth functioning on all the major browsers. So, what are your views on this? Leave your replies in the comment section below.
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