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Words Of Wisdom on 02 November 2007
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rocketpig said:
Words Of Wisdom said:

Good information.

You're missing Most Correct View though. It would be: FF >> IE7 > Safari=Opera >>>>>>>> IE6.

Most mediocre websites are coded specifically for FF/IE7. Most good websites validate xhtml transitional at least making them capatible across the board.

Safari is decent on Windows, but if you're on Windows, you shouldn't be using Safari... there are better alternatives.


I was speaking from a design standpoint... any designer will ensure that their work displays correctly in IE but there are the occasional screwups, especially on large sites. But, hands-down, IE6 is the worst browser for correctly displaying code. IE7 is marginally better but has its own hangups. On nearly a daily basis, I want to kick the entire IE team in the nuts for refusing to conform to W3C standards. It's complete crap and it ends up costing me and my clients valuable time and money because MS wants to do things their own way.

Oh, and if you stick to standardized coding, Safari displays things correctly more often than Opera. Opera has its fair share of screw-ups while Safari is slightly better. Neither one is that great, though. FF is definitely the best.


I hear you.  Fire Fox is very forgiving from a designer stand-point whereas IE7 is not.  A page can look marvelous in FF, but be completely blown apart in IE7 thanks to its many quirks like its unwanted, unasked-for, inexplicable desire padding to things that don't need it.

Safari and Opera are within striking distance of one another though.  The differences are marginal IMO.

Firefox is definitely the best out of the lot though and being available for every platform not withstanding specialty hardware (Mobile/Console...etc) leaves very  little excuse for people to not choose it.