Browser Compatibility and Website Design

It was not many years that we were accustomed to view websites with the tag line “best viewed in Mozilla” or “best view with I.E”.

Actually in those days ensuring browser compatibility was considered to be one of the toughest tasks for a web designer or web developers.


However, things have changed drastically in the past few years. Now a website has to be compatible with different browsers.

If this crucial issue is left unresolved in the process of website design, you can lose a significant number of visitors who are not using that particular browser where your existing website can be viewed best.


If you simply cannot afford this, you need to find out a sound solution for fixing this problem at the very initial stage.

Here in this article, we will discuss its three major areas where you have to shift your focus for ensuring compatibility of your website in different browsers.

Issue of Screen Resolution
A horizontal scroll is bound to appear if you design a website with 1024x768 screen resolution. Visitors with lower screen resolutions will have to scroll that website horizontally for viewing the entire website page.


This is undoubtedly one of the irritating parts of net surfing, which you will definitely want to get rid of at any cost.

There are only two ways by virtue of which you can fix this problem.


You can incorporate the concept of fluid design where a website will automatically conform to the resolution of the computer.


Your website will be viewed at its best no matter what resolutions a user is using.


A viable alternative of fluid design is designing a website for a worst-case screen resolution.


You can either design your website with 640x480 or 800x600 resolution.


A simple trick can also fix this problem related to screen resolutions to some extent.


Just move some optional elements of your website to the rightmost corner of your website, which will reduce the screen size and therefore no horizontal scroll bar will be generated.

Limitation of Color
This is definitely another vital issue that should get immediate attention.


If you are viewing a color in the true color mode of Windows, it might look amazing but the same color may look awfully bad in Millions of color mode of Mac.


A website that looks impressive in 256 color setting may appears ordinary in a computer which supports 24-bit color system.


In order to solve this critical problem, you need to design a website in 16-bit color setting which is the lowest denominator.

Frames
Websites with frames are no longer favored by visitors because of their clumsy appearance but still they are designed by some web designers.


While designing a website in frame you need to comprehend the simple fact that your website will be viewed by different visitors with different screen resolutions.


Therefore ensuring proper look of your website in diverse resolutions is certainly a challenging task.


A website designed in higher screen resolutions needs to be checked in lower screen resolutions because this will ensure browser compatibility.
Therefore you have to follow the above mention tips while designing your website if you want to ensure browser compatibility of your website.



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