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mart44 · 26-03-2004, 07:58

Another member of the minority here. Firefox is used all the time except for the odd site or two that seem to be written for IE only. When these crop up, there's a useful Firefox extension that puts an option into the right click menu called. 'View this page in IE'. It will even open a link in IE if you know in advance that it's an IE only site.

I suppose alternative Browsers will always be in the minority but a significant number of people throughout the world do prefer to use them. This number may be small percentage-wise but must still run into millions. Looking at it that way, this is quite a market to disregard.

I think if I ran a commercial site, or any sort that I wanted to be popular, I'd certainly require it to be cross-browser friendly. I have read a few opinions here and there on the Internet of people saying they just won't go back to a site that doesn't work properly with their preferred browser. Some people feel quite strongly about the issue. Not being cross-browser friendly could even mean a loss of business for companies that don't cater for the minority. I'd say any possibility of that happening would be something to care about.

26-03-2004, 07:58	#68
mart44 Inactive Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: South of England Posts: 253	Re: What browser do you use? Another member of the minority here. Firefox is used all the time except for the odd site or two that seem to be written for IE only. When these crop up, there's a useful Firefox extension that puts an option into the right click menu called. 'View this page in IE'. It will even open a link in IE if you know in advance that it's an IE only site. I suppose alternative Browsers will always be in the minority but a significant number of people throughout the world do prefer to use them. This number may be small percentage-wise but must still run into millions. Looking at it that way, this is quite a market to disregard. I think if I ran a commercial site, or any sort that I wanted to be popular, I'd certainly require it to be cross-browser friendly. I have read a few opinions here and there on the Internet of people saying they just won't go back to a site that doesn't work properly with their preferred browser. Some people feel quite strongly about the issue. Not being cross-browser friendly could even mean a loss of business for companies that don't cater for the minority. I'd say any possibility of that happening would be something to care about.