Universal Browser Testing Methods
One of the most important responsibilities of a professional web developer is making sure that your designs are accessible to all.
According to http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp, the latest browser utilization rates are as follows:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x (IE6) - 36.9%
- Fire Fox (FF) - 34.5%
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x (IE7) - 20.1%
- Opera (O) - 1.9%
- Safari (S) - 1.5%
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x (IE5) - 1.5%
- Mozilla (Moz) - 1.4%
I do all of my Design and testing from within a 64-bit Windows Vista Operating system. So to simplify the debug process I need to be able to test as many of these browsers as possible from within windows. This is my setup:
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