Gobala Krishnan » Technology & Gadgets http://www.gobalakrishnan.com Work at Home Internet Business Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:09:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Browser Compatibility – When Will Internet Explorer Die? http://www.gobalakrishnan.com/browser-compatibility/ http://www.gobalakrishnan.com/browser-compatibility/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:39:07 +0000 Gobala Krishnan http://www.gobalakrishnan.com/?p=1600 While developing BlogSell I’ve come to understand the importance of cross-browser compatibility. I’ve switched to Firefox a long time ago and hardly ever use Internet Explorer, but the fact is there is still a large group of people using IE – which is installed by default in all Windows OS – and never quite made the leap to Firefox or Chrome or even Safari.

Fortunately, stats from analytics for a similar site in the blogging niche shows that Firefox users are now at  56.21%, while IE is only at 21.70%. Other browsers like Chrome (12.35%) and Safari are also significant, but IE still represents a big user group after Firefox.

It’s really no problem making your site or software compatible for Chrome and Safari – differences in appearance are minimal. But IE really sucks, and it varies so much from each version of IE, that it’s hard to believe it’s done by Microsoft.

Optimizing for IE is a lot of work.

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However, I think it’s better for us to stick to the 80/20 rule and optimize only for 80% of IE versions, which is version 8.xx and 7.xx. All other versions can take a hike. It’s easier to ask users to just upgrade their browser or download Firefox instead :)

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According to the website:

Startup Camp, a.k.a “The Unconference for the Startup Community”, is an unconference-style event that’s dedicated to bringing together the various members of the startup community for a face-to-face collaborative meetup where its the attendees that drive the agenda (in true unconference fashion).

Start-Up Camp is organized by my friend Daniel Lim and the same team that brought you BarCamp Malaysia. If you liked BarCap you will probably like this event as well. Go here to register for Start-Up Camp.

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Want to brush up on your knowledge of technology, Web 2.0 and the Internet? Attend  BarCamp Malaysia this 26 & 27 July and you surely will.

While some of the topics here may not be for you unless you’re a software / systems developer, there are some pretty interesting ones that I’m sure you can attend and learn from such as:

  1. Monetizing YouTube
  2. CMS Showdown
  3. Music 2.0: Community Building & Survival Guide
  4. Blogging in Malaysia
  5. Digital photography
  6. Online Marketing 2.0
  7. The Malaysian Free Software Movement: The Way Forward

See the entire schedule here. Walk-in registration, just show up and register yourself.

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