Comments on: What’s the Best Internet Browser for Windows? http://www.browserbasedxml.com/whats-the-best-internet-browser-for-windows Tutorial Web Browser And Tips For Using It Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:35:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: hostreview http://www.browserbasedxml.com/whats-the-best-internet-browser-for-windows/comment-page-1#comment-4 hostreview Thu, 28 May 2009 14:19:41 +0000 http://browserbasedxml.com/whats-the-best-internet-browser-for-windows#comment-4 i use firefox i use firefox

]]> By: David M http://www.browserbasedxml.com/whats-the-best-internet-browser-for-windows/comment-page-1#comment-15 David M Thu, 28 May 2009 11:26:27 +0000 http://browserbasedxml.com/whats-the-best-internet-browser-for-windows#comment-15 browsershots as said above is ok, but has limitations. Personally, I have the latest issues of IE, FF, Opera, Chrome and Safari. These cover 99.5% of ww users: enough for me... I test my sites on each of them, at different resolutions. browsershots as said above is ok, but has limitations.
Personally, I have the latest issues of IE, FF, Opera, Chrome and Safari. These cover 99.5% of ww users: enough for me…
I test my sites on each of them, at different resolutions.

]]> By: primeissue http://www.browserbasedxml.com/whats-the-best-internet-browser-for-windows/comment-page-1#comment-9 primeissue Thu, 28 May 2009 08:11:23 +0000 http://browserbasedxml.com/whats-the-best-internet-browser-for-windows#comment-9 i use lunascape i use lunascape

]]> By: devassia t http://www.browserbasedxml.com/whats-the-best-internet-browser-for-windows/comment-page-1#comment-16 devassia t Wed, 27 May 2009 03:30:53 +0000 http://browserbasedxml.com/whats-the-best-internet-browser-for-windows#comment-16 By: Bijan F http://www.browserbasedxml.com/whats-the-best-internet-browser-for-windows/comment-page-1#comment-14 Bijan F Wed, 27 May 2009 01:42:44 +0000 http://browserbasedxml.com/whats-the-best-internet-browser-for-windows#comment-14 This is a HUGE subject, far too big to deal with here. The first thing that you should do, if you are serious about making your web site as accessible as possible, is to download the major browsers so that you can check your design in each one. So you want IE (unfortunately, you can't have IE 6 & 7 on the same computer!), Firefox, Netscape and perhaps Opera. If you can get it right in these, you will satisfy the vast majority of people. The secret to compatibility is to make your pages compliant with the standards laid down by the w3c. The majority of browsers work to those standards. In the past, it was necessary to include a number of "tweaks" on the page to allow for the peculiarities of some browsers (particularly earlier versions of IE) but this is becoming less the case. As well as checking your pages yourself, there is a validator available for your HTML through the w3 web site - first link below. The second link takes you to a series of tutorials which I'm sure you will find helpful. Incidentally, it's not just browsers that you have to satisfy. Users have a wide range of screen resolution and, unless you are careful, you may find that a page which looks perfect on one PC will break up on a smaller screen. Really, it's a minefield - good luck! This is a HUGE subject, far too big to deal with here. The first thing that you should do, if you are serious about making your web site as accessible as possible, is to download the major browsers so that you can check your design in each one. So you want IE (unfortunately, you can't have IE 6 & 7 on the same computer!), Firefox, Netscape and perhaps Opera. If you can get it right in these, you will satisfy the vast majority of people.
The secret to compatibility is to make your pages compliant with the standards laid down by the w3c. The majority of browsers work to those standards. In the past, it was necessary to include a number of "tweaks" on the page to allow for the peculiarities of some browsers (particularly earlier versions of IE) but this is becoming less the case.
As well as checking your pages yourself, there is a validator available for your HTML through the w3 web site – first link below.
The second link takes you to a series of tutorials which I'm sure you will find helpful.
Incidentally, it's not just browsers that you have to satisfy. Users have a wide range of screen resolution and, unless you are careful, you may find that a page which looks perfect on one PC will break up on a smaller screen.
Really, it's a minefield – good luck!

]]> By: Id Rather Be Drunk http://www.browserbasedxml.com/whats-the-best-internet-browser-for-windows/comment-page-1#comment-17 Id Rather Be Drunk Tue, 26 May 2009 20:28:53 +0000 http://browserbasedxml.com/whats-the-best-internet-browser-for-windows#comment-17 When you make a request to a Web browser, it responds with a file. At the very beginning of its response is a header. The header is a few lines of text that tells the Web browser all sorts of things about the file being sent back. Among the things sent back is the content type. Content-type tells the browser what the Web server thinks the file is. The browser uses the content-type response to determine how it will handle the file: Try to display it, ask another program to open it, prompt you to save it to your disk drive, etc. What the content-type line sent by a server contains depends on how the server is set up. Most Web servers have a "default" content-type list; what is sent is usually dependent on the file name / extension, but not always. Also, the Web server's admin can change what content-types are sent for specific file types. You can also forge content-type information from a programming standpoint. It is very common, for example, for Web programmers to "dynamically" create data files (such as comma-delimited files), or even images, on the server, and then feed a person's Web browser a content-type specific to that file, overriding what the Web server would have sent. A previous answerer stated the server sends a MIME type. That's not correct. MIME is a methodology for e-mail programs to handle attachments. Both MIME and HTTP 1.1 have Content-type attributes, and they use the same format. They are very closely interrelated, but not the same thing. When you make a request to a Web browser, it responds with a file.

At the very beginning of its response is a header. The header is a few lines of text that tells the Web browser all sorts of things about the file being sent back. Among the things sent back is the content type.

Content-type tells the browser what the Web server thinks the file is. The browser uses the content-type response to determine how it will handle the file: Try to display it, ask another program to open it, prompt you to save it to your disk drive, etc.

What the content-type line sent by a server contains depends on how the server is set up. Most Web servers have a "default" content-type list; what is sent is usually dependent on the file name / extension, but not always. Also, the Web server's admin can change what content-types are sent for specific file types.

You can also forge content-type information from a programming standpoint. It is very common, for example, for Web programmers to "dynamically" create data files (such as comma-delimited files), or even images, on the server, and then feed a person's Web browser a content-type specific to that file, overriding what the Web server would have sent.

A previous answerer stated the server sends a MIME type. That's not correct.

MIME is a methodology for e-mail programs to handle attachments. Both MIME and HTTP 1.1 have Content-type attributes, and they use the same format. They are very closely interrelated, but not the same thing.

]]> By: thedragon_0 http://www.browserbasedxml.com/whats-the-best-internet-browser-for-windows/comment-page-1#comment-19 thedragon_0 Tue, 26 May 2009 12:58:58 +0000 http://browserbasedxml.com/whats-the-best-internet-browser-for-windows#comment-19 Unfortunately, no. That is, not without jailbreaking your phone first. The iPhone's "security features" give applications limited freedom to save to the file system and give you limited freedom to access files saved, and therefore Safari doesn't support it. Unfortunately, no. That is, not without jailbreaking your phone first. The iPhone's "security features" give applications limited freedom to save to the file system and give you limited freedom to access files saved, and therefore Safari doesn't support it.

]]> By: Jenn http://www.browserbasedxml.com/whats-the-best-internet-browser-for-windows/comment-page-1#comment-18 Jenn Tue, 26 May 2009 11:15:34 +0000 http://browserbasedxml.com/whats-the-best-internet-browser-for-windows#comment-18 I assume you mean without registry editing :) Open IE, Tools, Internet Options, Programs Tab, Click "Make Default" I assume you mean without registry editing :)

Open IE, Tools, Internet Options, Programs Tab, Click "Make Default"

]]> By: nirat http://www.browserbasedxml.com/whats-the-best-internet-browser-for-windows/comment-page-1#comment-13 nirat Tue, 26 May 2009 07:16:38 +0000 http://browserbasedxml.com/whats-the-best-internet-browser-for-windows#comment-13 google chrome (statisticly the fastest, but no security) Mozilla Firefox (the best and also very fast) Internet Explorer ( the worst) Opera (decent but not great) Apple Safari ( very fast, not very popular except with MAC users) There are a few other ones too but are not even worth mentioning google chrome (statisticly the fastest, but no security)

Mozilla Firefox (the best and also very fast)

Internet Explorer ( the worst)

Opera (decent but not great)

Apple Safari ( very fast, not very popular except with MAC users)

There are a few other ones too but are not even worth mentioning

]]> By: travel http://www.browserbasedxml.com/whats-the-best-internet-browser-for-windows/comment-page-1#comment-5 travel Tue, 26 May 2009 06:24:17 +0000 http://browserbasedxml.com/whats-the-best-internet-browser-for-windows#comment-5 Safari owns Safari owns

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