Windows Tips and Tricks

Surfing the Web is harder than it could be because of all the differences among browsers. Internet Explorer (IE) often renders CSS differently from other browsers. IE also uses proprietary ActiveX components. Then there are differences in the way Web pages behave among the various versions of IE itself. IE7 is different from IE6 and IE7 on Windows XP is different from IE7 on Vista. Different versions of IE treat Adobe/Macromedia Flash presentations differently from each other and from Firefox. Different versions of IE treat JavaScript differently. Editing this blog online is easier in Firefox than in IE7. And so on.

All of these variations are maddening for someone who creates Web pages and cause problems for surfers. Some Web sites will work in IE but not in Firefox and vice versa. At least, Firefox has an extension called IE Tab that allows you to use the IE engine from within Firefox. Some things will work in IE7 on Windows XP but not in IE7 on Vista. All in all, using the Web is more of a pain than it should be.

Any readers have experience with Opera? How about Linux and Konqueror? Or Macs and Safari?

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