Browser Policy (of Truth)

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When beginning work on any web project, our policy is to build for all current, up-to-date and popular browsers. At present, there are five* main browsers that are considered to be the market leaders, these are: Chrome (Google), Internet Explorer (Microsoft), Firefox (Mozilla), Safari (Apple) and Opera. The current browser statistics at w3schools.com will give more accurate details on their usage and popularity.

It’s worth noting that every browser will display a web project differently by default and you should understand that there are sometimes limitations out of our control that we cannot help. However, most of these discrepancies are few and far between and are usually present in much older and outdated browsers, though we will always try to ensure that each browser will give the same overall visual result.

Please also be aware that designs displayed on the web won’t appear the same as they would if designed for print. This is especially important to remember when looking at large blocks of copy. There is a great deal of control over text styling, but, even with a considerable amount of styling applied, text will still appear differently in some browsers. Pixel perfect designs, across a range of browsers, are not commonly achievable.

Support for older browsers, such as Internet Explorer version 6, is already being phased out by many web companies. If notified at the beginning of a project, we are able to cater for specific browsers if you or your client/organisation specifically require a web project to work under circumstances deemed to be out of a user’s control, i.e. large organisations/schools/universities where users are unable to choose to use a more current browser. Our standard practise is to automatically include a message which notifies users to upgrade their browser if it is deemed to be insufficient, they will still be able to view your site; albeit with limited functionality and without some modern visual enhancements.

We believe in spending our time creating projects that are future-proof, that work in browsers which give users a better experience and not spending our time worrying about getting a project working in those browsers that may soon be extinct.

*Counting Internet Explorer versions 7 and 8 as a single browser.

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