Not all Browsers are created equal.

A successful Web deployment can only occur if the developer addressess the complex issues surrounding browser compatability. We are amazed at the number of websites that do not support any form of browser detection (sniffing). With competing SOTA technologies, many browsers either do not support them, support only some, or are partisan in their support strategies. Many times all that is required is a notification to the user that they need to upgrade to a more current version and to assist them with any hyperlinks to the appropriate update site before proceeding. For issues surrounding partisan technologies, the customer must decide on issues of OS platform, scripting preference, active content, cost, etc. Ultimately, it is the developers responsibility to stay abreast of the latest browser capabilities and how they will effect the users website experience.

As an example, a recent customer who wanted dynamic content for his website decided against cross-platform compatibility in favor of only Windows 95/NT compatibility. He felt that the majority of his users were Windows based and he did not want to pay the increased costs associated with developing in a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) like Pearl or C. Since he had elected Windows only compatability, the decision was made to use ActiveX Controls instead of Java Applets thereby making the website incompatible with browsers that do not support ActiveX Controls. He felt: 1) ActiveX Controls would already be loaded on his users Windows machines or could be safely downloaded automatically. 2) True native compiled ActiveX Controls are much faster to initialize than pseudo-code compiled java applets.

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