Unless your site is for a very select number of people whose choice of browser is restricted, such as may be the case on a company network, website developers / publishers / designers need to take into consideration the cross-browser aspect.
I don’t use outlandish browsers or operating systems. I generally use Firefox as my browser of choice and switch between Windows XP and Ubuntu for my operating system.
Whether you consider my choice of browser and OS to be strange or not is irrelevant. I buy things online. I spend money. I am an online consumer of goods and services.
If a website makes it hard for me to use due to my choice of browser, do you honestly expect me to “jump through hoops” to spend money with you?
If you do – then good luck to you! I won’t spend my money (or the company’s) with you nor will I recommend you to anybody else. Harsh? No. Reality – yes.
If the CorkCity.ie site were a commercial venture it would fail dismally
See below for how it looks in IE5 on an Apple Mac:
CorkCity.ie IE 5 Macintosh
If that wasn’t bad enough here’s what it looks like in Safari:
CorkCity.ie Safari
Rather amusing that a public authority website would include a disclaimer plainly stating that the site will not work in anything except IE. Upgrade? Oh please! I’m using linux for God’s sake! Do I really have to use cross over office to view your award winning website?
EDIT: Browser tests done via SiteVista
Due to the size of the screenshots I’ve made them links instead of embedding them in the post
here here! it’s a wonder they won a golden spider or come to think of it, No, no it’s not!
so…Ubuntu is not an “outlandish” OS…mmmm
Niall – ROFL
Ross – Didn’t you move back to using Windows?