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moneysav
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102 posts, Rate this user		 Dec-12-11, 03:47 PM (CST)
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"Browser Detection"
 
   Hi,
We all want our site to be different and special from other sites, so we include mouseover enlargements and Javascripts for cool interactive effects.

But what happens when someone with an old browser version or a browser that is not even "Internet Explorer" hits your site and your fancy addons cause the old browers problems???

You centainly do not want to loose a potential user simply because they are using another browser than the one you have designed your website on.

After spending many hours at the keyboard infusing my files with cool interactive code, I suddenly became aware that some browsers just won't work with my cool interactive code !!!

So now I'm thinking to add a browser detection into my index.html so if a browser other than IE7(for example) hits my site, I could somehow add a cookie or file to their computer that will only load specific files.

We all know that auction.pl is the first file a viewer hits. Auction.pl immediately calls config.pl which contains my Javascripts and config.pl calls dispcat.pl which also contains my Javascripts.

If a browser is not IE7, then I would like to be able to call config1.pl and dispcat9.pl which would be a Javascript free version of my site.

Any Ideas or thoughts?
Moneysav


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moneysav
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102 posts, Rate this user		 Dec-13-11, 09:31 AM (CST)
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1. "RE: Browser Detection"
 
   Hi,
As an update to my above original entry, I found a site that will screen shot your website for free in 87 different browser versions. The site is: http://browsershots.org/

I was shocked when I entered my site for review and saw that about 13 browsers could not load my site properly.

It makes my above discussion even more relavent.

Cheers,
Moneysav


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moneysav
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102 posts, Rate this user		 Dec-13-11, 09:51 AM (CST)
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2. "RE: Browser Detection"
 
   Hi Again,
I've done more leg work and found a javascript within a html page that will detect the brower type.

Maybe someone clever can incorporate the attached into something useable for the above.

I have also noticed that my screen size on my computer is 1024x768 pixels with 32bit color quality but not all people that may view my site has a screen size of 1024x768 and I have seen that other browsers squash the screen so that the Featured Gallery photos were only 2-3 photos wide rather than normal setting.

So another factor to consider is screen size and gallery layout for smaller screens or more square screens.

Moneysav

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3. "RE: Browser Detection"
 
   LAST EDITED ON Dec-13-11 AT 09:18 PM (CST)
 
Hi,
I did another test.

I left my javascript intact in the <head> section of my config.pl

I replaced my dispcat.pl (which has lots of interactive code) with an original version of dispcat9.pl (no interactive code) and did another web browser compatibility test and the results were that 124% more unique web browsers could view my site !!!

Conclusion: If you like cool viewer interactive stuff on your site then start thinking about browser compatibility and how many browsers will actually be able to load your site because if your site fails to load, they will not be able to contact you and let you know there is a problem using a certain browser.

I could really use a switching mechanism between Internet Explorer and the rest.

Moneysav


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