Comments on: Firefox3 sets world download record. What is Firefox you ask? http://www.cmswebsolutions.com/blog/2008/06/20/firefox3-sets-world-download-record-what-is-firefox-you-ask/ Business Website hints, trends & general thoughts Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:21:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Administrator http://www.cmswebsolutions.com/blog/2008/06/20/firefox3-sets-world-download-record-what-is-firefox-you-ask/#comment-894 Administrator Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:42:56 +0000 http://www.cmswebsolutions.com/blog/2008/06/20/firefox3-sets-world-download-record-what-is-firefox-you-ask/#comment-894 I would hope all web designers test all major browsers including Firefox and Safari. Although a small % of people use safari, the iPhone does. It was just launched in Canada recently and using it for a month now, I know the market for this handheld will grow. Last week I was in Pickering for a web design meeting. I had left my iPhone on the table while retrieving something from my car. When I returned the President of the company had it in his hand and asked "is this yours?". After answering in the affirmative, I was then asked a number of questions and ended up giving a 10 minute presentation.That afternoon he went out and got one. Before new browsers come out and are adapted, there is usually a Beta version so web designers can test. Typically, well built webstes that have been built to web standards will be ok. Ones that aren't will be exposed. Business owners are just now starting to take their website and Internet strategy seriously. The days of the kid next door or "dabbler " are coming to a close. There's just too much money riding on it. I would hope all web designers test all major browsers including Firefox and Safari. Although a small % of people use safari, the iPhone does. It was just launched in Canada recently and using it for a month now, I know the market for this handheld will grow. Last week I was in Pickering for a web design meeting. I had left my iPhone on the table while retrieving something from my car. When I returned the President of the company had it in his hand and asked “is this yours?”. After answering in the affirmative, I was then asked a number of questions and ended up giving a 10 minute presentation.That afternoon he went out and got one.
Before new browsers come out and are adapted, there is usually a Beta version so web designers can test. Typically, well built webstes that have been built to web standards will be ok. Ones that aren’t will be exposed. Business owners are just now starting to take their website and Internet strategy seriously. The days of the kid next door or “dabbler ” are coming to a close. There’s just too much money riding on it.

]]> By: Jerry Smith http://www.cmswebsolutions.com/blog/2008/06/20/firefox3-sets-world-download-record-what-is-firefox-you-ask/#comment-893 Jerry Smith Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:32:48 +0000 http://www.cmswebsolutions.com/blog/2008/06/20/firefox3-sets-world-download-record-what-is-firefox-you-ask/#comment-893 Firefox is free and it will work on computers that do not have Microsoft Windows. What this means for a business shopping for a web site developer is their web site designer should develop the web site with Firefox in mind. A lot of libraries and other publicly funded internet computers (senior's centers, non-profit charities, etc.) save money by not buying Microsoft Windows (nor Microsoft Office) and consequently, use Firefox as an internet web browser. If your website doesn't 'look right' with the Firefox browser, the end user may form the wrong opinion of your business, when it was the web site designer who caused the problem. Firefox is free and it will work on computers that do not have Microsoft Windows.
What this means for a business shopping for a web site developer is their web site designer should develop the web site with Firefox in mind.
A lot of libraries and other publicly funded internet computers (senior’s centers, non-profit charities, etc.) save money by not buying Microsoft Windows (nor Microsoft Office) and consequently, use Firefox as an internet web browser.

If your website doesn’t ‘look right’ with the Firefox browser, the end user may form the wrong opinion of your business, when it was the web site designer who caused the problem.

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