Previewing in different / multiple browsers

Previewing your pages in different browsers is an important part of the design process. With modern browsers the differences you will see are hopefully small, but they may be critical to your design and need attention.

It's also important to test in different sized browser windows. A sizable number of internet users still use 800x600 screens, so you may need to test your site at this resolution.

How?

FrontPage 2000 and 2002 allowed previewing of pages in different browsers. FrontPage 2003 takes this to a new level and allows you to launch a page in multiple browsers at the same time. So, how do we add new browsers to the FrontPage 2003 settings? Easily is the fortunate reply.

First download them an install them on your PC. Then add them as illustrated in these examples, Flash or Static

Which?

The second most popular browser on Windows is now Firefox, so this is a must. You might also like to try Opera, although this has very low usage figures. (See Statistics below).

See www.getfirefox.com and www.opera.com

Statistics

It's helpful to see the various browser stats, which covers browsers themselves, browser window size and operating systems. See www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

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