Tag Archives: browser

What developers think of Internet Explorer

Posted on Friday 10 June 2011 by

I like this self-deprecating advert from Microsoft about Internet Explorer 9. Only today I was thinking how refreshing it is that I now don’t have to worry too much about testing webpages in Internet Explorer 9. Everything just works now. … Continue reading →

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My favourite Web developer add-ons for Firefox

Posted on Thursday 24 March 2011 by

Mozilla released Firefox 4.0 on Tuesday—it has already been downloaded 16,041,437 times; that’s about 92 downloads a second!— and there is a lot to commend it for: a clean look, that’s not too far away from both Google Chrome and … Continue reading →

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Internet Explorer from version 1.0 to 9.0

Posted on Wednesday 23 March 2011 by

Since Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 was released Andy—you know! Andy!—wondered what it would be like to install every version of Microsoft’s Web browser starting at IE 1.0 under Windows 95 and working all the way up through IE 6.0 on Windows … Continue reading →

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Should we still be supporting Internet Explorer 6?

Posted on Thursday 4 November 2010 by

Every couple of months the same topic of conversation comes up in the Web team office: should we still be supporting Internet Explorer 6? The answer so far has always been a resigned yes, but that may not be the case … Continue reading →

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Window sizes and the fold

Posted on Friday 20 August 2010 by

It can be difficult to design a webpage. Sure, there is a great deal of freedom. You are not limited by, say, the size of a piece of paper. But there is, of course, a limit to what you can … Continue reading →

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Launch of new website design

Posted on Thursday 11 September 2008 by

Following consultation with staff and students, and nearly nine months of work we launched the new website design for the University of St Andrews during the early evening of Monday (8 September). Unlike the website launch in May 2007, which … Continue reading →

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