Re: [WSG] Why do web developers user Firefox?

[Peter Asquith]

It is, in my experience, best to start with the closest implementation 
to the standards you can find (in this case I choose Firefox/Gecko) and 
then code for the exceptional cases. If you start from an outlying 
position (for example IE 5/Win) and then try to work the other way you 
will find that your efforts will need to be much greater and your CSS 
will be much muddier. It is better to start with a 'pure' framework and 
then include the handling for exceptional cases in a modular fashion.

I also take issue with the practicality of installing all browsers that 
could possibly view your site given the variety of operating systems 
(have you tested using NetPositive on BeOS lately?) and devices.

Mark Harwood <WebMail> wrote:
A good developer should have all browser installed which everone he uses as his 
default is down to his personal prefrence neither give you an advantage over the
other, 
as we should all be looking at supporting them all!

 

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