Browser, tablet and mobile phone compatibility are an essential tasks included during design, implementation, and testing of every website development project. There are number of popular web browser applications including, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, and Opera.
As a web developer; it is strongly suggested to insure that the website you are developing is cross-browser compatible; meaning the website will look exactly the same and function exactly the same way on every web browser. It is important for web developers to check for browser compatibility issues on a regular basis even after they have tested and launched the site.
Browsers are constantly updated and newer versions are released, which opens the door to browser compatibility issues. For instance a website navigation system may use a particular JavaScript code that is no longer supported by Mozilla FireFox’s latest browser.
It is important to develop sites that are fully mobile and tablet responsive, meaning that your webpages and content regions will automatically resize to fit the screen setting for any mobile or tablet device. This could be quite challenging since every month new set of mobile phones with upgraded operating systems are released to the market. However the benefits of insuring your site is fully responsive outweigh the development time and cost factors.
Semi-annual compatibility check tests are good ways to insure that your website is cross-browser and cross-mobile compatible and that the interface development rules of consistency and error prevention are not violated.
