StatOwl is a website presenting internet usage statistics in a comprehensive way.
There are various reports that will be helpful to anyone into web design & web marketing like:
The data provided is valuable to web designers / developers to better analyze internet users.
All data presented can be displayed for custom date ranges & as different chart types.
IE6, well, was a browser with fresh features when it first came out but it is currently 8 years old (must be about 160 human years).
It is still around, mostly because it came bundled with many distributions of the most popular Windows OS ever: XP & bad luck that users still have that old CD.
So, within time, unlike every software, it didn’t disappear, got more powerful & managed to build new communities around it: "designers & developers who try to overcome the IE6 difficulties", "users with bad browsing experiences".. : ).
But it is time to go now. Hopefully quickly (with the medal).
Within this 8 year period, just for IE6, designers & developers are:
Position Is Everything provides an amazing list that defines Internet Explorer problems (not only IE6) in detail & shows some workarounds.
CSS-Tricks presents the most common IE6 problems that can be faced including the box model & double margin bug.
Dave Woods explains several IE6 CSS bugs & how they can be fixed.
Browser compatibility issues with how they render HTML differently is a common problem for web designers and developers.
Reset.CSS, if you are not already using it, can save some time from the CSS editing process.
Reset.CSS is simply a collection of CSS styles which removes and neutralizes the inconsistent default styling of HTML elements.
By using Reset.CSS, you simply clear the default values of web browsers and you won’t need to alter these differences for every element again.
There are 2 popular Reset.CSS styles:
Using Reset.CSS styles as another CSS file or by inserting the Reset.CSS styles at the top of your CSS file is enough.
Examples of how to make CSS gradient text effects are published in 2 different & beautiful web design blogs: WebDesignerWall and CSS Globe.
Both techniques are using a similar method which is adding a small PNG gradient file over the text with extra tricks. Both methods are compatible with all the major browsers. Have a look at how nice they are:
Css Globe solution:
http://cssglobe.com/lab/textgradient/
WebDesignerWall solution:
http://www.webdesignerwall.com/tutorials/css-gradient-text-effect/
Sample codes for these nice effects can be downloaded from each website.
With many different operating systems, many browsers and different browser versions the design of a website can look different to every user.
Testing your website in different browsers easily is possible.
Browsershots makes screenshots of your web design in different browsers. It is a free open-source online service created by Johann C. Rocholl. When you submit your web address, it will be added to the job queue. A number of distributed computers will open your website in their browser. Then they will make screenshots and upload them to the central server.
