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New Tips On Different Web Browsers And How They Influence Web Designing
Thursday, 09 June 2011 16:14 | Written by Eugene Yeng | 
Whatever you do on the internet as long as you are connected to the outside world you will be using a browser of some description to view the web pages. To put it simply a web browser translates the HTML code into a viewable web page. The two most common browsers being used today are Internet Explorer and Mozilla Fire Fox which has become popular amongst web designers in Malaysia. Here is an Introduction to the different web browsers and how they influence web designing.
Whatever you do on the internet as long as you are connected to the outside world you will be using a browser of some description to view the web pages. To put it simply a web browser translates the HTML code into a viewable web page. The two most common browsers being used today are Internet Explorer and Mozilla Fire Fox which has become popular amongst web designers in Malaysia. Here is an Introduction to the different web browsers and how they influence web designing.
The Apple Mac has various other webpages that can be used as well as streamlined versions of the above but Safari seems to be the most popular for the Mac at the moment. Some people find different browsers faster and others prefer the set up of slightly slower browsers.
Each web browsing page might view web pages in a slightly different way, what might look like the perfect design in one browser might show up with defects in another. It is up to the web designer to consider this when designing the web pages and they might even establish which browser the target audience is using for that particular web site.
Whether you are a web designer from Malaysia or India it will make no difference to your end result of web page display, although the tools and software you use might be different you will arrive at the same destination. What is important is the type of font, page design and pictures you use; these are the most common things that are affected by the different web browsers.
You have probably noticed in many web pages how basic the font is. This is because it is the single most important thing that is affected by many web browsing services. A web page browsing service might not support some of the more complex fonts therefore it might show it as a different font of even not at all.
If you where to use a font that changed across other browsers you might find that the web page looks jumbled up in certain browsers. This effect is caused by the space change that a different font might occupy. It the font is changed by a browser it might be changed to a font that takes up more space this could offset pictures and table to not be relevant to the text.
When you surf the internet, you normally are looking for information and the quicker you can find it the better. As humans we are trained to scan documents in certain ways which is why you will often see a web site logo in the top left corner. If the information has been misaligned by the browser it may make it more difficult for the viewer to extract the information they require.
Download time of a web page is equally important as to how the information is displayed. It normally takes around 5 seconds before potential viewer losses their patience and clicks away from the site. The most common problem for slow download times is pictures;
Web designers have a responsibility to ensure that their main audiences are going to get the information that is needed. This is all part of the design process in establishing this, tests are carried out with the target audience to see which browsers are used and then suitability is created.
Whatever you do on the internet as long as you are connected to the outside world you will be using a browser of some description to view the web pages. To put it simply a web browser translates the HTML code into a viewable web page. The two most common browsers being used today are Internet Explorer and Mozilla Fire Fox which has become popular amongst web designers in Malaysia. Here is an Introduction to the different web browsers and how they influence web designing.
The Apple Mac has various other webpages that can be used as well as streamlined versions of the above but Safari seems to be the most popular for the Mac at the moment. Some people find different browsers faster and others prefer the set up of slightly slower browsers.
Each web browsing page might view web pages in a slightly different way, what might look like the perfect design in one browser might show up with defects in another. It is up to the web designer to consider this when designing the web pages and they might even establish which browser the target audience is using for that particular web site.
Whether you are a web designer from Malaysia or India it will make no difference to your end result of web page display, although the tools and software you use might be different you will arrive at the same destination. What is important is the type of font, page design and pictures you use; these are the most common things that are affected by the different web browsers.
You have probably noticed in many web pages how basic the font is. This is because it is the single most important thing that is affected by many web browsing services. A web page browsing service might not support some of the more complex fonts therefore it might show it as a different font of even not at all.
If you where to use a font that changed across other browsers you might find that the web page looks jumbled up in certain browsers. This effect is caused by the space change that a different font might occupy. It the font is changed by a browser it might be changed to a font that takes up more space this could offset pictures and table to not be relevant to the text.
When you surf the internet, you normally are looking for information and the quicker you can find it the better. As humans we are trained to scan documents in certain ways which is why you will often see a web site logo in the top left corner. If the information has been misaligned by the browser it may make it more difficult for the viewer to extract the information they require.
Download time of a web page is equally important as to how the information is displayed. It normally takes around 5 seconds before potential viewer losses their patience and clicks away from the site. The most common problem for slow download times is pictures;
Web designers have a responsibility to ensure that their main audiences are going to get the information that is needed. This is all part of the design process in establishing this, tests are carried out with the target audience to see which browsers are used and then suitability is created.
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