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Authoring  Browsers

Surfin' Safari
Apple's entry into the browser market is both sleek and unique. But is Safari the Mac user's best bet on the Web? Mike investigates. 8 Jan 2003

Browser Chart
Can't keep track of which browser supports what? Now you don't have to — it's all here in one handy-dandy chart. Updated 25 Aug 2001

Browser Detection
Richard shows you how to grill the User Agent string for valuable information about the browsers that are visiting your site. 6 Jan 1999

Sizing Up the Browsers
Browser incompatibility can make precision design difficult. But with the help of Steve Mulder, you'll be able to control every pixel of your page. Updated 7 May 2002


Internet Explorer:

IE 6 Overview
As the official release of Microsoft's latest browser looms, Mike gives a glimpse of what to expect, including the good (advanced P3P support), the bad (Smart Tags), and the whatever (integrated multimedia tools). 16 Aug 2001

IE 6 Switches to Standards
Is IE 6 up to standards? Jeff veen takes the preview release for a spin. 4 Apr 2001

IE 5.0 — Good, but Not Up to Standards
IE 5.0 is good for users, but it still has Web developers seeing double. 6 Apr 1999

IE 4 for Mac: Can You Spell "Lame"?
Internet Explorer 4.0 has finally been released for the Mac. Jeff thinks Microsoft is making a mistake to leave Mac lovers behind. 12 Jan 1998

ActiveX Controls in Internet Explorer 4.0
Some of the best Web technology isn't cross-browser or -platform compatible. Shvatz loves IE 4's baked-in ActiveX controls anyway. 29 Dec 1997

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Microsoft
Taylor, who is in no way affiliated with Microsoft, just loves IE 4. He loves its dynamic HTML, its positioning of stylesheets, its object model, its... what? Coming Mr. Gates. 1 Apr 1997

Under the Hood: Internet Explorer 4.0
A step-by-step look at the latest release from Microsoft. 24 Mar 1997


Netscape Navigator:

Is Your Site Ready for Netscape 6?
The new version of Netscape's browser is here, which means producing sites that actually adhere to W3C standards. Are you ready to rumble? Updated April 6 2000

The Browser of the Future Needs Your Help!
We're all sick to death of browsers that don't comply to specs for cascading stylesheets and the like. Here's your chance to make Netscape 5.0 a standards-compliant dream and to rain death on all this browser-dependent workaround nonsense. 1 Sep 1998

Gecko Lays Out the Future
What's up with Netscape/AOL/Mozilla/Gecko these days? And where's that standards-compliant browser? Paul and Bryan take a look. 13 Apr 1999

Netscape's Open Source Browser Revealed
Paul dives deep into Mozilla, Netscape's new open source browser. The big news so far is XML support and sitemaps made with RDF. 7 May 1998


The Other Browsers:

Hailing iCab
You: Mac user who's tired of bloated, buggy browsers. Me: Petite, sleek, sexy browser with German accent. My meter's running — why not take me for a spin? 9 Jun 1999

Designing Web Sites for PDAs
Is Web design too easy for you? Well, try working with a screen the size of an index card — Carter has. 12 May 1999

Getting Your Site Ready for WebTV
Learn the basics about WebTV and how to get your pages primped and buffed for prime time. 6 Oct 1998

Don't Kill Your TV, Reinvent It
Shvatz reports live from his couch on the latest WebTV features and how they just might change the way we look at both TV and the Internet. 7 October 1998

Putting Opera 3.0 to the Test
Paul emerges from his laboratory after running extensive tests on upstart browser Opera 3.0. Conclusion? Opera can't do everything under the sun, but the joint is fast. 3 Feb 1998

The Story Behind Lynx
A text browser that supports tables and image maps? Cool. 9 Dec 1996

Intro to HDML
Now that cell phones are equipped with Web browsers and people are actually using them, how do you publish pages that these on-the-go-getters can read? Paul elucidates. Updated 09 May 2001