Compatibility vs. Restrictions
Web design compatibility and webdesign restrictions.
Because of the market share of modern browsers (depending
on your target market), the compatibility of your website with the viewers is restricted.
For instance, a website that is designed for the majority of websurfers will be
limited to the use of valid XHTML 1.0 Strict or older, Cascading Style Sheets Level
1, and 1024x768 display resolution.
This is because Internet Explorer is not fully
W3C standards compliant with the modularity of XHTML 1.1 and the majority of CSS
beyond 1.
A target market of more alternative browser (e.g. Firefox and Opera) users
allow for more W3C compliance and thus a greater range of options for a web designer.
Another restriction on webpage design is the use of different Image file formats.
The majority of users can support GIF, JPEG, and PNG (with restrictions).
Again
Internet Explorer is the major restriction here, not fully supporting PNG's advanced
transparency features, resulting in the GIF format still being the most widely used
graphic file format for transparent images.
Many website incompatibilities go unnoticed
by the designer and unreported by the users. The only way to be certain a website
will work on a particular platform is to test it on that platform.
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