Re: CSS, javascript, ajax and different browsers

Hi Jim,

I would agree with what everyone else has said on jQuery. I do recommend that you have some understanding of Javascript - just enough to appreciate what jQuery actually does for you.

When it comes to CSS, IE is really the fly in the ointment. But the good news is that all of the "issues" are well documented, along with their solutions. Most of the issues you will probably hit have to do with layout - and any book on CSS will highlight those, along with their solutions. Also, CSS is not something you will be constantly tweaking on a large scale, so you should be able to get it right fairly early on.

For me, the rule is to do all my development/testing using Firefox (because of all the great development plug-ins like Firebug and Web Developer Toolbar) - and then check what my pages look like in IE.

Regards

Paul Tuohy
ComCon
www.comconadvisor.com www.systemideveloper.com




Jim Franz wrote:

In dealing with customer web pages (order entry) how are others handling browser differences? Do you dumb the features down to a level most browser accept or code sections for different browsers? This is search & data entry & not so much point & click, & project on a skinny budget.
Depending upon whose stats (this is w3schools), Internet Exp8 16.2% IE7 7.8% IE6 6.7% Total 30.7
Firefox 4.0 0.6% 3.6 35.2% 3.5 6.1% Total 45.8
Chrome 6.0 1.4% 5.0 15.1% 4.0 0.3% Total 17.0
Safari S5 2.6% ... 3.5

We want to set a minimum standard for browsers.
All of this will be in rpgle cgi.
Jim Franz