Do You Care For Browser Compatibility? | Web Hosting Demystified

Ensuring browser compatibility is something most of us strive to achieve. Yes, newbie designers often disregard the need for cross browser compatibility but this is getting to be lesser as more and more people start adopting alternate browsers such as firefox, opera and safari to name a few. A relatively new browser such as Flock has had more than 4 million downloads since launch tells you that people are more open to experiment with various options available to them.

That said, it came as a real surprise to me when I recently found that sify.com (a hugely popular portal in India and a listed company on Nasdaq) does not follow even the basic principle of cross browser compatibility when designing their website. A site that is ranked 449 by Alexa simply falls over when you try and access it using Safari.

Here are some screenshots of sify.com when viewed using Safari

Sify.com on Safari Browser Image 1

 Sify.com on Safari Browser Image 2

Sify.com on Safari Browser Image 3

Now for some screenshots of how the designer originally meant for the website to look. A far cry from the above pics.

Sify.com on I.E Browser 

Sify.com on Firefox browser

Again folks, a listed company on Nasdaq, that earns all its revenue from advertising and other internet related monetization should be looking to maximizing its revenue by increasing its traffic and increasing its revenue from that traffic. Sadly it seems that the Safari browser is taboo or maybe sify.com has simply decided to ignore Apple and its increasingly popular browser. Small wonder then that the stock price is $5.2, a far cry from the glory days of $380.00

This article is written by the author of the popular fan blog of the up and coming singer Asia’h Epperson

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