Even though I’ve made the leap to linux and it’s never ending selection of free software, the ugly fact remains that Microsoft rules the sandbox.

If you work with linux (or windows for that matter) you have to be continually aware that what you build or edit for or on the web with one platform will need editing within another. This is one of the greatest headaches on my online experience.

When AOL folded Netscape that ended the browser wars or so everyone thought, however there are more options with browsing then ever before. Thank goodness their are still just the two majors, Internet Explorer and Firefox. But you really can’t take your eye off either one, and unfortunately Internet Explorer is much more strict in its
interruption of html than the others. I’ve left locks of the end of code that Firefox has had no trouble interrupting and when I finally saw the site in Explorer (usually about a month later) it looked like a three year old designed the site. What’s worse most people on the web are still using Explorer.

Morel of the story: After building or playing with code, you must cross reference everything between browsers. You Must! Never take any of your coding for granted, always check everything.