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item,B,en_GB,http://tobyinkster.co.uk/blog/2003/10/19/web-design/,19/10/2003: On Web Design,"<p>local wrote:</p>  <blockquote><p>Now I wonder how important cross-browser coding actually is. How many browsers do I have to test, which versions?</p></blockquote>  <p>I have two philosophies on this question.</p>  <p>The first is the philosophy I apply when making my own website&nbsp;&#8212; I stick to the standards and let any browser that can&#8217;t handle it be damned. If 99% of browsers don&#8217;t work on it, that&#8217;s fine by me. (OK, so I have added a few little workarounds for <span class=""caps"">IE6, </span>but nothing major)</p>  <p>The second philosophy is similar and is what I use for other people&#8217;s websites. Again, write to standards, but make sure it works more or less perfectly in:</p>   <ul> <li>IE 5+ (Windows)</li> <li>Netscape 6+</li> <li>Opera 7+</li> <li>Konqueror</li> </ul>    <p>and make sure the content is readable and the site is navigatable in:</p>   <ul> <li>Netscape 4.x</li> <li>IE 4 (Win)</li> <li>IE 5 (Mac)</li> <li>Opera 5+</li> <li>Lynx</li> </ul>    <p>Now, the best way to do this, is to follow my smiple (sic) 7 point design<br> procedure:</p>  <h2>1. Content</h2>  <p>Start with the content. It may be cliche to say so nowadays, but content really is king.</p>  <h2>2. Markup</h2>  <p>Mark up the content&#8230;</p>"