Does Your Website Look the Same to Everyone?

What’s your favorite web browser? On my Apple, I like Safari; however, with the release of Firefox 3, I find myself using that browser more than Safari.

Tom, our designer (also an Apple user) prefers Safari, but he pointed out to me that he likes the newest release of Safari 3.  James, our new HTML / CSS coder, is a fan of the PC and his preference is Firefox 3.  Melissa, our project manager, uses Firefox 3 outside of work, and Theresa prefers Internet Explorer 6 because it works and she has no reason to upgrade.

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Keeping a Website in Frame

Controlling your website and how it looks from one computer to another is not always an easy task.  Let’s look at some mediums we’re all familiar with:

Television: Commercials, sitcoms, and even movies are all broadcast at a certain standard (525 scan lines at 30 frames per second at an aspect ratio of 4:3) at least until the end of 2009.

Print: Magazines are typically printed at 300 dpi (dots per inch) and the page size is specific to that book, but no matter who picks up the magazine, everyone sees things exactly the same.

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Interstate 95 and Web Edits

As many of you may know, I have an office in New York and one in Rhode Island, and I frequently run back and forth between the two locations. There is not a week that goes by where someone does not ask the question; “How long does that trip take you?” My answer is always the same: it depends on what time I leave. If I leave after 8 p.m. and there is nothing major going on, it takes me two hours and 20 minutes, but if I leave during a peak travel time, it can take me between 3 and 3.5 hours. It is the same trip door-to-door, 142 miles, but the time it takes depends on the variables life or Interstate 95 decides to throw at me.

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