Browser comparison?

I have already finished Level 3 in Save the Cave and will start the fourth one ASAP! I'm very excited about it. I'd like to let my readers know that I did the first browser test in Save the Cave with the latest versions of all major browsers except Internet Explorer. Here are the results:

Chrome 12.0.742.112: Perfect
Mozilla Firefox 4.0.1 and 5.0: Perfect
Opera 11.50: Everything but the cursor image works
Apple Safari 5.0.5: No sound, all the other graphics work

I am using Chrome to view my results in Save the Cave, because Chrome is the browser that I always use. Of course, it's going to work perfectly in Chrome.

I am excited that Save the Cave works perfectly in one of the most popular browsers today! Firefox is used by many people and I hope that since Save the Cave so far works in Firefox 5 (it also works in 4 as far as I know), I'll get more people playing it. I mentioned Chrome first because this is a Chrome game, but Firefox... I'm impressed.

And Opera is pretty much perfect, too. It's just that the cursor that I used doesn't work because Opera doesn't support cursor:url. But the sound and all graphics work perfectly in Opera.

Safari doesn't support playing "OGG Vorbis" files in HTML5, but that's really okay. It's mainly a Chrome game. Maybe sometime I'll make it compatible with Safari right now.

So there you have it!

Tip of the Day

Do not use VBScript.

You may already know that it is only supported in Internet Explorer, but if you haven't heard of it yet, avoid using it because, like I said, it is only supported in Internet Explorer. I never studied VBScript because of that reason.

Instead, use a different language like JavaScript (what I use). It works in the browsers used today. Very, very old browsers don't support it, which you won't really have to worry about. But just don't use VBScript. I have never understood the purpose of it.

Just a tip. A good one.

Tip of the Day

Don't create the website just for your browser. Make sure that at least the website is supported in all major browsers.

What I mean is: don't design your website with technologies that are supported in only certain major browsers. Your site needs to display the same on all 5 of the major browsers. Those are:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Mozilla Firefox
• Google Chrome
• Safari
• Opera

Do not worry about Netscape. Netscape has left because of nobody using it. Just only focus on the browsers shown above. I use Google Chrome, which continues to increase in popularity. Also remember to use the latest standards.

Some useful tips below (using today's standards):

• When aligning elements to the center, the CSS coding "margin:auto" should be used. For it to work in Internet Explorer, add a !DOCTYPE declaration that will work in IE.
• If adding HTML5 video or audio to your website, make sure you also have an older way of playing media on your website. For example, the "audio" and "video" element both allow you to tell when they are supported in a browser or not. Just insert text in between the start and end tags. In the text should be a link to the same video, just done in a way that all browsers will support it. If you don't understand what I'm talking about, ask me in the comment box.
• In the future, browsers will not support the "font" tag.
• It can be useful to look up what to and what not to use when making a website. You even want your website to work in IE6.

This should be a useful tip for you. Most experienced developers already know this stuff.

A review on Google Chrome

I just downloaded Google Chrome 11. To be exact, 11.0.696.57. No, I don't use the beta version, but I do use Google Chrome as my default browser. It's my favorite browser, and it's also becoming more and more popular. It's fast, and different than ever. I have used it since version 3 or 4.

This post describes my opinion so far on Google Chrome:

Google Chrome is one of the best browsers ever made. It is very fast, and uses a very fast JavaScript engine (V8). The logo is pretty good, the design is something you wouldn't expect. I like how the tabs are at the top of the window instead of where tabs are always placed. I like the simple design. I am pleased with the HTML5 and CSS3 support of Chrome.

However, Chrome could use some more HTML5 and CSS3 support. Chrome should also run Flash a little better than it does (I'm saying this even though I dislike Flash). It needs to deal with HTML5 audio and video better than it does right now.

Another thing? Chrome has a "Developer Tools". When it comes to creating sensitive data with localStorage or form validation with JavaScript, Chrome allows you to remove elements (only for the page session) with Developer Tools. Say, if you added an external script to your page that validated the form, somebody could simply go onto the "Developer Tools" and remove the scripting. That's why you should use PHP for validation.

On the bright side again, I like the Web Store. I have only downloaded one app (Onslaught! Arena), but I like how they have apps and extensions that can be useful and fun. My guess is that Chrome got this from Apple's App Store. :D (That doesn't bother me.)

Google has placed some time into designing this browser. My vision of Chrome's future is that it may become a popular browser. Thanks, Google, for your awesome browser. I really like it.

Get the browser at chrome.google.com.