There are purely cross-browser Web sites, ones which can be viewed and function the same no matter the browser brand or version they are viewed in. Then there are Web sites that have small quirks or functionality that only work in some Web sites.

Then there are some that only work in one browser. When someone who builds Web sites thinks about this, they typically chalk it up to bias or sloppy work on the part on a single developer/designer. But Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer? TechCrunch has the screenshot of what Wal-Mart's new video downloads site looks like in the Firefox browser.

After walmart.com was down most of Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving) last year, why does this not surprise me?

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Wow, way to test. I felt bad the other day when my client’s new design wasn’t working quite right on Opera, which the data says almost no visitors to their site use. I’m also guessing I get paid a little less for that contract than what the Wal-Mart team got.

Comment by Peter M.
on 02/07/07 at 12:14 PM
 

You feeling bad is a good thing - it means you care!

As of noon central the next day, the site is still in the same sad condition with Firefox.  Maybe they designed the site using MS Word?

mp/m

Comment by Mike Maddaloni
on 02/07/07 at 01:06 PM
 

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