Website Browser Test List - Archived

The following list represents browsers that you may find useful when testing:

Recommended

Browsers that you must support to make your website accessible to about 96% of Internet users. You should achieve a consistent visual experience on your website.

• Internet Explorer 5.5 (Windows, Mac)
• Internet Explorer 6.0 (Windows)
• Firefox 1.0+ (Windows, Linux, Mac)
• Opera 8.0+ (Windows, Linux)
• Safari 1.2+ (Mac)

Extensive

Add the following  to the recommended list to make your website accessible to around 98% of Internet users. Due to varying levels of HTML/CSS compliance, the visual experience will differ slightly on some browsers.

• Internet Explorer 5.0 (Windows)
• Internet Explorer 5.2 (Mac)
• Firefox 0.9+/Mozilla 1.0+ (Windows, Linux, Mac)
• Netscape 7.0+ (Windows, Linux)
• Opera 6.0+ and 7.0+ (Windows)
• Konqueror 3.0+ (Linux)

Comprehensive

Add the following to the recommended and extensive lists to make your website accessible on all recent and legacy graphical browsers and non-graphical browsers. Due to low levels of HTML/CSS compliance, the visual experience will be poor, often losing style and formatting or without any formatting at all.

• Internet Explorer 4.0 (Windows)
• Netscape Navigator 4.0+ (Windows)
• Lynx (Windows, Linux)