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Dear sir/madam..
i don't know whether this question makes sense but still..

1st question-->If i created an application, which browser compatibility shall i provide??
whether to go for IE or chrome or firefox or netscape or OPERA or some other...
even though,suppose if i choose IE then which version to choose next?? IE6 or IE7 or some newer???

2nd question--->If my application used some newer technology like HTML5 or css3, will it be running on old browser like IE6 ???

3rd question-->today 71 percent of the population use INTERNET CAFE(Rest uses mobile,broadband and some other connection) to browse, where they have not usually upgrade their browser, so generally a common man will use the same browser.So isn't it better to create an application which will run on older versions??

thanks a lot for suggesting any ideas in advance..
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Updated 21-Feb-12 16:51pm
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Hi,

Just my opinion here:

1. It depends on your public. If you're going to do a site accessible by a lot of people then you have no choice. All of them, including Safari which you forgot. But, if you're working for a customer that only uses one browser and you don't have the time to fix all the compatibility issues then... You decide.

2. I think it will render, but you won't be able to really use HTML5 functionalities. I'm not really sure though.

3. Where do you get that? I'm not sure this is true, take a look at this: http://www.ie6countdown.com/[^]

Hope it helps
 
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The Doer 21-Feb-12 9:26am    
for 3: hey zorro i also not sure about the exact percentage.., but most of the people use the cafe or net parlor to browse.. where they have not usually upgrade their browser to newer version, so generally a common man will use the same browser.So isn't it better to create an application which will run on older versions??
_Zorro_ 21-Feb-12 9:31am    
I don't think so. I think it depends on countries and circumstances. If you are talking about big companies then yes, they tend to always use the same browser (in my experience at least), but if you're talking about individuals I don't agree. Now every notebook comes with the latest windows/macos and the latest browsers so every mom, dad, aunt, etc. will probably be running the latest versions.
The Doer 21-Feb-12 23:07pm    
yeah Zorro.., if the application is for a particular client then we can specify that the application runs on the articular browser., for web sites we should have to do the survey as per the audience usage of the browser.
Check the below link. Answer is there for your question.

http://caniuse.com/#feat=forms[^]
 
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