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The Best Web Browser for Web Designers
The browser of choice for most web designers is Firefox. It makes coding easy, since it complies with all the web standards put forth by the WC3 Web Consortium. I also like it because there are lots of cool add ons to make browsing easier. If you are good at programming you can even program your own add on extensions for Firefox. Some of my favorites include: an onscreen pixel ruler, image zoomer, color picker and a web developer toolbar. Also when you right click and "view source" the code viewer is colorized, to make it feel more like a code editor. It's toolbars are really customizable, I have a bar full of bookmarks, you can even organize the bars with folders.
Internet Explorer has lots of problems. Using a browser that isn't so closely tied to your operating system, like Firefox, NetScape or Opera can keep your computer more safe and less vulnerable to viruses and malicious code. Internet Explorer 6 and below don't display png graphics correctly, one of the main image formats. Png images are important because the format is lossless, the graphic can be saved in 8-bit or 24-bit color, allowing for completely and semi-transparent pixels. Some CSS commands are interpreted differently by IE as well, which can completely ruin a site. There are work arounds, but if you learn HTML by learning the standards it could mean lots of extra work to make your site look correct in Internet Explorer as well.
Why not just code for IE? Internet Explorer uses proprietary code (code that only can be used by that company's browser) meaning that if you find some neat effect, it would only work if your audience is using that same browser. Alienating part of your readers is never a good idea. With IE7 many issues have been updated, but any "mistakes" or unrecognized syntax in your code can throw the browser into "quirksmode" - making the newest version work like the old faulty version of the browser.
Do yourself a favor, download a standards compliant browser.
Good Luck! If you have any problems or just want to show off your site - just send an email and make sure to add "Site Designs" to the subject line. There are a lot more tutorials if you ever want to expand your html knowledge. Have fun and Enjoy!