As we work to create effective Web sites, embrace Web standards, and hone our skill, there's one constant element that keeps our work on edge: The Web browser.
Whether a simple text browser on a terminal such as Lynx or a full desktop suite such as Opera, the evolution of browsers as the primary piece of interpretive software is an area often overlooked. This causes more problems for designers and developers, largely because when inconsistencies and problems occur, blame is then pointed at a given technology like CSS, or a specific browser, or worse yet, oneself.
While all of these are factors, understanding how browsers work, what their unique quirks and strengths are, and how to embrace the browser as your primary tool can help you reduce frustration, time debugging, and significantly increase our understanding of why our jobs are so darned challenging.
About Molly Having achieved a modicum of balance after her midlife crisis, Molly decided to finally get a job. She is now a Web Evangelist focusing on developer relations for the upstart Norwegian browser company, Opera Software. Earlier in life, Molly avoided a regular job including those silly start-up ventures and chose instead to write a lot of books and articles and stuff on Web standards, and talk a lot about them, too. She now avoids the former, while the latter is an ongoing inevitability. To learn more about Molly and her evangelical work, you can check out her blog at http://molly.com/ or interact with her on Twitter @mollydotcom. Better yet, come have a chat F2F!
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