I have noticed over the past few years that many people don’t seem to realise that some HTML and CSS tags only work in Internet Explorer (IE). This also tells me that they don’t test there websites in other browsers such as the ever popular Firefox.
Some of the HTML tags are as follows:
- Meta page transistions only work in IE, if you are using the Meta page transitions you are also possibly using the Meta Refresh tag which is considered Black Hat SEO to many of the major search engines, thus your website will more than likely be blocked by that particular search engine.
- BGSOUND allows you to play background music on a web page. <bgsound></bgsound>
- Marquee tags are used to create moving text or images across or to a certain point on a page. <marquee></marquee>
- Comment tag is used to comment out data inside it in IE only. <comment></comment>
- The alt attribute of the image tag is used incorrectly by IE and requires a title attribute for other browsers to display the correct ToolTip.
Some of the CSS tags are as follows:
- The recolouring of scrollbars with CSS is IE only. It is also not user friendly as the scrollbar of the browser is dictated by the users operating system and browser.
- cursor: url(’images/cursor.cur’) is only supported in IE.
- The filter option is an IE only selector.
If you know of anymore or found others, don’t hesitate to add them to the comments below.
Tags: Web Design, Web Development
