In addition to mtr.com.hk web browser compatibility problems, we found the same problems in now-tv.com. In the now-tv.com, the problem is that when using Opera / Firefox 3 browser to browse the now-tv.com webpage, some links will become invalid. This compatibility issue is more serious than the issue of mtr.com.hk appear, because this will make the users in now-tv.com cannot use the site properly. We can see the problem in the following URL http://now-tv.netvigator.com/chi/check_profile.html. We hope the staff of now-tv.com staff will fix the problems. We will collect more websites which have web browser compatibility problems in the web browser compatibility problem series.

Web Browser Compatibility Problems Screenshots

Compatibility Problem

Opera / Firefox 3 Invalid link inside the red circle that users cannot click.

Normal Situation

Links are display normally in IE6 / IE7.

Cause of Web Browser Compatibility Problems

We believed that the problem is caused by embed flash object’s height value is too large.
<script language="javascript">writeflash(’top_menu.swf’,'893′,’380′)</script>

Website Optimization

Change Coding
In this webpage, Opera / Firefox can click the links normally. I believe that it is because the code to output the flash object is different.
<script language="javascript">call_writeflash(’top_menu.swf’)</script>

Valid HREF in Hyperlink
A valid href value can get better SEO , links in now-tv.com can be changed to use the onclick event.
From <a href="JavaScript:popup(’840′,’640′,’checkNetPassProfile_popup.html’)">查詢 NETPass 資料</a>
To <a href="checkNetPassProfile_popup.html" onclick="JavaScript:popup(’840′,’640′,’checkNetPassProfile_popup.html’)">查詢 NETPass 資料</a>
* Note: it is only an onclick event coding example.

Web Accessibility
Please provide a text version of the webpage to the user, for example, this kind of webpage that only contains picture but no text.

Solve the Garbled Problem
This page is garbled when using Firefox3 to browse it.

If you found any websites which have web browser compatibility problems, please let us know. Or the problems occured in your website, our web design and website optimization services can help you to solve the problems.

We found that there is a web browser compatibility problem at mtr.com.hk so we put it in our web browser compatibility problem series. When using the Opera web browser, some text display wrongly in mtr.com.hk. You can check it in the following URL: http://mtr.com.hk/chi/train/intro_index.html. We believed that the web browser compatibility problem is caused by some mistakes of Javascript. We hope the staff of mtr.com.hk will follow up.

Web Browser Compatibility Problems Screenshots

Compatibility Problem

Normal Situation

If you found any websites which have web browser compatibility problems, please let us know. If the problems occured in your website, our web design and website optimization services can help you to solve the problems.

Internet Explorer (IE) found a serious security flaws that millions of computer users will be fear of hackers, thus Microsoft released an emergency patch today. Microsoft pointed out that hackers currently focus on attack IE 7.0 version only, but Microsoft also warned that all other versions of the IE browser are also vulnerable, that is, including IE6, IE5.5, and other similar browsers. Details can be seen on BBC news titled as Serious security flaw found in IE and some security experts are recommending users to switch web browser.

Recommend To Use Other Web Browser

In fact, many web design companies do not recommended the use of IE, in particular, IE6 is more annoying. However, IE is the most widely used web browser and we were forced to continue to use IE. You missed some better web browsers such as Firefox, Opera because of your habits.Take this opportunity to try.

When you are trying a new web browser, you may find that many websites do not display properly. These problems were due to careless website production that the website can not compatible with a variety of web browsers. In our web browser compatible problem series, we hope that people can make websites like our web design services that compatible with different with web browsers.