Posted by Spartanicus on 10/13/06 07:27

"Nico Schuyt" <nschuyt@hotmail.com> wrote:

>>> BTW I stopped testing in IE5 and 5.5. In FF and Opera I only apply
>>> the latest version)
>
>> ummm Some "web statistics" sites indicate that IE5.x (for Win) is used
>> by more people than Opera v9.x .
>
>Opera only for the View->Small screen :-)

Testing a site with "Small Screen Rendering" mode using the desktop
version of Opera will only show you how it will look on a small screen
device that has a similar screen width and *if* it uses Opera as the
browser. It won't even come close to how it will look on a similar
device that *doesn't* use Opera as the browser. And Opera is also a
minority browser in the mobile segment.

The purpose of the SSR mode in the desktop version of Opera is
effectively an advertisement for how the proprietary Opera manipulation
of web pages can render web sites in a usable form despite the fact that
they have been designed for desktop usage.

It is delusional to think that if something displays fine using Opera's
SSR that it will do so on small screen devices in general.

--
Spartanicus

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