In a perfect world all browsers would be equal, size wouldn't matter, and ice cream would be health food.

But this world isn't perfect so here are a couple of charts to help you try to write web pages for your audience.

Remember not only are their differences between unix, linix, microsoft, opera and netscape but each have differences between their own browsers.

It kind of makes you want that ice cream doesn't it?

Let's check the differenes shall we...

Microsoft Platforms

Key
supported	X
sort-of supported	s
not supported

Macintosh

Macintosh OS 9.x and Below

browsers

java

frames

tables

plug -ins

font size

font color

java script

style sheets

gif89

dhtml

I- Frames

Table color

XML

Explorer 5.5

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Explorer 5.0

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

s

Explorer 4.5

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

s

Explorer 4.0

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Explorer 3.0

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Explorer 2.0

X

X

X

X

X

Mozilla 1.2.1

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Mozilla 1.0

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Netscape 7.0

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Netscape 6.2

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Netscape 6.1

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Netscape 6.0

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Navigator 4.74

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Navigator 4.5

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Navigator 4.0

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

s

X

X

X

Navigator 3.0

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

s

X

X

Navigator 2.0

X

X

X

X

X

s

X

Navigator 1.1

X

X

Opera 5

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Cyberdog 2.0

X

X

X

X

X

iCab 2.8

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

s

X

X

iCab 2.0

s

X

X

X

X

s

X

s

X

Lynx

X

X

Key
supported	X
sort-of supported	s
not supported

Unix/Linux

Linux

browsers

java

frames

tables

plug -ins

font size

font color

java script

style sheets

gif89

dhtml

I- Frames

Table color

XML

Netscape 7.0

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Netscape 6.1

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Netscape 6.2

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Netscape 6.0

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Navigator 4.7

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

s

X

Mozilla 1.3.1

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Mozilla 1.0

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Firebird

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Galeon

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Konqueror

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

s

X

s

X

X

Amaya 5

X

X

X

X

X

X

s

X

X

Opera 7

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Opera 6.x

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Opera 5

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Opera 4

X

X

s

X

X

X

X

X

X

Lynx

X

X

Unix

browsers

java

frames

tables

plug -ins

font size

font color

java script

style sheets

gif89

dhtml

I- Frames

Table color

XML

Explorer 5.5

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Explorer 5.0

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Explorer 4.01

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Mosaic 2.75

X

Mosaic 1.0

Mozilla 1.3.1

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Mozilla 1.0

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Firebird

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Navigator 4.7

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

s

X

X

Navigator 4.6

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

s

X

s

Navigator 4.0

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

s

X

Navigator 3.0

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Navigator 2.0

X

X

X

X

X

X

s

X

Navigator 1.1

X

X

Opera 6.x

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Opera 5

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Amaya 5

X

X

X

X

X

X

s

X

X

Arena

X

X

X

Lynx

X

X

Key
supported	X
sort-of supported	s
not supported

WebTV, NextStep, BeOS, OS/2

Television

browsers

java

frames

tables

plug -ins

font size

font color

java script

style sheets

gif89

dhtml

I- Frames

Table color

XML

WebTV

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Game Consoles

browsers

java

frames

tables

plug -ins

font size

font color

java script

style sheets

gif89

dhtml

I- Frames

Table color

XML

ergoBrowser

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

NextStep

browsers

java

frames

tables

plug -ins

font size

font color

java script

style sheets

gif89

dhtml

I- Frames

Table color

XML

OmniWeb 2.1

X

X

X

X

s

OmniWeb 1.0

X

X

BeOS

browsers

java

frames

tables

plug -ins

font size

font color

java script

style sheets

gif89

dhtml

I- Frames

Table color

XML

NetPositive

X

X

X

X

s

X

s

X

s

Mozilla 1.1

X

X

X

s

X

X

X

X

X

X

s

X

X

Firebird

X

X

X

s

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

BeZilla 1.2

X

X

X

s

X

X

X

X

X

X

s

X

X

BeZilla 1.0

s

X

X

s

X

X

X

X

X

X

s

X

X

Opera 3.62

X

X

X

s

X

X

X

X

X

s

X

X

X

OS/2

browsers

java

frames

tables

plug -ins

font size

font color

java script

style sheets

gif89

dhtml

I- Frames

Table color

XML

Mozilla 1.x

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Firebird

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

WarpZilla 1.0

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Navigator 4.x

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

s

X

s

Navigator 4.0

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

s

X

Navigator 2.02

X

X

X

X

Web Explorer 1.1

X

X

X

Opera 5.12

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

s

X

X

X

Lynx

X

X

Key
supported	X
sort-of supported	s
not supported

If all this information confuses you, welcome to the wonderful wide world of web design.

Thanks to Webmonkey for this information from several places. The colors on this page are a tribute to you.