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Browsers People Use to Visit Your Website – And the Surprise Visitor We Got This Week
It's Spring 2025. You might think everyone is browsing the web with the latest version of Chrome, Safari, or Firefox these days - but that’s not always the case. In fact, we recently had a surprising visit from someone using Internet Explorer 9.0. Yep, IE 9, which was released in 2011 and officially discontinued by Microsoft years ago, is still making rare appearances on the web.
This unexpected visit inspired us to dive deeper into what browsers users
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Posted in Website Traffic
Tagged accessibility, all browser-friendly, apple safari, bloat, browser compatibility, browser usage, css3, fallbacks, google analytics, google chrome, html5, ie, internet browsers, internet explorer, microsoft, microsoft edge, mobile-friendly, modern browsers, modern code, modern web standards, mozilla firefox, opera, optimize website, outdated coding practices, polyfills, responsive, responsive app, site performance, standardized code, The W3C Markup Validation Service, webp, webp converter, website performance, website traffic, website visitors
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What is the alternative to Flash for animations?
The alternative to Flash for animations is primarily HTML5 and CSS3. That is what we use in UltimateWB website builder, i.e. for the photo galleries and slideshows app. With the decline of Flash due to its security vulnerabilities and lack of support on mobile devices, HTML5 and CSS3 have emerged as the standard technologies for creating animations on the web.
Here are some popular alternatives to Flash:
CSS3 Animations
CSS3 provides powerful animation capabilities through keyframes, transitions, and transforms. Animations
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Posted in Ask David!, Website Design
Tagged css3, flash, flash alternative, flash vs javascript, html5, javascript
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Why use the html5 input type “date” if it’s not supported in Safari?
You're right, if you use the HTML5 code
<input type="date">
it displays a date picker in Chrome and Firefox, but just the default text box in Safari, as the date picker is not supported there. So, I wouldn't use it, in the interest of user friendliness and cross-browser/platform compatibility. I would opt for a different method, i.e. choosing a month, day, year from menus instead - which is what UltimateWB does too for the built-in Calendar app.
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Posted in Ask David!
Tagged cross-browser compatibility, cross-platform compatibility, date, date type, html5, safari
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Wix website builder does not offer clean & pretty urls
Posted in Compare Website Builders
Tagged ajax, clean urls, compatibility, flash, html5, javascript, pretty urls, responsive website, seo friendly urls, user friendly, Wix
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HTML5, CSS3, Responsive App, Content Editor Upgrades Released in UWB 3.4!
Posted in Announcements
Tagged blog integration, css3, html5, mobile website, responsive, rounded corners, software upgrade, spam, upgrade
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