From time-to-time here at Pixel Vector we get asked by clients ‘how’ we make websites – which tools and applications etc. do we use. So, partly inspired by Grace Smith’s interesting ‘Show me Your Dock’ Series, I’ve put together a little guide to how we get things done at Pixel Vector!

On an average project we spend a large percentage of our time testing (and bug fixing) on many web browsers on various platforms (Windows, Mac and Linux) to ensure every visitor has the same experience on our websites – regardless of their computer or web browser. By far the most problematic web browser for web developers is without doubt, Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 6 (IE6).

Most web developers will tell you – the problems with IE6 begin with the lack development that Microsoft originally put into to the application. Simple HTML Code and CSS that works perfectly on every other web browser, quite often, produces unexpected results in IE6 – and thus, over the years, a plethora of standards–friendly hacks and ‘work–arounds’ have been produced by the web development community.