It would be like Panasonic saying, yeah we’ll play DVDs, but when we see the color green we don’t render it, because well.. we had problems figuring out the bug so we gave up.

The fact is Opera is the most compliment at about 96% with FF following at 94%.. and IE 6 was so far behind with such huge future gaps I would say the number is inaccurate no matter what you came up with. IE 7 is better.. but as Dan points out.. they didn’t fix obvious gaps.

Now Opera fans out there should be all ‘Wee, see we are the bestest!’.. but thats not necessarily accurate either, when you take into account Opera and Firefox’s market share you’ll find that most designers don’t test for Opera. Instead opting to test for FF and IE to save time and money. The thinking is.. well Opera is the most accurate so I should be fine. What they fail to realize is that accuracy can lead to display bugs as the inconsistent markup in FF and IE is exposed for one reason or another.

Sure you could run conditionals to check for the browser and load different CSS, but thats assuming its a CSS design. While thats the way to go for new sites, retrofitting an old site can be damn tricky.

I miss broadcast design.. does it show up on the NTSC monitor correctly.. check.. 99% done and normally good enough as long as you cut the white and black by 10% to be safe.