Different Yahoo Front Page on Firefox and Internet Explorer
March 25th, 2006
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I thought my eyes were playing tricks when I saw new professional Yahoo web design for the front page. But then it was the same Yahoo web design on my Firefox as before.
So I thought maybe the firefox browser cache was storing an older version of the webpage. But even after clearing all the browser cache and related information, the Yahoo page was same as before.
But on Internet explorer the Yahoo front page has indeed got a professional web design change done.
So it seems the Yahoo is showing a new redesign in Internet explorer only. It seems Firefox users will have to switch to IE to see this one! I recommend using the IE tab to view internet explorer in a Firefox tab. How is it appearing in Opera, Safari…
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Also, Y! has an AJAX and non-AJAX version of their homepage. I used the non version as long as possible because to me AJAX is a memory hog (see Google Mail).
This is a function of whether your’re using Firefox or IE, your IP address, and whether you’ve deleted your IE cookies. There’s more on this at http://yahoo.weblogsinc.com/2006/03/15/the-new-yahoo-home-page-design-s/
Yahoo! has declared how they will support the myriad of browsers in the wild. You can find more on this at http://yahoo.weblogsinc.com/2006/02/14/the-future-of-browser-support/