[thelist] Cross-OS testing for front-end work

David Laakso david at chelseacreekstudio.com
Tue Jan 26 09:58:20 CST 2010


Barney Carroll wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> 6+ months into my job, I have been told that it has always been absolutely
> crucial to test all front-end work on Mac (default OS at work is Windows).
>
> Is this common practice? Does anyone know of any authoritative analyses of
> the issue?
>
> Regards,
> Barney Carroll
>   



Sounds like good idea to me. For one simple example, this can yield 
devastating results to a page whose author may neglect Mac OS testing:
<http://emps.l-c-n.com/notebook/HelveticaNeue-font-weight>

Best,
~d


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