Is your website safe in IE7?
New browser, new problems!
Microsoft has just released Internet Explorer 7. All new PCs and virtually all XP users will have the new browser installed automatically. IE7 represents a major overhaul of Internet Explorer - the rendering engine has been rewritten and extra security and other features have been added.
IE7 Doomsday?
One problem is that overnight, not only will users be presented with a new browser but they will also find that countless websites just don't work properly in the new browser. Perhaps 12 million! websites will not work correctly! (source: Etre) How many confused users and abandoned orders will result? Will this be the case with your website?
Many website owners will find that the layout of their pages is broken, sometimes irredeemably so. Or interactive scripts cease to function. More worryingly, countless others will find that shopping carts, etc, may malfunction, leading to frustrated customers and lost orders.
The IE7 Audit
With our IE7 audit, we help ensure that you don’t suffer a doomsday scenario of broken sites and lost orders.
Using Microsoft’s ‘Readiness Toolkit’ and our own testing suite, we’ll test your website for IE7 compliance and provide a written report on where your site falls down. Prices for the audit start from £95 (+ VAT) for a 5 page website, depending upon the nature of the site. If you site is larger, uses interactive scripts or javascript for visual effects or functionality, or is an ecommerce site, then please call 0845 833 1841 for a price.
Along with the defect report, we’ll also include a price guide for remedial work. You can then engage us to fix your website or take the report to your own web development agency. Either way, be sure to take action today to avoid your own IE7 doomsday.
Audit Success
As recommended by Microsoft, Fresh Web Services similarly tested all their client’s websites against IE7 Release Candidate 1. Only two of our sites experienced any, albeit minor, display problems. All still functioned correctly. This success is because we’ve strived to build websites that are standards compliant and avoid proprietary enhancements and fixes. Lets us bring you the same business continuity and sense of security.
Act Now!
Call us today on 0845 833 1841 to make sure that your website is IE7 compliant. Time is short, so act now!