list and reviews here and here.

according to the comments to these articles, stay away from OsCommerce – this comes up top from google search.

even though there are standards, some browsers still like to use their own standard, like … IE (surprise!?) – different versions of IE will also render your site differently.

in addition, there are million browsers and platforms out there. you can’t install everything nor have all those platforms to check your website compatibility.

to check what your site look like in other browsers and platforms, use this tool to ensure your site is more or less consistent or not too far out. note: be patient, it may take a while to get screenshots.

list of softwares that goes from evil to good. ie previous commercial product now open source and free! bravo!

want to display your email address on your site but don’t want it to be harvested by spammers? make an image of your email address with email icon generator.

i’d also suggest not to create a link to email you, ie <a href="mailto:email address“> because it can be harvested by spammers too. if people really want to contact you, they are willing to type your email address.

as much as i try to avoid IE and try to promote firefox or any other open source browsers, IE still dominates the browser market. as web developer i still need to ensure the site works and looks right on IE.

but it’s a pain having to open (and wait for it to load) and close IE everytime i need to do this.

the same applies to going to sites that supports IE only. like most online banking sites - shame on developers (or perhaps the management?) not making them cross browser compatible.

IE tab solves this problem. it embeds IE in the tab with just a click. and you can switch back with just a click.

this works on windows only.