You've reached the portfolio of Benn Meyers. This site outlines some of the code and design I have worked on. The ideas presented here are those I've picked up from my own innovation and other many sources in my experiences doing web design and development.
Designs: (click on the link for an expanded view)
These are the designs and websites I've worked on and created.
Professional Projects
Personal Projects
Browser Grades:
Similar to larger companies, I've reduced the number of browsers I check based on statistics of use from may sources, such as w3schools, W3 Counter, StatCounter and TheCounter.com; but I'm happy to modify my browser grades based on the user base of the company itself.
| Win 2000 | Win XP | Win Vista | Mac 10.4 | Mac 10.5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FF 3.x | X | A | X | X | A |
| FF 2.x | X | X | X | X | A |
| IE 6 | X | A | X | N/A | N/A |
| IE 7 | X | A | X | N/A | N/A |
| IE 8 | X | A | ? | N/A | N/A |
| Opera | X | C | ? | X | C |
| Chrome | ? | C | ? | N/A | C |
| Safari 3.x | X | C | ? | ? | ? |
| Safari 2.x | X | C | ? | X | C |
| Safari 1.x | X | X | ? | X | C |
The Grades of Support
C-grade
C-grade is the base level of support, providing core content and functionality. It is sometimes called core support. Delivered via nothing more than semantic HTML, the content and experience is highly accessible, unenhanced by decoration or advanced functionality, and forward and backward compatible. Layers of style and behavior are omitted.
Summary: C-grade browsers are incapable, antiquated or rare. QA tests a sampling of C-grade browsers, and bugs are addressed with low priority.
A-grade
A-grade support is the highest support level. By taking full advantage of the powerful capabilities of modern web standards, the A-grade experience provides advanced functionality and visual fidelity.
Most of our audience enjoys an A-grade experience.
Summary: A-grade browsers are identified, capable, modern and common. QA tests all A-grade browsers, and bugs are addressed with high priority.
X-grade
X-grade provides support for unknown, fringe or rare browsers. Browsers receiving X-grade support are assumed to be capable. (If a browser is shown to be incapable — if it chokes on modern methodologies and its user would be better served without decoration or functionality — then it is considered a C-grade browser.)
X-grade browsers include all browsers not on the C-grade blacklist or the A-grade whitelist. Approximately 1% of our audience receives the X-grade experience.
Summary: X-grade browsers are generally unknown, assumed to be capable, modern, and rare or fringe. QA does not test, and bugs are not opened against X-grade browsers.
