Do all DMOZ editors use the same browser?

In trying to make my site clearer, both for users and directories, I discovered a neat site that will show you how your site looks in several different browsers:

http://www.browsershots.org/

I was surprised to see that my home page had random, errant strips of color in one of the browsers...

I can imagine that if I were an editor, and visited a site that looked like that, I would not put it into my directory...

So I'm thinking DMOZ editors wouldn't either...
or, would they, on the theory that the site looks better in other browsers?

Hence, I am keen to know whether all DMOZ editors use the same browser, and if not, is there one which predominates?

Looks play no part in editorial decision unless the design is so bad the site is not useable. The content is the only thing that matters. Editors use whatever browser they prefer though it is probable that IE is less dominant than in the general surfing population.

There is no universal answer, as all editors are different.

Some generalizations:

You'll probably find among ODP editors a higher level of usage of non-Microsoft browsers, since the appalling lack of security provided by Microsoft is such a great danger to heavy surfers.

You'll probablt find among ODP editors a much higher level of multiple installed browsers. I run Firefox, Mozilla, Netscale, Opera and, as a last restor, Internet Exploder.

Most editors will attempt a site with multple browsers and when the find a site that renders poorly, they will often (but are not required to) add a note such as:
[Does not display properly with all browsers].

However, (I always start with Firefox) if the site does not show an obvious failure in the first browser the editor uses, but it just fails to display useful content it might just be discarded as not usefull to the directory.

If I find the menu does not go anywhere in Firefox, then I might use another browser to see if it works. If so, it might be listed, but the description will be tagged with a note [May not work with all browsers]

bobrat]If I find the menu does not go anywhere in Firefox said:

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Does this mean that not only the visual, but the active parts of a web site are (or could be) different in different browsers?

spectregunner said:

You'll probablt find among ODP editors a much higher level of multiple installed browsers. I run Firefox, Mozilla, Netscale, Opera and, as a last restor, Internet Exploder.

Most editors will attempt a site with multple browsers...

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Wow, that's pretty intense.
I was thinking a more casual approach, quicker to the dust bin.

This forum is great.

It's really improving my site to work on it from the stand point of passing editorial muster.

Thank you, Editors

ConsiderThis said:

It's really improving my site to work on it from the stand point of passing editorial muster.

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Please don't do that. Improve your site so it is useful to websurfers.

For sure.

What I'm thinking, is that I really want people to get the B12 information, because I would not have brain damage if I had this information before I got permanent nerve damage.

But people aren't going to use my site, especially the ones with low B12, because low B12 makes it harder to concentrate, if my site is confused because of errant bits of color in different browsers, or navigation bars that don't work.

I put together my site to tell people an easy way to know how their B12 levels are.

But looking at my site from the standpoint of submitting it, has shown me ways that people see my site... everyone that visits it... besides seeing the information.

Does that make sense?

If I get my site nice and clear, and it gets into the directory, and that makes my site come up closer to the front on Google, then more people will see my site and get the information. But not only that, when they get to my site it will be clearer.

Though I still have the problem of the identical pages... and people tell me that while DMOZ editors may not care, that the crawlers do, and that my site will be penalized and not ever get very far...