That's an interesting idea. The problem with it is that it takes a very long time and, depending on the OS being used to develop, would be a pain to work with.

That's an interesting idea. The problem with it is that it takes a very long time and, depending on the OS being used to develop, would be a pain to work with. I'd have to be in Windows constantly to test the IE pages as I built them, and since there are 3 separate Internet Explorers I'd probably have to build 3 separate pages. If you combine both browser usage and resolution detection, suddenly I've got to make a dozen pages for every page on my web site, which is time consuming and not exactly a comprehensive approach either. This approach works for the iPhone, which is standardized completely, but not for the complex and varying desktop browser scene.