Intranet Vs Internet Web application considerations

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Nrj picture Nrj · Oct 21, 2008 · Viewed 10.6k times · Source

What are the differences in considerations in respect to designing or developing an Intranet and an Internet application ?

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marcus.greasly picture marcus.greasly · Oct 21, 2008

One other thing, in an intranet environment you will generally have a standard client build meaning that you can code to a specific browser & version (ha, IE6 normally).

Out in the wilds of the internet, you have to deal with all sorts of browsers & versions, so your html/css/js needs to handle all of these.

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