Nate Koechley, a senior Web developer at Yahoo, has written an interesting paper that describes Yahoo’s efforts toward supporting various browsers on their site. He groups all 10,000-plus versions of browsers into three different categories: C, A, and X. The A grade ones are the most modern and the ones that are the most capable of delivering an advanced Web experience.

I like what he says. I never was happy with “this page best viewed by this browser” buttons that cropped up in the late 1990s. And as the browsing experience becomes more complex with all sorts of tie-ins, helper apps, and new ancillary software programs, it is nice to have a statement of direction on the issue.