Not really a solid pattern at the time, if I can remember right. Everybody just HAD to have things just a few pixels off from the other browsers, and even within the same browser it could change after they released an update. You'd get a site lookin' good in most of them just to have a few rogues or a browser update make it look like your site just rolled out of bed into a windstorm. Most browsers ran on a base engine developed by either Mozilla or Chromium. Safari and Internet Explorer did their own aggressively proprietary/solitary thing, no surprise, as Apple and Microsoft have major sticks up their butt. From 2005-2014ish, the full list I tested my sites in was:
Macintosh-based: Safari (before Apple decided non-Mac users were no longer allowed to get Safari updates)
Microsoft-based: Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Crazy Browser
Mozilla-based: Firefox, Waterfox, Firebird, Cometbird, SeaMonkey, Flock, K-Meleon, Lunascape, Pale Moon
Chrome/Chromium-based: Chrome, Opera, Maxthon, Torch
"Tri-core" (Switch between Mozilla, Chromium, & Internet Explorer engines): Avant
Unknown: NCSA Mosaic, Nuke Web Browser, Pink Web Browser ("for girls")
The one I unwillingly tested was LockDown. A college course I took demanded that tests be taken in the LockDown browser, which was a borderline virus that literally locked down your computer so you couldn't access ANYTHING other than the internet while the browser was open. This was in the early days of smartphones where only the ultra rich had them, and they didn't consider that we pesky "cheaters" might still have another laptop, desktop, or book nearby with our notes.
Everything is probably a lot more standardized now with HTML5 and CSS3 being fairly consistent and easy to work with.
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