Internet Explorer 8 - IE7 revisited
While the Yahoo merger is yet to take place, Microsoft is in a quest to regain face to the lost suffer to Google. In an effort to regain momentum in the Websphere, MS has announce the beta release of IE8.
Microsoft promised HTML and CSS compliancy with IE7, yet there are still items on the table. IE8 promises to be a browser that follows standard compliant HTML and CSS 2.1 compliancy. IE8 will be showcasing buttons in the likes of firefox for forms. A demo can be viewed at designdetector.com.
IE8 will still have full support for conditional comments, which lets me to believe that there will still be CSS issues and cross browser compatability problems. Comments can be targeted as before via code like this:
< !--[if IE 8] >
[[ Alternative content here ]]
< ![endif]-->
Microsoft will also be introducing a way to emulate IE7 behavior via a special meta tag. To Emulate IE7, add this inside the of your web document:
< meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" / >;
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is still the most used browser in the space. Although most designers and developers prefer Mozilla's Firefox as it comes built in with many useful tools and a vast array of plug-ins are also available to aid the developer in creating majestic sites.
The bottom line is that Microsoft is yet to release a product that is bug free. I will hold up in downloading IE8 for at least a month or two to allow for the service packs and other frequent updates to take place. As well, there are many users that are still using IE6, to test your site in a cross browser environment, I encourage a visit to IE Tester. If you prefer not to have any software installed, then the VNC remote access options offered by BrowserCam is for you. As for me, I'm still waiting for Google to release a Web browser to destroy all competition while not being yet classifed as a monopoly, I knew I should have bought Google stock when Google was but a funny word and Yahoo, Lycos and Altavista were king.
Microsoft promised HTML and CSS compliancy with IE7, yet there are still items on the table. IE8 promises to be a browser that follows standard compliant HTML and CSS 2.1 compliancy. IE8 will be showcasing buttons in the likes of firefox for forms. A demo can be viewed at designdetector.com.
IE8 will still have full support for conditional comments, which lets me to believe that there will still be CSS issues and cross browser compatability problems. Comments can be targeted as before via code like this:
< !--[if IE 8] >
[[ Alternative content here ]]
< ![endif]-->
Microsoft will also be introducing a way to emulate IE7 behavior via a special meta tag. To Emulate IE7, add this inside the of your web document:
< meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" / >;
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is still the most used browser in the space. Although most designers and developers prefer Mozilla's Firefox as it comes built in with many useful tools and a vast array of plug-ins are also available to aid the developer in creating majestic sites.
The bottom line is that Microsoft is yet to release a product that is bug free. I will hold up in downloading IE8 for at least a month or two to allow for the service packs and other frequent updates to take place. As well, there are many users that are still using IE6, to test your site in a cross browser environment, I encourage a visit to IE Tester. If you prefer not to have any software installed, then the VNC remote access options offered by BrowserCam is for you. As for me, I'm still waiting for Google to release a Web browser to destroy all competition while not being yet classifed as a monopoly, I knew I should have bought Google stock when Google was but a funny word and Yahoo, Lycos and Altavista were king.
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