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The IE 8 X-UA-Compatible Meta Tag
So the IE 8 Beta 1 for developers has been out for a bit now and there's some interesting tidbits to be found by playing with it. Some of the biggest news was the switch to a standards-mode by default. You might start checking out your sites in IE 8 just to see what's going on, but I wouldn't put much time and effort into fixing much of anything as it is a developer beta, and there are liable to be a bunch of fixes coming later.
The IE 8 meta tag will help, but you have to do it just right to get it to work...
Apr 20, 05:04 PM in Web Development (filed under Browsers, Microsoft)
Internet Explorer 8 and Firefox 3 Location Address Bars
So I have many, many more thoughts and observations with the coming releases of IE8 and Firefox 3, but that’s another post and you’ll have to wait. I’ve been crazy busy but I just thought I’d point out something I found elsewhere (I hate doing that but this I actually thought was funny). Read on…
Mar 19, 11:50 PM in Web Development (filed under Browsers, Elsewhere)
New Web Development Features in IE8 Beta 1 for Developers
So, Microsoft released IE 8 “beta 1 for developers” yesterday. You can get the IE8 beta by downloading it from their site of course. You can also read a ton of information at their readiness site.
There are great introductions there, but you get the most detail out of the whitepapers on IE8.
But, what kind of guy would I be if I made you read all that stuff? Instead, I stayed up late last night …
Mar 6, 11:45 AM in Web Development (filed under Browsers, Microsoft)
IE8 To Default to Web Standards Mode
So in a reversal to it’s previous stance, unbelievably Microsoft has announced, just in time for MIX08, that Internet Explorer 8 will render Web pages using it’s enhanced Web Standards mode.
Mar 5, 11:35 AM in Web Development (filed under Browsers, Microsoft)
http-equiv X-UA-Compatible content IE=8
What? So this is really making waves. Microsoft announces an HTML extension which will enable a new standards layout mode in IE8. Oh, you can also do it at the server side since it’s an http-equivalent meta tag.
A new layout mode, huh? That was my initial reaction. “Huh”. I don’t know what that means. And I think anyone who claims to know immediately is full of it. I rant and rave about the new questions this raises.
Jan 23, 02:56 AM in Web Development (filed under Browsers, Microsoft)
Firefox Native Support for getElementsByClassName() and Microformats
Read a blurb about new native support for Microformats and getElementsByClassName() support in Firefox.
Feb 5, 11:30 AM in Web Development (filed under Browsers, JavaScript)
MSIE Team Really Working on Web Standards?
Molly Holzschlag contracts with Microsoft to help them clean up their act. Hmmm…
Feb 2, 12:07 AM in Web Development (filed under Browsers, Microsoft)
Apple iPhone and the Future Mobile Web--Safari Anyone?
What does the iPhone mean to the future of the mobile Web? It uses a full sized version of Safari with a zoom built in. Now there’s at least two Safari/WebKit based browsers.
Jan 13, 02:45 PM in Web Development (filed under Browsers, Mobile-and-Handheld)
Firebug 1.0 Public Beta Released; Stays Open Source
The first public beta of Firebug 1.0. And, announcements are made on whether or not Joe will go commercial with Firebug.
Dec 4, 03:59 PM in Web Development (filed under Browsers, Reviews)
On HTTP: Page Load Times, Multiple File Requests, and Deferred JavaScript
Discussion around recent findings on reduction of page load times with new techniques for optimization.
Nov 29, 11:10 AM in Web Development (filed under Web101, Browsers)