Tag Archives: ie

History of the Browser User-Agent String

I’ve only done user-agent string sniffing once and I remember it gave me a headache… This post explains why it gave me a headache! And then Google built Chrome, and Chrome used Webkit, and it was like Safari, and wanted … Continue reading

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If Browsers Were Women…

"if browser were women…" Originally uploaded by jlxiong Very good…

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What Do You Do With Old Versions of IE?

Was round the in-laws the other day and couldn’t help but notice this one in the garden… A fine way to retire an old web browser. At least it’s found some use…

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IE8 Will Be Standards-Compliant by Default

I have to say that I’m quite surprised at this u-turn, but hell it’s great news! We’ve decided that IE8 will, by default, interpret web content in the most standards compliant way it can. This decision is a change from … Continue reading

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Oh God, 8 Is on the Way…

Hold onto your hats people, it looks like Microsoft is getting IE8 somewhere near usable. It’s started a private beta test already with a public one set to follow… Let’s hope they do a u-turn on this stupid version meta … Continue reading

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How to Fix Microsoft’s Browser Issues

HÃ¥kon Wium Lie (CTO of Opera): In the area of web browsers, Opera Software has proposed a specific kind of remedy - that Microsoft only be allowed to distribute standards-compliant browsers. Microsoft’s IE is bug-ridden and the company, despite its … Continue reading

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Breakdown of Modern Web Design

Found this tongue-in-cheek look at what a web designers/developers time is spent doing on a project… Funny, but scarily realistic! via

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Multi-Safari and IE

Useful tools for when you’re web developing… Been using the Multi-IE for a while, but now some bright chap has made it possible to run multiple versions of Safari on your Mac. via

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