Modern.IE with Microsoft brought in early February, a number of tools that will Webworkern helps optimize their sites for different versions of Internet Explorer. We risked a closer look.
With Modern.IE Microsoft launched earlier this month, a new service with the websites on Internet Explorer capability can be tested. A long-overdue resource when considering the reputation of Internet Explorer.
Microsoft's browser has many Webworkern a massive image problem. Drawn by the browser war between Microsoft and Netscape, the browser learned more and more changes and got the features that were partially off of standards.
While the browser is the latest of version 9 is a perfectly acceptable platform for websites - the fact that many users do not update the preinstalled browser forcing Webworker also in 2013 to continue to optimize their projects for older Internet Explorer versions. This leads to a correspondingly high potential for frustration.
In early February, Microsoft released a number of tools on the market, which will enable Webworkern their projects faster to make them fit for the Internet Explorer: Modern.IE. This tool consists of three components: an assistant for the analysis of the source code, tools for testing on different browsers and operating systems, and a collection of help and practical examples for better coding.
Modern.IE - Internet Explorer validation
The source code analysis tool scans websites for known compatibility issues with Internet Explorer, gives tips on how to improve the code, and points to obsolete versions of the libraries used in the project. As the new Internet Explorer 10 is designed to operate on touch devices, the tool will provide additional help to the websites for the touch capabilities of the browser to make them fit.
About the actual functionality and user experience of their respective projects, the tool can only give very limited information. A project could come without error messages by the Validator and still have problems, because only the most rudimentary checks of the source code are made.
Modern.IE - General tips for better code
Under code with Microsoft standards are currently a number of tips on how a site should be programmed best to work cross-browser. A bit ironic, when you consider how long the company's products have made against Web standards.
The tips that are given in the current and single blog post, are more general in nature and therefore of interest to inexperienced web workers. One or the other views in the blog could also be of benefit for more experienced web workers. History tells us: For Microsoft standards are a more flexible term.
Modern.IE - testing under real conditions
A substitute for the real tests code analysis tool and the code examples are not unfortunately. To this end, Microsoft provides the "virtual tools" available. These consist of a "3-month trial voucher" for browsers stack and a set of virtual machine images.
On browser stack can websites on various desktop and mobile systems with the most popular browsers are tested in various versions in a virtualized environment. This offer should be suitable above all for testing projects with a very wide audience.
Web workers, which are limited to testing with the Internet Explorer are using the virtual machine images Microsoft very well served. Currently, images of Windows can be downloaded using the Internet Explorer versions from 7 to 10 for the following virtualization tools.
- Hyper-V (Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 Pro with Hyper-V)
- Virtual PC
- VirtualBox (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- VMWare Player (Windows)
- VMWare Fusion (Mac)
Modern.IE - Virtual Machine with IE7 under MacOS
One way to accommodate all of the browser in a virtual machine, Microsoft has not found, so for testing with all Internet Explorer versions and downloads of several gigabytes for parallel testing something more powerful host is needed.
Modern.IE - long overdue tools
When you first look at the tools behind Modern.IE one wonders: Why not earlier? For years, web workers angry over the world about how much extra work caused the Internet Explorer. Some do with hate sites sky, others run an IE control into their online stores.
The code validator and the technology blog are a nice touch. The main feature of Mordern.IE but the virtual machine images to ease the frustration when developing and testing with the favorite enemy of many web workers and minimize the frustration a little.
Overall, Modern.IE a welcome assistance in the development of the current and the old Internet Explorer, which definitely have a look at the side of Modern.IE is worth.
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