Does IE9 keep the "Compatibility View" button?
Hopefully the title says it all. Why is this a programming question? If IE9 were to take a different approach to "compatibility" it would be relevant especially to maintaining legacy sites. ...
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What is direct 2D rendering in Browser..
What is direct 2D rendering in Browser.. This is the new feature in IE9 that discussed in PDC ...
IE 9 support for Base64 image encoding
Does IE 9 support Base64 image encoding? ...
Dev Tools in IE6
I would like to use dev tools like FireBug or the elements built into IE8 for my IE6 testing. IE9 would provide this. Before creating an IE9 environment, I thought I would check here. Do any of you have a solution for this type of problem? ...
Future of IE9: Opacity + Performance
I just tried the IE9 "Second Internet Explorer Platform Preview" - which supports CSS opacity now. That's nice, but I tried it with one of my website prototypes, and it's quite slow when scrolling etc. Admittedly, the prototype uses hundreds of images with opacity != 1, but everything is snappy with current versions of Firefox, Safari, ...
Will IE9 support conditional comments?
I thought I remembered reading somewhere that IE9 would not be supporting them, but now after searching I can't find any indication that this is true. Is anyone aware of a definitive statement, either way, about whether Microsoft will be supporting conditional comments in IE9? ...
Embedding Javascript in My Application
I want to embed Javascript in my own application. I know I can do this with all the open source Javascript engines like V8, TraceMonkey/SpiderMonkey. But, scanning through the source code learning how to embed them is not easy given most are not well documented. Is there anything native in Windows? Is the JScript engine already been ...
How will Chakra Jscript engine Exposed to Scripting Hosts?
Anybody has experience with the upcoming IE9 Chakra engine? I am currently considering whether to incorporate the Microsoft's JScript engine through the Window Script Interface or using one of those open source javascript engines (tracemonkey/v8 etc). The JScript engine is a bit too slow and Chakra looks promising. But I am not sure i...
Which border radius property will work in IE9?
In IE9, which border radius property will work? border-radius:20px -webkit-border-radius: 20px; -moz-border-radius: 20px; border-radius:20px or ms-border-radius:20px ...
Internet Explorer 9 VHD
Hi When trying to test across multiple versions of Internet Explorer (6, 7, 8) I have in the past used the Virtual PC Console and mounted VHDs available from Microsoft. I am running Windows Server 2003. This system seems to suit me, although now IE9 is on the scene I wondered if anyone knew of a VHD for the IE9 beta? Cheers Sniffer ...
Will IE9 support WebGL and/or WebSockets?
Will IE9 support WebGL and/or WebSockets? ...
Using localStorage in IE9 preview
I'm using localStorage in my JS application and I was wondering why IE9 claims localStorage == undefined. As far as I know, IE8 supports it, is here any way to get it working in the new version? ...
Css rotate in IE9 preview
Is it possible to rotate content by any angle in the new IE9 preview? Filter in IE8 could rotate by multiples of 90, was this changed / improved? Or is here any other way (besides drawing with canvas and svg) to rotate text and divs? ...
Using Microsoft filters in IE9 platform preview
I would like to use the Matrix filter, however it does not work at all in IE9, unlike in IE8. Was the filter idea deprecated with the new version? Is here any way to get it working? Thanks ...
Does IE9 Developer preview (Build 4, v1.9.7.9.16.6000) support the File API?
Does the latest IE9 Developer preview (Build 4, v1.9.7.9.16.6000) support the file API? The file API I am referring to is: http://www.w3.org/TR/file-upload/ Caniuse.com says the support is uknown and Wikipedia says it is not supported but doesn't specify what version of Trident it is referring to. Unfortunately I don't have a windows m...
IE9 will support VP8 Encoded Videos ?
IE9 will support VP8 Encoded Videos if a User has VP8 Codec installed on Computer. Where will user get VP8 Codec ? Flash-Player ? I cant get this ...
How long an URL can Internet Explorer 9 take?
Past versions of Internet Explorer croaked on web addresses longer than 2,083 characters (see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/208427). Meanwhile, Firefox, Opera, and Safari can handle at least 80,000. Version 9 brings many improvements. Is URL length is one of them? ...
Is the new IE9 a standalone browser
Anyone that has installed the new IE9 know if I can keep IE8 installed? I do a lot of web testing and don't want to update to IE9 if I loose IE8. ...
Debugging Silverlight applications with IE9 beta
I spent some time debugging a SL3 application with VS 2010 in IE9 beta today and noticed a few quirks. Sometimes when launching the Silverlight app in VS it fails to load in the browser, but refreshing with F5 tends to fix the problem. Also, there are sporadic scripting errors that pop up a debug dialog - these also seem to be fixed by...
Where does IE9 look for the new large favicons?
IE9 has the concept of pinning a particular website to the Windows7 task bar. For certain sites (such as Facebook), it will then display an extra large favicon in the task bar, and also next to the back button. How do I tell IE to do this for my site? ...