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Want to have HTML5 Video Tag in Internet Explorer?

Written by: StevenHodson on March 2, 2010

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The web is constantly evolving and even though it can seem like ice ages as we improve the basic underpinnings of the web change does come. One of these changes is improvements and new things being added to the world of HTML – that’s the code language that helps display web pages on the web.

For some time know developers have been waiting for the next generation of HTML to start rolling out through the web browsers we use everyday. With the announcement that Internet Explorer is joining with its competitors and supporting HTML5 in the next version of its browser, IE9, the future is getting a little closer.

One of the features of HTML5 is a new Video Tag that will will enable the display and playback of video in your browser without the need of having Flash installed. Now currently IE, all versions, doesn’t not support the new Video Tag, unlike Firefox and Chrome but a technical preview support codec has been released by Chistian Adam via the lastest version of Xiph.org’s Ogg Codecs.

This preview doesn’t have any controls or playback option but it does show that IE, even now, can support the new HTML5 Video Tag.

hat tip to Addictive Tips for the pointer and the graphics.

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Stop using IE6? How about just killing it

Written by: StevenHodson on January 16, 2010

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ie-kitten Internet Explorer 6 had to be the worst pile of programming crap ever foisted onto the web. Mind you we should be thankful in that is sparked a whole new wave of interest in developing really good browsers but that doesn’t change the fact that the time of IE6 is past.

Unfortunately it continues to hang on like some putrid ghost at an exorcism gone wrong. The problem is that it has become ingrained within the IT culture of a large majority of corporations. This is mainly because of legacy application on corporate Intranets that break when viewed by anything other than IE6.

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Damn right Microsoft should kill off Internet Explorer

Written by: StevenHodson on January 14, 2010

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I have been a strong proponent for sometime now of Microsoft kicking Internet Explorer to the curb and rebooting their browser franchise with something new, better – something not Internet Explorer.

So it’s nice to see that I am not alone in this suggestion if Jason Cross’ post at PC World is any indication.

Jason provides six main reasons why he believes Microsoft would go down this road which I have slimmed down to bullet points (so make sure to read his original post)

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IE9 good news: HTML5, CSS3, and Javascript speed. Bad news: Trident engine

Written by: StevenHodson on November 18, 2009

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Internet-Explorer For those of you that might have missed the news Microsoft is throwing its annual Professional Developer Conference (PDC), which is where they trot out new additions or upgrades to their various platforms for the developers in attendance. From their development tools like VisualStudio to the next release of Office this is where we find out about what is in the pipeline that we will actually see and use.

And today we saw what was coming in regards to the next release of Internet Explorer, otherwise known as, or cursed as IE9. In his keynote speech today Steven Sinofsky let us in on the early work being done to bring a better IE to the market and given that the competition is getting more heated all the time one hopes that they actually do something right this time.

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IETester – web developer tool for site testing

Written by: StevenHodson on September 25, 2009

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One of the trickiest parts of the job for web developers is testing their work in all the different browsers. It is especially tricky when it comes to Internet Explorer given that to be able to run all the different version (if you can find their install packages) can mean jumping through a whole bunch of hoops to get them working.

Enter IETester.

With this handy program you can test your work in all the different version of IE from 5.5 up to 8 from within one program. As you can see in the graphic below WinExtra definitely doesn’t play nice in older versions of IE (click on image for larger view).

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You can grab your copy of IETester at their site.

hat tip to Addictive Tips

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Turn Internet Explorer into Google’s Chrome browser

Written by: StevenHodson on September 22, 2009

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chrome1 One of the big things on Google’s agenda is their Wave platform which in simple terms is their attempt to bring real-time collaboration to the web. To do that however requires that browsers be able to support the HTML 5 and cutting edge Javascript and while their browser, Google Chrome, can handle it Internet Explorer – especially IE6 – doesn’t have any support for HTML5.

After a frustrating period of trying to get Wave to play nice with IE Google finally decided to approach the problem from a different angle. The result is Google Chrome Frame – an Internet Explorer plugin which for all intents and purposes turns IE into Chrome when you surf to a page that contains a meta tag telling the browser to switch into Chrome mode.

When Google Chrome Frame detects this tag it switches automatically to using Google Chrome’s speedy WebKit-based rendering engine. It’s that easy. For users, installing Google Chrome Frame will allow them to seamlessly enjoy modern web apps at blazing speeds, through the familiar interface of the version of IE that they are currently using. – The Chromium Blog

To enable Chrome Frame in visiting IE browsers that have installed the plugin all developers, and bloggers, have to do is add the following meta tag to their site’s header

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="chrome=1">

If you are interested in finding out more about Chrome Frame as well as grabbing a copy of the plugin head over to the Google code page for the project. In the meantime here is a short video about the project from Google.

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