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If you want your website which is built in HTML 5 can be opened in Internet Explorer as well in Google Chrome, there is an awesome solution from Google, Google Chrome Frame.

Google Chrome Frame is an open-source plug-in for IE user; will force IE to load a website using the same WebKit rendering engine as Google Chrome, complete with its enhanced JavaScript rendering and support for HTML5 technologies like Canvas and embedded audio and video.

To implement it, the first thing is make sure that client computer installed Google Chrome Frame. And make sure to add this code below to your page’s header:

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

It’s simple, isn’t it! Anyway, you know what? One phrase that i really loved in this article is “will force IE” it sounds like something that i really missed for a many years before :)

Related link:

• Google Chrome Frame

Microsoft, through Expression Web Team has created an interesting tool, Superview.
I really interesting with this because it such a very helpful tool so that you dont need to downgrade your Internet Explorer or buy some cheap netbook and get installed IE-6 there just to make sure that your HTML and CSS ”properly loaded’ on there or not.  Superview helps us, web developer, to performing cross browser debugging across Internet Explorer, including versions 6,7 and 8.

Captured from Superview and .... ooppsss there is bug from my site opened on IE 6!!! :p

I’ve tried to download Superview installer and already installed in my computer but i think i need more time to learn and explore deeply on this one. But from my very early experiment, Superview loads screen captured image instead of open page directly.

Alternatively, you can use IE Tester, free software that can be downloaded here and has range from IE 5.5 – IE 8 or try ‘old trick’ from Tredosoft.

Related links:

• Supporting Web Standards Development with SuperPreview
• Download Superview for free
• Free Internet Explorer debugging tool: Microsoft Expression Web SuperPreview for Windows Internet Explorer (Expression Web team blog)

IE 8

Internet Explorer Program Management has released guidelines for Internet Explorer add-on developers.
“This is respond to demand from the developer community and to help share the thinking of the IE team, gathered from years of providing support to users and developers.” said Frank Olivier and Herman Ng in IEBlog.

And, here are the core aspect of guidelines:

• Do not limit the user’s ability to access Internet Explorer features
• Do not limit the user’s ability to control Internet Explorer settings
• Only use supported APIs

You can find and download IE add-ons from here.

Related link:

• Guidelines for add-on developers

Credit photo: from here