Internet Explorer 8 Readiness Toolkit

July 15, 2008

By Matt Stow at 11:12 in: Design | Development

Microsoft has launched the
Internet Explorer 8 Readiness Toolkit to assist web developers prepare for Internet Explorer 8.

The site focuses on two main topics:

How do I keep my site and add-ons working with Internet Explorer 8?

"This section describes a number of changes in security and architecture that could affect the way your site or add-ons function in Internet Explorer 8. Included in this section are details about user agent changes, accessibility improvements, non-admin and per-site ActiveX, Loosely-Coupled IE, DEP/NX memory protection and Manage Add-ons."

How do I make my site ‘light up’ with Internet Explorer 8?

"This section describes the new features that developers can exploit to make Internet Explorer 8 ‘light up’. These features include Activities, WebSlices, improvements in CSS support, innovations in AJAX functionality, improvements in DOM L2 Core support, and integrated Developer Tools."

Source - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/ie8/readiness/Developers.htm.

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Matt Stow

Matt is Izilla's Senior Creative Designer, who specialises in designing and developing accessible, usable and standards-compliant websites. Matt is an Adobe Fireworks evangelist and guru, and works closely with Adobe's product team.

1 comment so far

bodydetox | July 31st, 2009 at 12:28 am said:
Internet Explorer 8 is more stable than IE 7 that is why i like it. I always experience freezing browser window in IE 7.

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