If you don’t have Internet Explorer installed and are keen to test your site to see how it renders then, IE NetRenderer is a perfect tool for that purpose.
IE NetRenderer allows you see what your site would look like in Internet Explorer 5.5, 6, 7 and now 8 beta.
I’ve had problems in getting a preview [...]
Microsoft has finally gone ahead and released Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1. This release is aimed at Web Developers and Testers to understand what Microsoft has in store.
Considering that the browser is still so fresh, an emulate Internet Explorer 7 button has been put in to browse the web similar to using Internet Explorer 7.
Five [...]
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You may hate Internet Explorer, but it is one of the most used browsers today. A web designer needs to ensure that his/her site works perfectly across browsers and across platforms. If you’re on Linux, then TechRepublic tells you how to Run Internet Explorer on Linux.
Having released a Snap Shots addon for Firefox three weeks back, the Snap team is out with an addon for Internet Explorer.
The Snap Shots Add-On for IE version works on IE 6.0 and 7.0.
Download Snap Shots for Internet Explorer
If you’re on a Mac or you have already upgraded to Internet Explorer 7, then you’ll be pretty lost about how your site looks like on lower versions of Internet Explorer.
For me this is a big problem because half my visitors to my several sites are still using IE6 and you have to admit that [...]
Internet Explorer 7 is indeed one of the better releases of the browser. It corrected a lot of things and made is developer and userfriendly. The best addition to the browser was the Tab Browsing. I would have loved to have more features like adblocking and mouse gestures, but I guess that wasn’t meant to [...]
about:blank as many of you will just open a blank page. By default Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera are set to open up a webpage on connecting to the internet.
Most of the time you won’t be interested in opening that default page. The result is unncessary wastage of bandwidth. This gets severe if you are [...]
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Microsoft released eleven patches, including fixes for three critical vulnerabilities, as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday update delivered on Dec. 12.
Windows users can download the free updates manually from Microsoft Update or via Automatic Updates.
The updates include fix for vulnerabilities in WMP, fixes for four security holes in Internet Explorer 6 as well as [...]
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In a recent Security Advisory, Adobe has stated that a critical vulnerabilty in an ActiveX Control used in Internet Explorer could allow malicious hackers to use Adobe’s Reader and Acrobat software to launch PC hijack attacks
Affected software versions
Adobe Reader, Acrobat Standard and Professional 7.0.0 through 7.0.8 on the Windows platform when using Internet Explorer.
Solution
Exit [...]
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Just when we were settling into the so called more secure versions of the two most popular browsers, Robert Chapin has stated that both Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2 are vulnerable to what he dubbed as a reverse cross-site request, or RCSR.
An exploit for this flaw has already been seen on social-networking site MySpace.com [...]
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