IE9 Will Not Be Available For XP

(NOTE: IE9 is not to be released until sometime in 2011)

IE9 is already being highly talked about as having many of the features that developers have been asking for (HTML5, CSS3, Canvas, etc.), but the disappointment for developers is going to be more for the fact that Windows XP users won’t be able to upgrade to IE9 at all.

Internet Explorer users still hover around 70% of all browsers used by the general public.

That breaks down by version:
—IE8: 59%
—IE7: 30%
—IE6: 11%

IE8 has done better at getting users to upgrade than IE7 ever did. But IE6 still hangs around despite (or “in spite”).

Operating systems very similarly show Windows at about 87% of all web users.

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Browser Testing

http://browsershots.org/

• if all you need to do is see a static screen shot.
• pick from many different browser versions on various systems
• took about 10 minutes to run 15 browsers. 2 came up with a blank browser window, 1 had a browser update box overtop of it, and 2 were aborted

http://www.crossbrowsertesting.com/

• if you need to actually USE the site - can test JavaScript and CSS interactivity
• pick from many different browser versions on various system
• You can buy credits, each credit is worth 5 minutes of testing time (1 credit for $1, 30 credits for $20, or 500 credits for $200)
• They also have monthly subscriptions
• You can test it out for free
• all done through…

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  Technical  //  web-design, browsers
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HTML5

HTML5 is the buzz all of a sudden… Google (especially the upcoming Google Wave...and Google Docs) is pushing it really hard.

HTML5 is largely backwards compatible so long as it’s new features are coded in a way that allows it to degrade well… All the new functionality could be lost if the user’s browser doesn’t understand HTML5, but if you build knowing that, we may be able to use parts of it to provide a better experience for users who are up-to-date.

Firefox 3.5 just came out with robust support for HTML5. Safari 4 came out a while back with decent support for it. Google Chrome I hear has decent support (surprised they don’t have the best support…).

Here’s an interesting article explaining the differences:
CodeProject.com…

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Firefox and Firebug

If you hate debugging JavaScript, like I do. Please use Firefox and Firebug to make your task easy. Don’t develop anything without them.

You can get Firefox and Firebug at:
http://www.getfirebug.com

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