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FF/IE Compatible Web Pages- There is a new development in the web design world, web pages that can be viewed equally in Firefox or Internet Explorer.
Ottawa, Canada (PRWEB) September 14, 2004 -- Test IE Compatibility Inside
Firefox!
FF/IE Compatible Web Pages - There is a new development in the
web design world, web pages that can be viewed equally in Firefox or Internet
Explorer.
This is something we have been longing for, for quite a while,
and, in my
humble opinion, something that can have a profound disrupting role
in
how IT departments and Web developers will select their Web coding
and
testing standards.
As it appears, we may have a full opportunity
to finally and fully break out from IE's deadly stranglehold on Web page
development.
Check out “FF/IE WebPages” at www.firefoxie.net This item
now has
information that will help developers create Web pages that
render
identically in the Mozilla Firefox browser and the Microsoft
Internet
Explorer browser!
Dan McTaggart has done it again, by
scouting and bringing together for
us a phenomenal collection of great tools
and tips. This is probably the single biggest change in the history of the two
browser developments.
"Once it is seen by enough developers, the
eventuality will be, tools
to create identical web pages followed by a patch
to make Firefox itself render pages identical to Explorer by default. That is
the killer app. There has been an enormous misunderstanding among Explorer
developers, that Mozilla browsers simply can't render correctly."
The
link “FF/IE Myth” on Dan McTaggart's site features a complex Web page with
Firefox and Explorer side by side, rendering identically. Here is the analogy he
gives of how this works.
"Let's say I have a handwritten letter, written
in English. Now, I have to translate this letter to Chinese and Russian. Quite
simply, you translate one time for Chinese and put it in one envelope, and you
translate one time for Russian and put it in another envelope.
Both
parties receive information they can read, the communication has been carried
out. The Russian has no need to know about the Chinese version, the Chinese has
no reason to know about the Russian version. The message, however, was identical
to both."
According to Dan McTaggart, with computers it is much simpler.
When it comes down to displaying digital information, there is absolutely no
reason that it can't be done, it's all ones and zeros. All we need is a
translation table to cover the little curve balls that Internet Explorer throws.
Every time they throw one, we catch it, and throw it to the browser straightened
out."
It's done all the time with communications protocols. One device
needs the data sent one way, another device needs it sent another
way.
Using the @import function of CSS, this is now
possible.
Other helpful features of Firefox are user files including
userContent.css which controls how web pages are displayed and User.js that
allows for any required scripting. Notes on how to accomplish these tasks are
available at firefoxie.net .
Also updated at FirefoxIE
One step
install for extensions, simplified copy and paste, files available locally. With
the overwhelming demand for Firefox and extensions, the local install insures
that you will not have to wait to set up your own FirefoxIE.
New tools
available for blog publishers
Movable Type for Firefox
Browser-Based Spell
Checking Of Web Forms, Blogs and Emails
Flash
Simplified instructions
for Macromedia Flash Player installation
This release has something for
everyone. A simplified interface and more information for developers and
enthusiasts.
Related Press Release: August 28, 2004
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/8/prwebxml153154.php
Article:
Test IE Compatibility Inside Firefox! By Robin Good
http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2004/08/31/test_ie_compatibility_inside_firefox.htm
For
more information, visit http://www.firefoxie.net
Contact: Dan
McTaggart
Address: 3026 Innes Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1W 1A6
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Website: http://www.firefoxie.net
Phone Number: (613)834-2833
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