Jumat, 22 Maret 2013
Internet Explorer 9 and 10 come with a new feature aimed
at developers and called Browser Modes, giving them the option to see what a
site would look like on an older version of Microsoft’s in-house browser.Adobe warns that in some cases, the emulation created by Browser Modes is a lot different from what you could see in real life with an original version of IE7 or IE8.
“While
it’s a good idea in theory, in practice these emulated Browser Modes create
more trouble than benefit because they behave differently than real copies of
IE7 and IE8 would. In the case of web fonts, the differences in behavior are
drastic, and can lead to inaccurate and misleading conclusions about what your
page and web fonts will look like in these older browsers,” it said in a post.
The company then goes on to say that Internet Explorer 9’s Browser Modes features incorrectly reads Typekit fonts settings, such as the @font-face.
“If more than one weight or style of a font is present, each one is listed in an individual @font-face rule, each with the same family name but different weight and style values,” Adobe said.
While IE7 and IE8 have absolutely no problem to read the font weights and styles, no matter their order, IE0’s Browser Mode uses only the first rule in the stylesheet, which leads to a different appearance of an emulated website.
Adobe recommends web designers to either use the original versions of Internet Explorer 7 and 8 or to turn to web-based services such as BrowserStack.
In addition, Microsoft is also offering a dedicated tool in this regard called modern.IE that emulates different versions of Internet Explorer, while also providing tools and advices on how to optimize websites for the best performance.
source : softpedia
The company then goes on to say that Internet Explorer 9’s Browser Modes features incorrectly reads Typekit fonts settings, such as the @font-face.
“If more than one weight or style of a font is present, each one is listed in an individual @font-face rule, each with the same family name but different weight and style values,” Adobe said.
While IE7 and IE8 have absolutely no problem to read the font weights and styles, no matter their order, IE0’s Browser Mode uses only the first rule in the stylesheet, which leads to a different appearance of an emulated website.
Adobe recommends web designers to either use the original versions of Internet Explorer 7 and 8 or to turn to web-based services such as BrowserStack.
In addition, Microsoft is also offering a dedicated tool in this regard called modern.IE that emulates different versions of Internet Explorer, while also providing tools and advices on how to optimize websites for the best performance.
source : softpedia
