Comments on: The dangers of cross-browser testing with IE9’s Browser Modes https://blog.typekit.com/2013/03/14/the-dangers-of-cross-browser-testing-with-ie9s-browser-modes/ News about Typekit Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:55:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.1 By: desaraev https://blog.typekit.com/2013/03/14/the-dangers-of-cross-browser-testing-with-ie9s-browser-modes/#comment-4020 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:55:13 +0000 http://blog.typekit.com/?p=8682#comment-4020 While it’s not good for web fonts, have you seen other major testing issues?

]]> By: desaraev https://blog.typekit.com/2013/03/14/the-dangers-of-cross-browser-testing-with-ie9s-browser-modes/#comment-4019 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:54:07 +0000 http://blog.typekit.com/?p=8682#comment-4019 In reply to Tim Murtaugh (@murtaugh).

IE 10 has only been out of beta for a couple months but will improve somethings (like automated updates, if people don’t go crazy with over rides)

]]> By: Zymara https://blog.typekit.com/2013/03/14/the-dangers-of-cross-browser-testing-with-ie9s-browser-modes/#comment-4018 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:11:44 +0000 http://blog.typekit.com/?p=8682#comment-4018 In reply to Simon Byrne.

I’m not 100% sure the option exists in IE8, but in IE9 and IE10, you can fix this by hitting the Alt key to get the menu to appear, then Tools –> Compatibility View Settings –> uncheck “Display intranet sites in Compatibility View”.

]]> By: Simon Byrne https://blog.typekit.com/2013/03/14/the-dangers-of-cross-browser-testing-with-ie9s-browser-modes/#comment-4017 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:12:48 +0000 http://blog.typekit.com/?p=8682#comment-4017 Unfortunately, IE8 forces IE7 compatibility view if the website is considered to be ‘part of your intranet’. If you are using a domain/Active Directory inside a large corporation, it’s most likely that IE8 will force visits to your own company’s website into compatibility view due to Microsoft’s recommended security practices. And there’s nothing you can do about it – even adding a nasty X-UA-Compatible meta tag does nothing, security policies override it. It’s infuriating. And has caught me out on many occasions.

]]> By: George Stephanis https://blog.typekit.com/2013/03/14/the-dangers-of-cross-browser-testing-with-ie9s-browser-modes/#comment-4016 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 01:52:11 +0000 http://blog.typekit.com/?p=8682#comment-4016 In reply to Tim Murtaugh (@murtaugh).

Tim — when working on the upcoming WordPress 3.6 release, we actually stumbled on a bug with browser modes. It seems that when IE10 mimics an IE9 browser mode, any input type=”search” gets changed to type=”text”! There’s a couple more details up on the trac ticket at http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/23803

]]> By: chuckvdl https://blog.typekit.com/2013/03/14/the-dangers-of-cross-browser-testing-with-ie9s-browser-modes/#comment-4015 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:07:37 +0000 http://blog.typekit.com/?p=8682#comment-4015 If you just want to see how a static page looks (e.g. no user interaction) browsershots.org might be useful for folks who need to evaluate a lot of browsers. If you need something more sophisticated, such as using some automation to interact with the site like a user and then capture a screenshot, there are SauceLabs and other similar services.

Of course for just testing against the >10% share browsers, all it takes is a few windows VM’s with a few flavors of IE, FF, and Chrome.. at least until the mobile slice grows big enough, then we’re going to need a decent solution for testing the mobile experience that doesn’t involve having to purchase and maintain a farm of different mobile devices.

]]> By: Hughie Wilmshurst https://blog.typekit.com/2013/03/14/the-dangers-of-cross-browser-testing-with-ie9s-browser-modes/#comment-4014 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:59:09 +0000 http://blog.typekit.com/?p=8682#comment-4014 Excellent article, I had previous been relying on these emulations. I had looked at modern.ie, downloaded a VM but never went anywhere with it. I use various implementations of the @font-face rule on most of my websites, so I’ll be sure to change my methods of testing from now on!

]]> By: Brad Hutchison (@BradCHutchison) https://blog.typekit.com/2013/03/14/the-dangers-of-cross-browser-testing-with-ie9s-browser-modes/#comment-4013 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:51:57 +0000 http://blog.typekit.com/?p=8682#comment-4013 I have recently been using browserstack within Visual Studio and have been very pleased with the results. Just a nice tunnel right into my instance and everything rendered fine on any operating system/browser combo.

]]> By: zymara https://blog.typekit.com/2013/03/14/the-dangers-of-cross-browser-testing-with-ie9s-browser-modes/#comment-4012 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:25:30 +0000 http://blog.typekit.com/?p=8682#comment-4012 In reply to samantha.

Not sure why you’d be using W3Schools’ browser stats, as those are only for the usage of their own site, which would be web devs, an audience clearly biased against IE. You will see a VERY different breakdown here: http://netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=2&qpcustomd=0

Ideally you should monitor the browser stats of your own site before deciding how many versions of IE to care about.

]]> By: samantha https://blog.typekit.com/2013/03/14/the-dangers-of-cross-browser-testing-with-ie9s-browser-modes/#comment-4011 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:02:06 +0000 http://blog.typekit.com/?p=8682#comment-4011 At this point in time, I personally wish IE would spontaneously combust! But 13% of users are still with IE (according to http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_explorer.asp ). I actually never test in more than 3 versions of IE. With the arrival of 10, I test 10 9 and 8. I no longer bother with 6 and 7. At some point I hope to not have to bother with IE at all! Given that its been losing its users since 2006, I figure it only has a 2-3 more years to go. I just hope at the end it doesnt linger around with a measly 5% or something (enough to keep it on radar). Its just simply a disease that needs eradicated in my opinion.

Anyways – back to the original topic – I think its a waste that IE even created the Browser Modes. I appreciate that this article was written so I am aware of the issue and will not bother utilizing this tool. I never was hooked on it anyways – but with the closing of adobe browser lab i was looking for an alternative to test for IE8. (i have IE9 and IE10 on home computers).

Why is it that adobe trashes something totally useful, and IE creates things completely useless?!

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