Posts Tagged ‘Web Design’
IETester: All in one Internet Explorer debugging
IE Tester is a relatively new tool to run multiple versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer for testing purposes. IETester includes all versions from Internet Explorer 5.5 to the latest version IE8. This application saves the bother which comes with trying to install (and run) multiple versions of Microsoft’s odd browser on your PC. Of course, it really goes without saying, if you are an end-user and still browsing with IE6 it’s really time to upgrade, you’re the cause of all this bother.
Instillation
IETester can be downloaded freely from the MyDebugBar.com here. The current version is still the alpha release. Sorry Mac/Linux/Win9X-users it’s currently only available on Windows 7, Vista and XP.
Introducing Microsoft Expression Web 3
Expression Web 3 is the latest version of Microsoft’s web development application.
Writing code in Expression Web 3 is a pleasure weather it’s XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP or any of the other built in web development languages. Intelligence effectively checks your code on the fly like a spell checker (which is also included) underlining code or sections which have been entered incorrectly. You can also save a list of commonly used snippets which can be inserted by perssing CTRL+Enter, or if you’re looking for PHP/CSS press CTRL+L for all the various functions and properties.
And don’t worry about the rendering engine, it doesn’t use Trident. The smart people in the Expression Web development team have used a completely different, and standard complient. But just to be safe the SuperPreview is included to allow you to check rendering on IE6, IE7, IE8 and Firefox. The application looks good, is really easy to use, even if like me you get rid of most of the toolbars. The application loads much faster you’d expect from a Microsoft Application.
Like many other people have said, even if Adobe DreamWeaver didn’t cost like a million pounds, Expression Web (£6o-£70) is most certainly the one for me.
PS if you’re looking for a replacement for Microsoft Frontpage, you might be better looking at Office SharePoint Designer. It retains more of the more popular FrontPage features like as pre-built web components, database, marquee, hit counter, navigation bars, insert maps etc.
