How Developers Can Deal with the End of Internet Explorer

By | Industry Trends
IE11 F12 Developer Tools - MicrosoftRemember when websites used to have a header that read “Best Viewed in Internet Explorer?” It seems that as that trend has faded, so too will Internet Explorer (IE). With the release of Microsoft Edge, a Windows 10 only browser, Microsoft has announced that support for older versions of IE will be ending. What are the details, and what does this mean for people who have applications developed specifically to older versions of IE? Read More

Microsoft Unveils Internet Explorer 11, Officially with WebGL Capabilities

By | For Developers, IT and Engineering, Microsoft

The Big Unveiling

There’s a lot to pore over in the official demos of Internet Explorer 11. The IE team at Microsoft has sought to make the newest iteration “fast, fluid, and perfect for touch,” said Internet Explorer corporate vice president Dean Hachamovitch.

IE11 in action, with side-by-side browsing. Side by side website pages

There’s a whole laundry list. But the biggest news for web developers is a little five-word phrase: “hardware accelerated 3D web graphics.” In other words, WebGL capabilities.

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