Anders Hesselbom

IE6 and HTML5

2009-09-22

Now, Internet Explorer version 6 and above, has HTML5 support, through Google Chrome Frame. If you for any reason don’t want to change the browser you are using, you can just install Google Chrome Frame. Web designers activate it using one single tag. An ACID3 page with this tag, will give Internet Explorer 6 100% on the test.

<meta-http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="chrome=1">

So what is more likely? That IE users will upgrade using Windows Update to IE9, a browser that, when available, has HTML5 support, or that they will “fix” Internet Explorer with this kit from Google? I have no idea. I like the effort put in, but I am not sure that all IE-users will go for this.

Update: OSNews calls this story "Google Fixes IE For Microsoft, Adds HTML5, Fast JS and More".

Update 23/9: Microsoft points out that Chrome Frame makes IE less secure.

The release of Google Chrome Frame, a new open source plugin that injects Chrome’s renderer and JavaScript engine into Microsoft’s browser, earlier this week had many web developers happily dancing long through the night. Finally, someone had found a way to get Internet Explorer users up to speed on the Web. Microsoft, on the other hand, is warning IE users that it does not recommend installing the plugin. What does the company have against the plugin? It makes Internet Explorer less secure.

Update: A great joke on Twitter by Scott Hanselman: IE Frame brings the power of the IE rendering engine to Google Chrome. #ScottGuAnnouncement

Categories: General

Tags: Internet Explorer