Microsoft's New Multiple-Browser Tester

Z80xxc! writes "Microsoft recently announced a new product called Expression Web SuperPreview, which lets developers view their web pages in any browser installed on their system, as well as in different versions of IE, all from the same interface. The product has one genuine innovation — a built-in tool for overlaying the rendering from one browser over another to compare (referred to as 'onion skins'). There are also HTML debugging aids and other helpful tools for web developers. A beta version is available for download. However, the current build only has support for IE — it will compare rendering in IE6 with either IE7 or IE8, whichever is installed. An internal build shows Firefox and Safari on Windows as well. The final product will appear as part of MS Expression Web Studio 3 when it is released later this year. (It will not be available in the Expression Mac suite.)"

Comments

Web standards

[nightglider28]

Tools like this, while helpful, should never have been necessary. If MS, owner of the dominant browser, wasn't among the poorest in W3C compatibility, stuff like this wouldn't be needed. Web pages should render the same in any browser, on any OS. The only difference should be in resolution.

Re:Web standards

[slimjim8094]

No no no no no.

That thought is breaking the Web.

HTML is a markup language. It was NEVER designed to give a pixel-picture representation of content. EVER. That would break mobile browsing, not to mention different resolutions, and everything else.

What you're looking for is called PDF, and it works great. That makes the guarantees you want - every pixel is in its proper place.

Too many designers, used to working in pamphlets where they had complete control, moved to web design. They just aren't the same!!

Re:Browsershots

[wkurzius]

Do you also not mind waiting 45 minutes in between adding each ingredient?