WeBuilder 2008 RC Inspector - support in browsers

garethjmsaunders · Post by **garethjmsaunders** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 2:20 pm

I notice in the Inspector tab in WeBuilder 2008 (Version 9.0 (9.0.0.87)) that it shows which browsers the CSS works in, e.g. IE5, IE55, etc.

However it only offers FF1 (Firefox 1.0) and not FF2 (Firefox 2.0). Will Firefox 2.x and even 3.x be offered in the future? Incidentally, you may already know this but officially the abbreviation for Firefox is Fx not FF, see http://kb.mozillazine.org/Talk:Spelling_Firefox.

Similarly, Netscape 6 and 7 are shown, do you have plans to include 8 and 9? Although Netscape 8 is shown in the drop-down but not in the summary at the foot of the inspector tab.

And how about Safari 3 now that it's available for Windows?

llbbl · Post by **llbbl** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:39 pm

everyone uses FF. I think its hopeless at this point.

Post by **chrisjlocke** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:33 pm

llbbl wrote:everyone uses FF.

No they dont.

llbbl · Post by **llbbl** » Thu May 01, 2008 7:55 pm

chrisjlocke wrote:
llbbl wrote:everyone uses FF.
No they dont.

Dont think you read that completely chris. I am talking about the acronym and so was the OP.

Post by **chrisjlocke** » Thu May 01, 2008 10:48 pm

Doh! Sorry.

Post by **Karlis** » Fri May 02, 2008 8:07 pm

FX 2.0 = FX 2.5 (more or less) so there is no need for that, as soon as official FX 3.0 is released we will try to add the FX 3.0 spec as well.

Offtopic: As a web developer I am happy that finally all web browsers support most of the important style rules, so it is getting better with every browser

garethjmsaunders · Post by **garethjmsaunders** » Sat May 03, 2008 5:58 pm

Karlis wrote:FX 2.0 = FX 2.5 (more or less) so there is no need for that, as soon as official FX 3.0 is released we will try to add the FX 3.0 spec as well.

But I don't see FX2.x listed at all, am I missing something?

Post by **Karlis** » Sat May 03, 2008 10:45 pm

FX 2.0 is FX 2.x, I mean 2.0 = 2.1 = 2.5 etc.

Cary · Post by **Cary** » Sun May 04, 2008 12:11 am

garethjmsaunders wrote:But I don't see FX2.x listed at all, am I missing something?

No, you are correct. There's no indicator for FF2's css support.

garethjmsaunders · Post by **garethjmsaunders** » Sun May 04, 2008 1:27 am

Thanks Cary, that's exactly what I mean: FF1 (FX1) appears to be listed but FF2 (FX2) isn't.

In other words the Inspector appears to be somewhat out of date compared with (some of) the current array of modern browsers, namely Firefox, Netscape and Safari.

FX1 was released in 2004
NS6 was released in 2000
NS7 was released in 2002

Gareth

llbbl · Post by **llbbl** » Mon May 05, 2008 5:30 pm

IE8 is going to be huge. I can't wait till M$ drops their support for IE7 rendering in favor of standards support.

Post by **Karlis** » Mon May 05, 2008 5:46 pm

Ah, I see, something is not yet done, thus you can not see FF2. It will be added in one of the future updates.

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WeBuilder 2008 RC Inspector - support in browsers

WeBuilder 2008 RC Inspector - support in browsers

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