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Internet Explorer Compatibility

Building An Interoperable Web

Defining Document Compatibility

Document Compatibility determines how Internet Explorer 9 interprets and displays your webpages and determines the features supported by your pages. Learn how to enable support for current and emerging web standards, as well as how (and when) to limit your webpages to support older versions of Internet Explorer.

Same Mark-Up: Writing Cross Browser Code

Learn the best practices for ensuring your code works reliably across different browsers and different versions of the same browser.

Internet Explorer 9

Internet Explorer 9 Cookbook

The Internet Explorer 9 Cookbook includes information about changes to features, identifies features that are deprecated or removed, and describes general tools and guidance.

Internet Explorer 9’s Compatibility Features for Site Developers

Learn how Internet Explorer 9 makes it easy to keep your site working from day 1, while you update your site for HTML5! 

Internet Explorer 9’s User Agent String

Internet Explorer 9 sends a new, shorter user agent string than has a new user agent string by default, learn about the different parts of the user agent string, and how to use it to determine what browser your visitors are using.

Internet Explorer 7

Download the Internet Explorer 7 'Tips and Tricks' document to find tips, including what to do when:

  • I can’t seem to get pages to come up or certain things aren’t working quite right
  • I’m seeing messages and prompts about installing ActiveX controls
  • I’m getting new certificate warnings and other security messages that I’ve never seen before
  • I’m not even sure where to start figuring out what works and what doesn’t
  • I’m having installation/deployment issues
  • I’m having issue with our application trying to write to the local file system in Vista
  • I’m having design and layout issues with Internet Explorer 7