Update 25 Jan 2010:
Final bugfix – images now always show correctly inside the bumpbox. Added a preloader that works ^^. IE 6 also shows all types correctly.
Update 25 Jan 2010:
Final bugfix – images now always show correctly inside the bumpbox. Added a preloader that works ^^. IE 6 also shows all types correctly.
Google Chrome Frame lets IE utilize the Chrome browser’s WebKit rendering engine, as well as its high-performance V8 JavaScript engine. Isn’t that worth a cry of relief? Google pitched the plug-in as a way to instantly improve the performance of the notoriously slow IE, and as a way for Web developers to support standards IE can’t handle, such as HTML 5.
Assume you want to update your whole page due to some major change, you’ll find this htaccess come in handy. You can forward all your single pages to one you create for that issue, so noone can interfere while updating a database or anything else that would wreck up otherwise. All you need to do is to put the following lines into your document root’s .htaccess file.
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/server_down.html$
After the update today, our screenshot | website thumbnail service now uses the new rendering engine of IE8. Although IE is not the best renderer ( ^^ ) it’s still a lot more compatible than the older version IE7. Additionally the thumbnails are now captured even faster which increases the maximum thumbnail captures per hour by more than 11%.