HTML5 Canvas Experiment

However please note that unless you have a new browser you wont be able to see it, you will see the following message, but at least it is a good opportunity to update your browser to something a bit more sophisticated.

oh noez – please get yourself a sophisticated browser like FireFox 3.5, Safari, Opera or Chrome

“Microsoft has proposed a consumer ballot screen as a solution to the pending antitrust case about the tying of Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser with Windows,” the commission said in a statement.

It said computer users would be able to “easily install competing web browsers, set one of those browsers as a default, and disable Internet Explorer” from the ballot screen.

“We believe that if ultimately accepted, this proposal will fully address the European competition law issues relating to the inclusion of Internet Explorer in Windows and interoperability with our high-volume products,” Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith said in a release.

“This would mark a big step forward in addressing a decade of legal issues and would be good news for European consumers and our partners in the industry.”

The commission, Europe’s top competition watchdog, opened a new front in its epic anti-trust battle with Microsoft in January.

It hit the company with fresh charges of unfairly squashing competition by bundling its Internet Explorer web browser into its ubiquitous Windows personal computer operating system.

‘Consumer ballot’

Under the plan, rival browsers including Mozilla Firefox, Google’s Chrome or Opera by Norway’s Opera Software will now be placed before consumers at the point when they set up a new computer’s operating preferences.

European consumers who buy new Windows-based personal computers with Internet Explorer pre-set as the browser would be shown a “ballot screen” from which they could easily install competing browsers from the web, Mr Smith said.

If the commission accepts the proposal, Microsoft will ship Windows 7 in Europe with IE built-in, as will be the case in the rest of the world with the software release in October, according to the Redmond, Washington-based firm.

In an effort to appease EU regulators, Microsoft currently plans to ship in Europe “E versions” of Windows 7 without web browsers.

Mr Smith said that Microsoft’s proposal includes a “public undertaking” designed to promote interoperability between third party software and products including Windows, Windows Server, Office, Exchange and SharePoint.

This week Microsoft declared its next-generation Windows 7 operating system ready for delivery to computer makers.

Because of the regulatory wrangling in Europe, the Windows 7 version going on sale there was originally to have seen Internet Explorer completely removed.

Article Source: www.abc.net.au

On September 1, 2009 we will begin phasing out support for Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) in regards to the DI enewsletter campaign system.

Although you will still be able to access your account with IE6, we won’t be able to guarantee things will look or function as well.

Why are we doing this?

IE6 is nearly eight years old — a lifetime in the rapidly evolving world of web technology and standards. In order to continue to provide you with the best email marketing experience around, we need to take advantage of all the tools at our disposal, tools that IE6 just doesn’t provide.

Therefore if you’re currently using IE6, we strongly recommend that you upgrade to any of these newer browsers:

• Internet Explorer 8
• Firefox
• Safari
• Google Chrome

Read the article here.

To continue to provide an exceptional user experience, your sites must be tested to make sure that all their original functionality is still accessible through the new browsers. As of February 2009, most people were still using Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 3, but many Internet Explorer users will soon install Internet Explorer 8, making Internet Explorer 6 virtually disappear. Chrome’s market share is growing, crowding out Safari, but anyone who works with Mac users, particularly in design-related industries, would make a serious mistake by forgetting to test for compatibility with Safari 4.

Design Industries has the technical expertise to check your website’s functionality against each of the new browsers, making and implementing recommendations as needed. For most sites, simple modifications can result in a dramatic improvement in the end-user’s experience.

Please contact us today on 1300 73 63 63 or via our form for a free, no-obligation estimate for a browser-compatibility review. Your website visitors will thank you for it.

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IE8 is coming on board. Lets wait and see how it goes, for IE8 is still on beta development and still has a lot of bugs.