Tuesday, June 17, 2014

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Microsoft launches real estate development channel for Internet Explorer

Microsoft launches real estate development channel for Internet Explorer


Previously, Microsoft has repeatedly promised to make the development of Microsoft Internet Explorer browser more open. Now the corporation has adopted a development model in browsers Mozilla and Google. On Monday, Microsoft announced the opening Internet Explorer Developer Channel - the channel where developers, web designers and testers can get a preliminary version of the browser with features that is still in testing. Last Corporation released beta Internet Explorer, but they were always tied to certain future versions of the browser. 

When a particular browser version produced in the final version, the beta stopped updating. Developer-in channels the company uses a different approach, so in Developer-channel is out of beta version of Internet Explorer 12, instead here is the design and continuously updated version of the browser without numbers, but with regular innovations that are tested and run-in development environments. Microsoft says that in this channel the company will not enumerate the final versions of browsers. 

According to develop similar models and processes create other browsers. Google has Chrome Developer Channel, and at Mozilla have Aurora Channel. Currently in Microsoft did not report how often the browser will update the assembly, as well as automatic updates whether or placed manually. If Microsoft will continue to repeat the actions of other developers, the Developer Channel new assembly will appear every month or six weeks. first assembly in the Developer Channel does include a number of new specifications such as WebDriver and Gamepad API. 

The first is for browser automation and filling out forms and checking some web actions in the network. Second - allows the browser to work with games by controlling through the controller type Gamepad. There is also new opportunities WebGL. According to the corporation, Internet Explorer Developer Channel is compatible with Windows 8.1 and Windows 7, as well as Internet Exporer 11. Behind the scenes it uses insulation system Microsoft App-V to separate from the rest of the test version of the OS. In addition, Microsoft warned that the developer version can in actual run slower than usual release builds, as this code is not optimized.
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