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While Internet Explorer continues to be the most used browser in the world, it is not a product that everyone swears by. Web developers itching to jump onto the HTML5 bandwagon have Internet Explorer standing in their way like an antiquated monolith. The various versions of the browser currently in use - between 50-60 percent of the browser market – are incompatible with the new web standard, except for IE 8 that is partially compatible.
Google’s Chrome Frame plug-in for IE, however, can help web developers by making different IE versions compatible with their HTML5 apps. It virtually turns Microsoft’s browser into Chrome, rendering pages as they would on the latter. The plug-in is better prepared for action now, after being updated to Beta.
According to a post on the Chromium Blog, Google fixed over 200 bugs in the previous build: “We’ve improved our handling of Internet Explorer’s InPrivate browsing, cache clearing, and cookie blocking. All of the enhancements and features of Google Chrome 5.0 are available in Google Chrome Frame too, including HTML5 audio and video, canvas, geolocation, workers, and databases.” Existing users will automatically have the plug-in updated to the latest version.
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