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Firebug like editing for IE?

by bilaldsa
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Hi,
So I got this new project. The guy has a website that looks totally nice on firefox but looks totally weird on IE. He wants me to fix that.

So for firefox I can just use firbug but I dont know how to do that in IE.

Do you think its possible or I will have to manually edit the css and look for the changes?

Thank You
#editing #firebug
  • Profile picture of the author Kurlie
    I develop for IE and so in my experience I find that I have to make adjustments for Firefox and others. It seems that IE is more forgiving of lazy code. I've not yet had it happen that it looks fine in Firefox and not IE. I'm always trying to make it look right for everybody else. There is a significant difference between IE 7 and 8, though, so maybe that's what you're seeing. It's hard to say without knowing what technology you're using and the versions of the browsers you're accessing, but I'd have to say most likely you will need to edit the css manually. Have you heard of browsercam.com? That's a good way to see how a site looks in whatever OS/browser version you like.
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  • Profile picture of the author Nick Walker
    I have also tried to find an addon like firebug in IE, but i had no luck at all...
    Plus IE don't even have page seo addon like seoquake...
    IE really isn't catching up to users these days... Reckon Firefox is the best browser and instead of looking for firebug like editing for IE, i suggest using Firefox or chrome.
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  • Profile picture of the author SUPER Louie
    Hi guys,

    Please note that IE6 is also different from the higher versions. There are so much more problems with IE6. Just take a note of it because your clients might be surprised that it looks good on IE8 but terrible in IE6
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  • Profile picture of the author olakh
    Yes,I have also faced the same problem.So,You can edit the css page and modify the coding.
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    • Profile picture of the author Mr Kevin
      IE is definitely harder to work on than firefox, in my experience..
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  • Profile picture of the author Ibcontact
    Yes, you can make same look like in showing firefox browser. Just use different properties in css.
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  • Profile picture of the author mywebwork
    Internet Explorer has always been a royal pain to develop for, its lack of adherence to web standards has caused problems for web developers for years. To make it worse there is a different set of idiosyncrasies for every different version of IE, so you need to keep separate machines (or use Virtual PC or VMWare) to have a copy of IE7, 8 and 9 handy. IE6 was the worst version of them all, but the need to support that has thankfully diminished.

    There is a "LITE" version of FireBug that can run on IE.

    Firebug Lite : Firebug

    Another good tool for IE development is Fiddler:

    Fiddler Web Debugger - A free web debugging tool

    Microsoft has a guide for developers at Internet Explorer 9 Guide for Developers

    And finally, a lot of "problems" with IE are not actually the browsers fault - IE is much less forgiving of coding errors than the better browsers are. You might try running your clients site through the W3C Validator and see what errors it shows.

    The W3C Markup Validation Service

    Good luck, and try not to pull all of your hair out while you fix this!


    Bill
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    • Profile picture of the author websilog
      there's F12 or developer tools for IE for basic debugging but it's not as sophisticated as firebug.
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  • Profile picture of the author Tainted Seraphim
    Ahh, the joys of cross-browser development. So much tinkering, so much fiddling, all just to maintain a consistent look.
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  • Profile picture of the author leppozdrav
    nternet Explorer Developer tools will help you. You get it with IE 7 and above. IT comes as a plugin for lower versions! But it is not as good as firebug or tools that comes with chrome!!
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