Test the Web Forward

re: Test the Web Forward

Alan — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:12:44 GMT

@ieblog thanks for the clarification. Needless to say this isn't very clear especially when it's in the IE developer documentation.

May I suggest that it be rephrased to:

"This method/property is not available in _compiled_ applications running in Windows Metro UI - however it is still available in IE10 running in Metro mode"

Some clarity would have avoided all this.

I do find it funny though that instead of fixing prompt(); to make it work properly Microsoft just decided to get rid of it - very classy.

re: Test the Web Forward

ieblog — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:57:47 GMT

@Nolan: Let me amend my previous replies. The methods (except prompt()) are available in Metro style Internet Explorer but not Metro style apps. The MSDN documentation note "This method is not supported for Metro style apps using JavaScript" specifically refers to Metro style apps (those you build and install from the store), not Web sites viewed in Metro style Internet Explorer. Metro style apps have alternate means of interacting with the user that result in a more consistent Metro style experience.

re: Test the Web Forward

ieblog — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:37:48 GMT

@Nolan: The only one that doesn't work on a test page I have here is prompt(). I'm told that's by design.

I'm testing with Windows 8 Release Preview; perhaps the others didn't work in the Consumer Preview. Anyway, I'll inform MSDN about the need to correct the documentation. Thanks for calling it out.

re: Test the Web Forward

Nolan — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:28:54 GMT

@ieblog - please take some time to update MSDN Documentation then please - because your documentation clearly states that these methods are not available in Metro IE 10.

Quote from MSDN on the confirm method:

msdn.microsoft.com/.../ms536376%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Internet Explorer Developer Center > Docs > Internet Explorer API reference > HTML/XHTML Reference > Methods > confirm

"This method is not supported for Metro style apps using JavaScript. "

Seems pretty clear to me that these methods are no longer supported. Which methods are removed then if the MSDN documentation is inaccurate?

re: Test the Web Forward

Walter Peter — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 23:17:47 GMT

@Jens, what argument? This blog post is about IE10.. so we are NOT talking about people who will not be using IE10. IE10 will be available for Windows 7 and Windows 8. If you aren't planning to use Windows 7 or Windows 8 then you don't belong here. In conjunction to that, Windows XP and Vista users who are willing to upgrade will get Windows 8 for 40 bucks!

@Who-Cares#, What????? "They haven't changed one bit?" What kind of benchmarks can you provide to support your argument? Are you asserting technically standpoint or is just a regular whining? Your comment is stinkier than your English. You know that right?

re: Test the Web Forward

ieblog — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 21:49:44 GMT

The previous comment is inaccurate. Metro style Internet Explorer 10 does support alert(), confirm(), print(), showModalDialog(), and showModelessDialog(). As noted above, it does not support prompt(). Metro style IE does have updated prompts when user permission is needed. It also supports pinning sites to the Windows 8 Start screen.

re: Test the Web Forward

Metro IE 10 Issues — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:43:11 GMT

When was Microsoft going to announce that not only were they crippling Adobe Flash from running in Metro IE but also many standard parts of JavaScript because MSFT was too lazy to implement them?

Metro IE 10 Apps/Sites will not allow any user interaction using:

alert();

confirm();

prompt();

print();

Bug reports here: webbugtrack.blogspot.com

That means no printing, no prompted input, no confirmation, no alerts!

How does MetroIE request my permission to share my location without a notification/dialog system?

How does MetroIE request my permission to increase local storage space without a notification/dialog system?

Were you going to tell long time IE-only developers that their dialogs will no longer work because you've disabled showMod[eless|al]Dialog(); from working?

When were you going to tell us that onOffLine and onOnLine were no longer working? what about window.external? or window.clientInformation?

Pinned Sites?, Behaviors?, Favorites? - all gone!

webbugtrack.blogspot.com/.../microsoft-drops-support-for-features-in.html

The only thing you told us was that ActiveX Controls were all gone except for Flash... which you then told us wouldn't really work in Metro IE 10 anyway because you were locking it down to a whitelist of sites that we can't submit to.

Please tell me that Metro Mode (Windows 8) actually has some sort of notification system where messages can be presented (e.g. like an alert) - and if there (presumably) is one... why can't IE use it?

Metro IE is turning out to be a fairly useless browser if you need to switch to desktop IE to actually DO ANYTHING! - yeesh!

re: Test the Web Forward

Jens — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:37:54 GMT

@Zoya

That is not the argument.

Some people can´t and will use Windows 8

re: Test the Web Forward

Zoya — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:54:42 GMT

@@Zoya, last time I checked Windows 8 RP is free to download and use for 14 months. IE10 GA will come to Windows 7. Moreover, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 users will get Windows 8 upgrade for only $39,99 (windowsteamblog.com/.../upgrade-to-windows-8-pro-for-39-99.aspx).

re: Test the Web Forward

@Zoya — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:58:03 GMT

You typically need to buy four Windows licenses, because you need to test in four versions on Internet Explorer.