Chrome and Firefox have supported AVIF images for some time now, and it is my understanding that Edge is based on Chromium, which caused me to assume that it too would support AVIF images.
However, I just tested an AVIF dependent application in Edge Version 110.0.1587.46, in Windows 10, and none of the AVIF images are being displayed.
I stopped using Internet Explorer due to its slow implementation of modern web standards (many years ago). Today, I give Edge a chance to redeem "the company that provides it", and it appears that even though it is based on Chromium, the offering still fails to implement modern web standards.
Why aren't AVIF images supported in Edge, given that Edge is based on a browser that does indeed support AVIF images?
As of October 2021, the AVIF image file format support was introduced in Google Chrome 85 and Firefox 93 versions. If your browser is currently on a newer version than one of these it also will be supported. Microsoft Edge isn’t currently supported, but since the new Microsoft Edge uses the same Chromium Engine it won’t be long until support is rolled out. However, there is an AV1 Extension add-on available to download on the Microsoft Store (https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/av1-video-extension/9MVZQVXJBQ9V?hl=en-us&gl=us&activetab=pivot%3Aoverviewtab). This provides support on Windows 10 devices and Edge if installed.
PS:
In Edge Canary 112, Microsoft is testing adding support for the AV1 Image File Format (AVIF) in the browser.
Command-line flag: --enable-features=msEdgeAVIF
Just to answer your question regarding Windows 11 Edge. Edge has the same "latest version" on both Windows 10 and Windows 11. However, .avif pics are also not supported on Windows 11 Edge.
The lack of support for .avif in Edge is by design, out of compatibility concerns or something. AV1 Video Extension from Microsoft Store is used to enable you to view .avif pics on Microsoft Photos App, but won't affect Edge.
Good news is, as #D A has said, the Dev Team is testing to add support for .avif in Edge Canary.
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To leverage the latest web technologies in our applications it is good to know the status of features (like when using caniuse.com) and also the roadmap of major web browsers.
I happened to see this page which shows the roadmap for Chrome web browser.
Is there something equivalent for other major browsers like Firefox, Safari, Edge and so on?
The MDN repository "contains compatibility data for Web technologies as displayed on MDN"
Can I use "provides up-to-date browser support tables" for Web technologies and features
ECMAScript compatibility tables provides status of ECMAScript support like caniuse
HTML5TEST lets you know how well your browser supports HTML5
WHAT WEB CAN DO TODAY is something like HTML5TEST
Browser Platform Status Tracker tracks engine features
Google Chrome roadmap and features (includes in-development etc)
Firefox implementation and standardization roadmap (seems to have been abandoned)
See Firefox Specification Positions instead
Microsoft Edge platform status
Safari webKit feature status
Opera (same as chrome)
See Learn how browsers are working together to make it easier to build for the web
See Interop 2022 Dashboard
Note that Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Opera are all Chromium-based browsers that use Blink browser engine.
Thanks to this GitHub gist for its help.
Need to work on an older website that supports IE 8 and IE 9 but I am using a tool that only captures websites running on IE 11. So I have IE 11 but if i turn on compatibility mode, the capturing tool does not recognize the website therefore cannot capture website controls.
I need help with anything that can help render the website in IE 11 without changing the browser back to IE 8.
Microsoft offers virtual machine downloads on their website here: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/
There's IE8 up to IE11, these virtual machines are limited to 90 days (but you can start fresh afterwards). This unfortunately means there's no seamless integration with your current OS and developer tools.
I am supporting a web based application in an enterprise. I currently require Chrome, which the enterprise supports through using the Chrome Legacy Browser Support plugin to force an automatic switch. Now that they have updated their Windows 7 machines to Internet Explorer 11, some users are asking that the application be allowed to run on Internet Explorer 11.
For now, the JavaScript frameworks I use (along with Babel) are compatible with IE11, but what happens in the years to come?
I've seen no mention from Microsoft that says anything is coming after IE 11. In fact they say that nothing will come to Windows 7. With JavaScript now being updated each year (ES2015, ES2016, ES2017, etc.), how
does Microsoft plan to keep IE 11 up to date?
Will we be forced to support an increasingly "crufty" IE11? Will we be stuck with Internet Explorer 11 in enterprises till 2020 (the end of the Windows 7 lifecycle)?
With JavaScript now being updated each year (ES2015, ES2016, ES2017, etc.), how does Microsoft plan to keep IE 11 up to date?
They're not going to. As of 2015, Internet Explorer 11 will no longer be receiving any new features or platform bug fixes. Only security updates will be provided to IE11 from here on out. Going forward, Microsoft Edge is the new browser and Windows 10 is the new platform.
See the FAQ for more details.
Will we be forced to support an increasingly "crufty" IE11? Will we be stuck with Internet Explorer 11 in enterprises till 2020 (the end of the Windows 7 lifecycle)?
If a significant portion of your userbase consists of Windows 7 and 8.1 users, then you'll probably have to continue supporting IE11 if your users aren't using other browsers.
Having said that, IE11 isn't going to get any more "crufty" than it already is. It's going to continue falling behind as technology marches on, but with IE, what you see is what you get. You can pretty much rely on platform bugs and missing features remaining as they are and develop workarounds for them as appropriate. The behavior of IE11 isn't going to change in the foreseeable future, which also means that legacy sites that work with it today will continue to work provided they remain unchanged (e.g. won't be updated with new technologies). So there's a silver lining for you.
I know this was asked a year ago but I thought there might be some developments since then. I'm looking for a browser that has support for HTML5 localStorage or Google Gears for the Windows Mobile 6.5 platform. I know Gears is no longer being developed but IMO is still relevant if HTML5 localStorage has not yet hit the WM6 platform. I've tried:
Dorothy browser
Webkit based. Some sites suggest supports localStorage but I've tested on a WM 6.5 emulator and didn't work - maybe only for Android version.
Opera Mini for WM 6.5
Looks like may have some HTML5 support but no localStorage.
Opera Mobile 10
No HTML5 localStorage.
Opera Mobile 9.5beta2
No localStorage but Google Gears local database works (emulator). Problem is it's beta and officially doesn't exist according to Opera - no downloads available, I found it as a forum attachment. Also Opera have announced no more releases for WM.
Internet Explorer Mobile 6
No HTML5 localStorage but Google say it supports Gears, however gears.google.com tells me my browser is unsupported (using emulator), although I believe the useragent is identical to that of a physical WM 6.5 IEMobile6 device.
It seems that Google Gears is supported only up to version 6.0 of Windows Mobile, it is marked unavailable for both IE and Opera (10.0) under Windows Mobile 6.5. I've found no link for Opera 10.5 download for WM, and as for 11, Opera announced it will no longer develop for WM.
The site www.zetakey.com is claiming a HTML5 windows mobile/CE browser. Has anyone tried it? Going to give it a go on a Windows CE device (even though they recommend that it is not for end-users on that platform).
It looks like there's a beta build of Opera Mobile 11, which does have localStorage, for Windows phones: http://labs.opera.com/news/2011/03/22/ (it's not clear which version of the Windows OS it means though).
I am interesting: whether Windows Phone 7 will support HTML5 web sites or not? As I know IE on PC supports it only with Google's plugin :D What do you know about Windows Phone 7 internet browser "features"?
Thank you!;)
From like 10 press releases in aug:
Microsoft says that there is no plan currently to bring HTML 5 support to Internet Explorer Mobile. The mobile browser, which has been re-written for the next-generation operating system, is based in large part off of the desktop editions of Internet Explorer 7 and 8; Internet Explorer 9 for Windows does support HTML 5.
It's a bummer and hopefully they will shoehorn ie9 in there, but for now don't count on it.
One link from MSDN:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsphone7series/thread/4233a7b5-6b70-4318-96f1-6683e2c38c03
Where the picture gets sllightly nuanced is that the Mobile IE team have announced that they've implemented some new features in terms of CSS tags andJavaScript functions, so while the base browser model is IE 7.0 there'll be some extras (see here). Hopefully they'll add more over time.
IE 7 Mobile is what has made it onto the v1 product.
You might be aware already that IE9 desktop is leading the way for IE with HTML5 compliance.
It would be nice (and perhaps logical) if an update to IE on the phone sees IE9 brought across, but I haven't seen an official confirmation of this direction at the moment.