I'm testing a web site on symbian_belle_sdk_1.0 emulator, but the installed browser version is too old for me. Alerting the userAgent returns me "NokiaBrowser 7.4.2.4". Is there a way to update the browser to "NokiaBrowser 8.3.1.4" or any other way to test with newer NokiaBrowser?
I have never heard about upgrading browser in emulator, but for other ways to test it: first is, of course, real device. And second option is Remote device access.
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As I understand, as Windows XP support was officially dropped, the newest versions of SSL certificates used in certain websites cannot be accessed by Chrome and IE on WinXP due to incompatibility. However, Firefox apparently still does support Windows XP and can access those websites freely.
I don't quite understand how the SSL certificates compatibility works, how is it possible that on Chrome and IE it requires you to switch to a new OS altogether but that's not needed when just using a different browser? Why can't a simple community developer just create a "patch" for Chrome and IE if Firefox can support them? What's the connection between the browser and the OS? Where do I draw the line?
OK, so looking at the example of mpql.net, we start with the SSL Labs analysis.
The problem appears to be that the server only supports elliptic curve cryptography (the various TLS_ECDHE_xxx suites) and, according to the MSDN articles Secure Sockets Layer Protocol and TLS Cipher Suites, Windows XP doesn't include any of the elliptic curve protocols. This is not related to the certificates per se, but to the way the web server is configured.
Firefox still works because it uses its own cryptographic library rather than using the SSL support built into Windows. Of course, if you were using a version of Firefox as old as Windows XP is, it probably wouldn't work either. :-)
Solution for this problem in XP is installing KB3055973-v3 that adds support for TLS 128-bit & 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cipher suites.
Google for this solution and beware it is natively for English OS version, otherwise you need to modify the installation files.
Note that I installed "Windows Embedded POSReady 2009" before.
certain websites cannot be accessed by Chrome and IE on WinXP due to incompatibility. However, Firefox apparently still does support Windows XP and can access those websites freely.
Chrome and IE use the CA store of windows while Firefox uses it's own independent store.
Why can't a simple community developer just create a "patch" for Chrome and IE if Firefox can support them?
It might be that some developer can do it, but why should somebody invest its time to support an OS which is dead and insecure just to support browsers which are no longer supported (Chrome will drop support end of 2015). If you feel this needs to be done anyway just do it. Otherwise, drop XP or at least use Firefox with it.
Although I cant say im 100% correct I believe ssl has everything to do with the browser and not much to do with the actual operating system. So I ran into an issue where the very opposite from what you are asking. A client was on a windows 7 machine and needed to access time warner business email through chrome but couldn't because of a SSL issue. The problem was that Chrome dropped support for the older version of SSL and so her options where use IE or Firefox or downgrade and hope chrome doesn't force its self to update. Microsoft is wanting users to upgrade so of course they are not going to keep IE up to date and google isn't going to support an outdated operating system. Firefox is open source so it makes sense that people would keep the browser compatible with as many devices as possible. Hope this helps.
Is there any way to do this by running a WP8 emulator in a virtual machine? I would really like to publish WP8 apps but I need to do some testing and don't want to pay to upgrade to the pro version of windows. Thanks for any help you can give.
Currently there is no solution for this. You have to have a emulator or a device to test the app and testing on a device is mandatory now. There used to be Nokia Remote Device Access but it is deprecated now. http://developer.nokia.com/resources/remote-device-access
Short answer is no.
Windows Phone emulator needs hardware virtualization features (enabled in BIOS) and only the pro version is capable of using them (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_8_editions search for hyper-v).
You can find some reference here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/ff626524%28v=vs.105%29.aspx
Can't find an answer to this anywhere.
We have a prototype PhoneGap app that we deploy to Android devices. Using Chrome Developer tools we can debug it using the normal tools edit CSS etc and it will change the display on the device.
This is all great but I was wondering is there a way to use the screencast tool that displays your phone screen within developer tools for a phonegap app. From what I can tell it on;y seems to be able to pick up sites open in Chrome on the android device.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Ashley
Screencasting of WebViews is not supported at this time.
Maybe it's not exactly what you are looking for, but it helped me when troubleshooting:
Depending on the toolset you are using, you can try to access your local webserver on your development machine from the chrome browser on your android device. For this to work, the phone must be in your network (Wi-Fi).
I'm developing a PhoneGap app using Visual Studio and configured my environment to allow access from remote computers, see this blog post.
I also ran this command for my 'web site', found on the blog of Scott Hanselman:
C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express>IisExpressAdminCmd.exe
setupFriendlyHostnameUrl -url:http://yourcomputername:555/
Finally I was able to use the Screencasting feature, using the chrome browser from android.
Except that I was not able to use hardware features such as NFC, using the app via the browser felt the same.
For other environments, the procedure to enable remote access should be similar.
Martin
I decided to start developing for Windows Phone, downloaded Visual Studio 2013 with Windows Phone SDK and in finishing window installer said that I can`t use emulator because of not SLAT-compatible computer. What should I do?
I found Windows Phone 8 Emulator on non-SLAT Machines and now I ask Is it really a solution:
It works, but not on Windows 8. Windows 2012 server uses hyper-V version without requirement of SLAT.
So:
Windows Server 2012 trial (i use Developer version).
Installed on physical device - not on VM.
Install slat-less feature Hyper-V. Standard WP8SDK.
And voila. It worked like a charm. And it's kinda fast. First emulator on list in VS loads about 30 sec. More advanced take longer but not much. Deploying is instant. Give it a try if youre not to buy phone or new computer :)
Yes it's possible to develop apps on a machine without SLAT. It is not, however possible to run the emulator (in any kind of supported manner) on such machines.
It is possible to develop without an emulator though. You'll just need an actual device to test on.
This shouldn't be a barrier though because even if you have an emulator you should always test on a physical device. It's just a little bit more awkward to use a physical device sometimes.
On the plus side a physical device will let you test some things that the emulator can't. e.g. proximity
But on the downside the emulator makes it easier to test other things, like location changes or how the app will look on different resolution devices.
I am a beginner HTML/CSS coder and I have noticed that the most problematic browser is IE6. Now I want to install IE6 on my computer, to be able to perform live test, but when I try to install IE6 a notification appears saying that it's not possible to install IE6 on 64bit.
Is there a way I can do it?
Try this:
IETester
You get a pseudo IE version emulation, instead of installing (downgrading) IE version
You will need a virtual machine. I know microsoft hosts a version themself. Right now the link isn't working for me but you might want to try this:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?DisplayLang=en%3e&id=11575
Also if you have an old windows xp disk you can just install virtualbox
And then install Windows XP on it.
It is not directly an answer to your question but if you want to test various different Internet Explorer versions you may use a tool like IE Tester:
http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage
You may test IE5.5 up to 10 with this single application.
Microsoft provide virtual machines for testing specific versions of Internet Explorer. This page has all the links and information you need.
You could start off by writing one simple Selenium script and test your website immediately in all browsers.
For example on http://testingbot.com you can run your browser test on all browsers at once.
This way you're not only testing ancient browsers, but also the newer ones.
If you don't want to bother setting up a VM, you can use a service like Sauce Lab's scout. It's free service, though you have to register an account. I've used it for quick testing of designs on older browsers:
https://saucelabs.com/docs/scout/getting-started
(It actually spins up a VM in the cloud and gives you limited remote control).
ie6 is dying and almost dead... meanwhile, you can maybe install virtual xp machine and get ie6 there for test...
also, there's Adobe browser lab with all existing browsers...
There's a VirtualBox image with Internet Explorer 6 in it available here:
http://www.npackd.org/p/xp-ie6-virtualbox/2014.10.27
You can download VirtualBox here: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads