Microsoft has made another step further in the development of the Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar, and has announced the immediate availability for download of the Beta 3 version of the product. The enhancements introduced with this release are designed to increase usability and to lend a helping hand to designers to troubleshoot issues on their pages.

"You'll notice some changes to the user interface. There is now a single button on the IE command bar that allows the user to quickly toggle on and off the bottom panel which then gives easy access to all the features. After discussions with a number of web developers we decided that having the menus only available in the bottom panel made sense for most scenarios, so the toolbar at the top has been removed to avoid duplication of commands and the loss of screen real estate that entails," revealed Dave Massy, Senior Program Manager adding that Microsoft has also modified the panel menus in order to boost functionality.

You are able to see the revamped user interface of the IE Developer Toolbar Beta 3 in the adjacent screenshots. You will be able to see that Beta 3 now delivers quick access to the toolbar's common tasks via the "Select Element by Click", "Refresh", "Clear Browser Cache" and "View Element Source" buttons integrated in the interface on the left hand side.

"Another new feature is the ability to view the source of the original page, currently rendered version of the page or the selected element from the View menu. You can also choose to view the source of the selected element combined with the styles that currently are affecting it. You'll see that the source is colored for the syntax. In the installation directory for the toolbar at Program FilesMicrosoftInternet Explorer Developer Toolbar you'll find a vs_styles.css files where you can edit the values for the colors if you wish to adjust them," added Massy.

The IE Developer Toolbar Beta 3 also introduces Style Tracer, enabling users to locate the style sheet rules for particular elements. Additionally, the CSS Selector Matches in the View menu displays all the CSS rules and their effects on a page.

Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar Beta 3 was tested by Softpedia as being 100% Clean and is available for download here.