14 DAY TRIAL // Every webmaster tests web pages in various browsers in order to validate them or to understand how certain elements are rendered. There are many web services or desktop applications that allow anyone to create, test and compare various aspects regarding the design features of web pages. In many situations, web browsers add-ons help you gain time when you study the web pages' structure.
Almost every web browser's functionality can be extended through add-ons, providing you an improved browsing experience. In case of the Internet Explorer web browser, there are available many commercial or free add-ons from Microsoft website Windows Marketplace.
Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar provides you many features that will help you in your web development projects. It is very easy to install and use. This toolbar will offer you many options to understand the web page design elements and to solve common errors that can come up in web pages rendering. After you install this toolbar, visualize it by selecting from the main Internet Explorer menu View -Explorer Bar - IE Developer Toolobar.
You can outline various page elements, such as table cells, tables, images, DIV elements, images and more. This add-on will help you also understand the DOM (document object model) of any web pages. You will be able to modify documents directly from web browser, removing certain elements with a few mouse clicks. The web page's validation services are also integrated. You are allowed to validate individual or multiple web pages properties, such as HTML, CSS, feeds, links and accessibility. You can also change the browser size corresponding to another resolution.
By combining all these options and web browser customization methods, you will simplify the testing techniques for your web pages and the validation report accuracy will be increased, because there are analyzed more influencing factors (standalone or combined) over the page rendering, loading speed and more.