Accelerator (Internet Explorer)

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Accelerator
Developed byMicrosoft
Latest release
0.8
Extended fromXML
Open format?Yes, As part of Microsoft Open Specification Promise
WebsiteOpenService Accelerators Developer Guide

Accelerators were a form of

MS Office).[4]

Support for Accelerators was removed in Microsoft Edge, the successor browser to Internet Explorer.[5]

History

The "activities" icon of IE8 Beta 1.

Microsoft introduced accelerators in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 as "activities." It later renamed this to "accelerators."[citation needed]

IE8

Accelerators were included in IE8 by default as a type of add-on.

Sample Accelerator

This is an example of how to describe a map Accelerator using the OpenService Format: 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<openServiceDescription xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/openservicedescription/1.0">
  <homepageUrl>http://www.example.com</homepageUrl>
  <display>
    <name>Map with Example.com</name>
    <icon>http://www.example.com/favicon.ico</icon>
  </display>
  <activity category="map">
    <activityAction context="selection">
      <preview action="http://www.example.com/geotager.html">
        <parameter name="b" value="{selection}"/>
        <parameter name="clean" value="true"/>
        <parameter name="w" value="320"/>
        <parameter name="h" value="240"/>
      </preview>
      <execute action="http://www.example.com/default.html">
        <parameter name="where1" value="{selection}" type="text"/>
      </execute>
    </activityAction>
  </activity>
</openServiceDescription>

See also

References

  1. ^ "New and exciting features". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
  2. CNet
    Blogs. Retrieved 2007-03-05.
  3. ^ "How do I make my site 'light up' with Internet Explorer 8?". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
  4. ^ Paul Thurrott. "Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 Review". Windows IT Pro. Archived from the original on 14 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-12.
  5. ^ "A break from the past, part 2: Saying goodbye to ActiveX, VBScript, attachEvent…". Microsoft Edge Dev Blog. Retrieved 4 September 2018.

External links

Development

Wikimedia Accelerators

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