Giorgio Sardo Blog

IE8 and HTML 5

2009-11-30T03:34:49Z

In the previous post, I showcased the Microsoft commitment to an open and interoperable Web by rendering Web pages in their standards-compliant mode by default. We also understand that developers want to build richer Web experiences with great interoperability, so we started delivering support for some of the features from the HTML 5 Working Draft. This specification is still a work in progress; very important technical discussions are continuing in the W3C HTML Working Group on many subjects. In...(read more)

IE8 and Web Standards

2009-11-30T03:04:00Z

In my previous posts , I mentioned my trip around the world. In this and the next few posts, I’d like to share a few demos and resources from my presentations. Test cases to improve interoperability I will start with the IE Testing Center , where you can find over 7,200 test cases we contributed to the W3C ; these tests cover the CSS 2.1 specification in depth, plus a few other specs from other W3C Working Groups. Because there are ambiguities, options, and misinterpretations in any specification,...(read more)

IE9 super-fast and super-standard

2009-11-18T18:41:18Z

PDC, Los Angeles. 11/18 of a sunny morning. Steven Sinofsky, Windows President of Microsoft Corp, showed some of the commitments and the work in progress for Internet Explorer 9. Check out his video here . Or, if you are interested to know more details from the IE team, watch the new Channel 9 videos or read the blog post from the IE General Manager, Dean Hachamovitch. What about IE8? As soon as I’m back to my office, I’ll share some demo and tool of the many HTML 5 and web standards features already...(read more)

UK, Germany and PDC: Catch me if you can!

2009-11-04T13:06:41Z

The IE roadshow continues, as I’m again travelling around UK, Germany and PDC in November. This will be a great chance to hear some “European feedback” - I’m looking forward to reporting back to the product team! ;-) Here’s a calendar of the events: London, 04 Nov 18:00: Edge User Group (aka Vista Squad ) – web standards Berlin, 10 Nov: (Tech Ed) Interview with the MVP Konstantinos Pantos on his experience building IE8 scenarios using the Facebook API Berlin, 10 Nov: (Tech Ed) Performance Deep dive...(read more)

Back from Australia and New Zealand: Thanks!

2009-09-29T04:29:00Z

In the last weeks I had the pleasure to travel to Australia and New Zealand and spend some time with the local communities of web developers, designers, enthusiasts, students…to talk about Internet Explorer 8, HTML 5, Web Standards, Developer Tools, Expression Super Preview, Fiddler and much more… I have to admit I’ve been very impressed by the level of enthusiasm coming from all the venues I’ve been at: Tech ED Gold Coast , Tech Ed Auckland , MSDN Unplugged , Auckland Web Meetup , Auckland and Victoria...(read more)

ASP.Net Controls for IE8 released!

2009-09-24T22:36:00Z

I’m happy to announce we just released a Web Application Toolkit for Internet Explorer 8 ! The goal of this Web Application Toolkit is to leverage the new features in Internet Explorer 8 (Web Slices, Accelerators and Visual Search Providers) to extend the reach of your Web site and services also to those users that are not on your site. The kit include sample projects and the following controls: ASP.NET Web Slice control : Enabling users to subscribe to your content directly within a Web page ASP.NET...(read more)

Most Secure Browser: Internet Explorer 8

2009-08-13T01:26:01Z

NSS Labs , a trusted advisor to the information security community, released today two new Web Browser Security Reports: Malware Report Phishing Report They’ve been testing intensively the latest browsers (Apple Safari 4, Google Chrome 2, Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, Mozilla Firefox 3* and Opera 10 Beta)** to compare their security models and APIs. Note that Internet Explorer 8 relies on the new SmartScreen® Filter technology, while Firefox, Safari and Chrome on the same SafeBrowsing API (developed...(read more)

Windows 7 E

2009-07-13T23:25:04Z

If you are working in Europe and you are using the WebOC or WebBrowser control in your applications, you should not be worried at all! Most of the applications will “just work” on the E versions of Windows 7. For a more detailed Q&A, check out this post on the Windows 7 blog . Windows 7 is going to be an amazing release ! :-)...(read more)

IE8 Web Slice and Silverlight (e.g. Imagine Cup)

2009-06-29T09:25:00Z

7/21/09 - UPDATE: Added Source Code (see bottom) With Internet Explorer 8 it’s easy to build Silverlight Web Slices; great examples of this are the OneRiot Today’s Hottest Video or MIX 09 Web Slice . But…how does it work? Let’s have a look to the “ Imagine Cup Web Slice ”, just uploaded to the IE Gallery . The slice has been written by Sergei Golubev , one of the most brilliant (ex-) Microsoft Student Partner around the world! You can install it here . I think the architecture is very interesting,...(read more)

Glue and IE8

2009-06-15T04:01:22Z

Adaptive Blue recently released the Glue Toolbar for Internet Explorer 8 . Glue helps you discuss things you are interested in with your friends around the web; it connects conversations, recommend new books, music or movies to your friends…and reveal what things users are paying attention to as they browse the web. This is how Alex , one of the mind behind this very sophisticated architecture, commented the development of Glu: “This is seriously, one of the most challenging projects in my...(read more)

H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) Web Slice step-by-step

2009-05-02T01:47:00Z

Creating Web Slices is extremely easy and fast, and at the same time it can provide amazing results. In this post I will show how the Swine Flu Web Slice has been created (in less then one hour!). The full project with source code is provided at the end of this post. Before starting, you need a website (unless you already have one). For the sake of this scenario, we will use Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition to create an ASP.Net Web Application. Step 0: Define the Architecture IE8...(read more)

How to detect IE8 using JavaScript (Client side)

2009-04-15T04:12:00Z

A question I’ve been asked recently is “How can I detect IE8 using JavaScript?”. There are several ways to accomplish this task, and each one will have his pros and cons. In this post I will show the best practices to detect IE8 on real world scenarios. If you have any feedback or you would like to suggest an alternative method, please feel free to add a comment to this post. Detect the IE rendering engine In the past, the Version Token (the token of the User Agent string which looks like “MSIE 7.0”)...(read more)

IE8 New Features Developer Guide

2009-04-09T05:18:58Z

You’ve seen the new IE8 features on a website , on a video , on the IE Gallery , on Channel9 , on a blog , on your friend’s pc …and you are interested to build your own version? Here’s a few links to start! Web Slices Accelerators Visual Search Developer Guide Authenticated Web Slices Developer Guide XML Template Developer Guide More info available here . Technorati Tags: IE8 , Web Slices , Accelerators , Visual Search...(read more)

Internet Explorer 8 Free Virtual Labs

2009-04-04T01:32:00Z

Internet Explorer 8 brings a lot of new features to web developers. Check out these free Virtual Labs if you want to know more! Virtual Lab Manual Building Web Slices with Internet Explorer 8 Preparing for Internet Explorer 8- Application Compatibility Using Accelerators and Web Slices in the Enterprise with Internet Explorer 8 Creating Accelerators In Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 8 - Debugging and Application Compatibility Internet Explorer 8 Improved Programmability Using New AJAX Enhanced...(read more)

MSN Video IE Accelerator Tutorial

2009-04-03T09:14:00Z

You’ve probably already seen how Internet Explorer 8 Accelerators allow you to perform searches very quickly on the web. What about going one step ahead, showing a video preview instead of a “plain text” result? Check out the result! A- Add the MSN Accelerators Add MSN Video Accelerator B – Test it here :-) Hello World Dream Theater Metallica Bon Jovi Bill Gates Roberto Benigni Back to the future Ask a ninja C – Look and download the code Now that you’ve seen the accelerator in action, let’s have...(read more)