Dave Massy's Blog

Congrats to my old team on shipping IE8 . Although my IE focused days are behind me it's great to see the team has put out such a great version. The security improvements and commitment to web standards stand out as major achievements along with performance...

It’s time I started blogging here again on a more regular and frequent basis. I’m working on Windows Embedded, which is the embedded version of desktop Windows. This is not the same as Windows CE which is targeted at smaller devices of different...

One of the people I share an office with (yes I share an office with a couple of others as we have a space crunch but the office does have plenty of windows) - Luca Amapane, has just had a paper published on www.WindowsForDevices.com on Migrating Windows...

Tech-Ed continues this week with " IT Week ". Last week was " Dev Week ". I'm back in redmond now after being at dev week in Orlando. If you are at Tech-Ed this week then drop by the Windows Embedded area, learn more about the products and give the team...

Welcome to my blog. I work as a Technical Evangelist on Longhorn here at Microsoft specialising in the new presentation subsystem known as Avalon. I plan to post occasionally here about Longhorn and although I can't promise to post daily I will try...

http://channel9.msdn.com/ These guys have been working on this for a few months and finally the site is launched. Congrats to that team. I've just been on the periphery of this but it is esciting to be able to show the human side of the many people...

I'll be at TechEd in Orlando June5th to June 10th. If you are there I'll be around the Windows Desktop Cabana most days and I'm giving a talk on Internet Explorer on the Friday morning so drop by and say hi. Just so you know in advance I'll not be discussing...

We've got a job opening for a writer on the Internet Explorer team. Lot's of other job openings for IE as well. Just head over to http://members.microsoft.com/careers/default.mspx and search for the job that might be right for you. It's a great place...

I just did a quick chat interview with James Proud. Take a look at http://www.jamesproud.com/index.php?id=24 It was rather fun doing it over MSN Messenger although it did take a little time as I kept getting interrupted by pesky meetings :)

It's a busy day today. I made a mention in an article at http://news.com.com/Microsoft+advises+IE+users+to+uninstall+Netscape+8/2100-1032_3-5721852.html Of course the headline is slightly alarmist but all good stories have a headline that will drag you...

I'm in Orlando at TechEd. I spent a little of yesterday sitting in the Windows Desktop Cabana which is an area where the Microsoft experts hang out and attendees can drop by to ask questions. Drop by and say hi if you are here, there is a sign on a table...

Jeremy Mazner has posted a job opening for a technical evangelist on his blog with a focus on IE. This could be a really exciting role as we work on IE7 and beyond to deliver a 21st century browsing experience. As I've said before here we know we have...

Over on the IE team blog we have just posted a couple of details about some work in IE7. I was very very happy to see the checkins for the peekaboo and guillotine bugs go through the other day.

Standards are important and there's yet another debate going on over at http://digg.com/tech_news/IE7_is_basically_non_compliant_with_CSS_web_standards with some interesting statistics presented about the amount of CSS and HTML implemented in IE. Chris...

It's time for the IE team Expert Zone chat again on Thursday March 9th at 10:00AM PST. These chats take place every month and members of the IE team are on hand to discuss the product and answer your questions as best they can. Come and join us if...

I just spotted that the keynotes from Mix are now available online at http://blog.mix06.com/virtualmix/archive/2006/04/07/2354.aspx It includes the keynotes from both Bill and Dean Hachamovitch the General Manager of IE. It looks like the link to Dean...