May, 2007

I'm Will Mason, and I manage the developer documentation team for Internet Explorer. We write the documentation for HTML, DHTML, CSS, WebBrowser Control , etc. that you can find in the MSDN Library. You might have noticed lately that the MSDN site has changed its domain name to MSDN2. Beginning last fall, the MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network) group has been using a new publishing tools and had to keep the content published with the old tools separate from the new. As you have probably figured...

Many of you will be attending TechEd 2007 this year, so I wanted to summarize our presence at the Event. As you know, TechEd is focused on current technology, so our sessions are focusing on unlocking the power of IE7. There are 6 breakout and 7 chalk talk sessions that you can visit to get in-depth information on Internet Explorer – and have the opportunity to interact with the members of the team. We’re also excited to have Molly Holzschlag doing a couple of sessions on Monday. If you have more...

Hi everyone, In a few weeks I'll be at TechEd 2007 in Orlando, FL, with a few other members of the IE team. I'm giving a "chalk talk" on web development tools for IE, both MS and third-party, such as Visual Web Developer Express (VWD), Fiddler, and IEWatch. The session is on Thursday, June 7, from 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM in Blue Theater 14. It'll be 95% demo and Q&A so don't worry about sitting through 75 minutes of PowerPoint. :) And for those of you who can’t make it, I��ll post a write-up of the...

After downloading the Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update for May 2007, some users have experienced an unexpected “Save File” security dialog upon launching Internet Explorer. This might occur when the “Temporary Internet Files” folder is moved to a custom location and Internet Explorer does not have appropriate access rights to the new folder location. The Internet Explorer Team is currently investigating appropriate solutions for this user scenario. For your security, we strongly recommend...

At PDC in 2005, we announced the Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar and made the first build available shortly after. Since then, we’ve released two additional betas; thanks to your testing and feedback, we’ve improved the quality and added new functionality like formatted source viewing and CSS selector matching. Today I’d like to announce that v1 of the IE Developer Toolbar is complete! Please download the toolbar and read release notes here . What’s changed since Beta 3? This release...

Good morning everyone, I am pleased to announce that the IE Cumulative Security Update for May 2007 is now available via Windows Update . Alternatively, you can receive this and all other Microsoft updates via the new Microsoft Update . I encourage you to upgrade to Microsoft Update if you haven’t already to ensure that you receive the latest updates for all Microsoft products. This update addresses 6 remote code execution vulnerabilities. For detailed information on the contents of this update...