Giorgio Sardo Blog

IE8 and Web Standards

gisardo — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:04:00 GMT

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...(read more)

IE9 super-fast and super-standard

gisardo — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:41:18 GMT

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...(read more)

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

gisardo — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:06:41 GMT

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,...(read more)

Back from Australia and New Zealand: Thanks!

gisardo — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:29:00 GMT

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...(read more)

ASP.Net Controls for IE8 released!

gisardo — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:36:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Most Secure Browser: Internet Explorer 8

gisardo — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:26:01 GMT

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...(read more)

Windows 7 E

gisardo — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:25:04 GMT

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...(read more)

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

gisardo — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:25:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Glue and IE8

gisardo — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:01:22 GMT

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...(read more)

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

gisardo — Sat, 02 May 2009 01:47:00 GMT

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...(read more)

How to detect IE8 using JavaScript (Client side)

gisardo — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:12:00 GMT

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....(read more)

IE8 New Features Developer Guide

gisardo — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:18:58 GMT

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...(read more)

Internet Explorer 8 Free Virtual Labs

gisardo — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:32:00 GMT

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...(read more)

MSN Video IE Accelerator Tutorial

gisardo — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:14:00 GMT

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...(read more)

The History of the web video

gisardo — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:06:43 GMT

If you missed the funny Internet Explorer 8 video at MIX, you can watch it again here …together with a funny collection of…well, you will see :-) Technorati Tags: IE8 , Internet Explorer 8 , Funny...(read more)