Giorgio Sardo Blog : IE8

IE8 and HTML 5

gisardo — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:34:49 GMT

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,...(read more)

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)

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)

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)

Internet Explorer 8 at MIX

gisardo — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:32:40 GMT

IE8 is back! As we announced last week at MIX , Internet Explorer 8 RTW has been released. You can download it for Windows Vista, Windows XP or Windows Server here: http://www.microsoft.com/ie If you missed the Lap Around IE8 session at MIX 09, you can...(read more)

Internet Explorer is back!

gisardo — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 03:53:35 GMT

This year I have the pleasure to present the A Lap Around Internet Explorer 8 session at MIX . In this session, you’ll hear the inside story behind the development of Internet Explorer 8. We’ll show you how to develop innovative user experiences with...(read more)

MIX News and Twitter Web Slice, Session and Speaker Visual Search

gisardo — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:05:23 GMT

The MIX website has been IE’fyed! :) If you go to http://2009.visitmix.com/ (using Internet Explorer 8 of course ;), you will notice two new user features: 1) You can subscribe to the news from MIX and see at any time the news, the tweets going on around...(read more)

IE8 RC1 Download Available

gisardo — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:21:18 GMT

Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1 is finally available! In order to get started with all the news, I suggest you to: Download and Try it ! Read the official IE Team announcement Go to the updated portal at http://msdn.com/ie for tons of developer...(read more)