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Running The IE VPC’s on other VPC Hosts?

Posted Wednesday, September 09, 2009 11:34 AM by PeteL

I’ve had a few people email me, or email the IE blog to ask about running the IE VPC’s on other VPC hosts than Microsoft VPC so I figured I’d post this to my blog. I don't think anything has changed in the images since we've started producing them back Read More...

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Filed under: share, ie, IE6VPC, IE8

Testing Multiple IE Versions, VPC’s and Super Preview

Posted Monday, July 20, 2009 11:40 AM by PeteL

It’s been almost 2 years now since we first shipped the Internet Explorer testing VPC’s so that you could test IE6 and at the time IE7 on the same machine. We understand the need for people to test IE6, IE7 and IE8 on the same machine, and remain Read More...

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Filed under: share, web design, Internet Explorer, IE6VPC, xWeb, IE8

TechEd09 - Top 10 Mistakes Made By Web Developers

Posted Monday, May 18, 2009 1:59 PM by PeteL

I consider myself a developer more than a designer. In fact, I’m pretty bad at web design. I know what looks nice, and I know what doesn’t work well, but I’m not so good at creating kick butt designs. So, at TechEd last year, I presented “Top 10 Mistakes Read More...

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Filed under: share, conferences, Internet Explorer, IE8

Attachment(s): WUX04-INT.pdf

Running Multiple Versions Of IE On The Same Box

Posted Monday, April 27, 2009 9:27 AM by PeteL

There are applications out there that will put IE4/5/6/7/8 on the same machine and let you switch between the different versions of IE, but there are a couple of problems with this. I typically describe this type of situation as a Frankenbuild. Read More...

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Filed under: Microsoft, share, ie, IE8

Setting X-UA-Compatible with ASP.NET Pages

Posted Wednesday, April 15, 2009 8:47 AM by PeteL

I got an email today asking about the best way to go about adding the X-UA-Compatible tags on ASP.NET pages where you’ve got a master page, and may want to over ride the X-UA-Compatible tag in some content pages, but not others. After playing around with Read More...

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Filed under: Code Samples, share, ie, web design, Internet Explorer, IE8

Top 10 Web Mistakes [From TechEd EMEA]

Posted Friday, November 14, 2008 8:20 AM by PeteL

I just finished presenting my last session of TechEd EMEA for 2008 and I'm sad to be leaving! But, hopefully I'll get another chance next year. My last session was a repeat of "Top 10 Web Mistakes" and I said I'd post some of the sites that I showed during Read More...

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Filed under: Microsoft, share, conferences, web design, IE8

IE For Developers at Web 2.0 Expo

Posted Tuesday, September 23, 2008 11:21 AM by PeteL

Here's the slide deck from my session at Web 2.0 Expo last week. I cut out a few things in order to get it to fit in the 50 minute slot they allotted me, so it's kind of short, if you're looking for full details, check out the deck from Fronteers as it Read More...

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Filed under: share, ie, Internet Explorer, presentations, IE8

Attachment(s): IE8DevOverview.pdf

Fronteers Session

Posted Friday, September 12, 2008 4:27 AM by PeteL

Here's the deck that I presented today at Fronteers 2008. Seems like people got something out of it, and was told by a couple of people that "wow, I have nothing to complain about any more"! Love it! Read More...

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Filed under: share, ie, presentations, IE8, #fronteers2008

Attachment(s): IE8atFronteers.pdf

"IE8" and VPC's

Posted Wednesday, December 05, 2007 4:16 PM by PeteL

Two quick notes that I wanted to get out there. IE8. Yep, it officially has a name now. Check out the post from Dean on the IE blog. I've uploaded the new VPC images and am just waiting for them to propagate through the severs, now. Read More...

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