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IE8 Security Part VII: ClickJacking Defenses
As we planned Internet Explorer 8, our security teams analyzed the common attacks in the wild and...
Author: ieblog Date: 01/27/2009
Microsoft submits thousands more CSS 2.1 tests to the W3C
The Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate is the last major IE8 testing milestone. It indicates that...
Author: ieblog Date: 01/27/2009
Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate Now Available
We're excited to make the IE8 Release Candidate available today for public download today in 25...
Author: ieblog Date: 01/26/2009
Yes, we did...
…notice this yesterday while running the Windows 7 Beta: If you open the newly redesigned...
Author: ieblog Date: 01/21/2009
January Chat with the Internet Explorer team on Thursday
Join members of the Internet Explorer team for the first Expert Zone chat of 2009 this Thursday,...
Author: ieblog Date: 01/19/2009
Accessibility: Improved ARIA Support in the IE8 RC
Hi, my name is Tony Ross and I’m one of the Program Managers for Internet Explorer. As JP...
Author: ieblog Date: 01/16/2009
Completing Access Control support for XDomainRequest
Back in October, Sunava described changes that we made to the XDomainRequest (XDR) object in IE8...
Author: ieblog Date: 01/14/2009
Responding to Change: Updated Getter/Setter Syntax in IE8 RC 1
As a Program Manager, I love to write feature specifications (that’s a job description...
Author: ieblog Date: 01/13/2009
IE8 in Windows 7 Beta
The Windows 7 Beta includes a beta of Internet Explorer 8. I say “a beta” because IE8 in...
Author: ieblog Date: 01/10/2009
The Internet Explorer 8 User-Agent String (Updated Edition)
As announced in February 2008, Internet Explorer 8 sends an updated user-agent string when...
Author: ieblog Date: 01/09/2009
IE8 Blocker Toolkit Available Today!
We believe IE8 helps make browsing the web faster, easier, safer and more reliable. To help our...
Author: ieblog Date: 01/06/2009
Happy New Year!
Cheers!The IE Team
Author: ieblog Date: 12/31/2008
IE Team Chat Schedule
After a great turnout this year, we are continuing our monthly online Expert Zone chats with the IE...
Author: ieblog Date: 12/29/2008
IE December Out-of-Band release
Internet Explorer is releasing an out-of-band update available via Windows Update. Alternatively,...
Author: ieblog Date: 12/17/2008
The CSS Corner: Alternate Style Sheets
As publishing and layout standards for web documents, HTML 4.01 and CSS 2.1 define relatively few...
Author: ieblog Date: 12/16/2008
New Accessibility Features in IE8
Hi, my name is JP Gonzalez-Castellan and I’m the Accessibility Program Manager for IE8. The IE...
Author: ieblog Date: 12/10/2008
IE December Security Update Now Available
The IE Cumulative Security Update for December 2008 is now available via Windows Update....
Author: ieblog Date: 12/09/2008
Compatibility View Improvements to come in IE8
The next public update of IE8 (for Windows Vista- and Windows XP-based operating systems as well as...
Author: ieblog Date: 12/03/2008
IE8 at Add-On Con in Mountain View
A few of the startups building browser Add-Ons have organized the first ever Add-On Con, to take...
Author: ieblog Date: 12/02/2008
IE8: What’s After Beta 2
The announcement of IE8 Beta 2 started an important and public phase of the product development...
Author: ieblog Date: 11/19/2008
November Chat with the IE Team on Thursday
Join members of the Internet Explorer team for the last Expert Zone chat of 2008 this Thursday,...
Author: ieblog Date: 11/11/2008
Hot off the Press: CodeFocus on IE8!
In preparation for the Professional Developers Conference, the IE team recently authored some...
Author: ieblog Date: 10/30/2008
More on Internet Explorer 8 and IP Licensing
When Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 launched in March, I wrote a post describing the permissive...
Author: ieblog Date: 10/22/2008
Ending Expressions
Design criteria such as standard compliance, performance, reliability and security framed the design...
Author: ieblog Date: 10/16/2008
IE October Security Update Now Available
The IE Cumulative Security Update for October 2008 is now available via Windows Update....
Author: ieblog Date: 10/14/2008
October Chat with the IE Team on Thursday
Join members of the Internet Explorer team for an Expert Zone chat next Thursday, October 16th at...
Author: ieblog Date: 10/09/2008
Updates for AJAX in IE8 Beta 2
Sunava Dutta here, a program manager focused on improving AJAX in the browser! Now that Internet...
Author: ieblog Date: 10/06/2008
IE8 Group Policy
Hi. In previous posts I talked about the IE8 IEAK and new event logging for IE8 in the Application...
Author: ieblog Date: 10/02/2008
Statistical Validation of the IE8 XSS Filter
Greetings, I’m Russ McRee of Microsoft’s Online Services Security & Compliance...
Author: ieblog Date: 09/29/2008
Application Compatibility Logging in IE8
The latest Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) release, ACT 5.0.5428.1080 is publicly available...
Author: ieblog Date: 09/23/2008
The IE8 IEAK
Hi, my name is Jatinder Mann and I work on the Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) and Group...
Author: ieblog Date: 09/22/2008
Hello, World: Getting Started with IE8 Visual Search
Author: ieblog Date: 09/18/2008
What’s New for IE8 Search
Hello World! I’m Sharon Cohen, Program Manager for Search in Internet Explorer 8. If...
Author: ieblog Date: 09/15/2008
The IE8 Smart Address Bar Part II: A Few More Features
In an earlier post, we introduced the new IE8 Smart Address Bar dropdown functionality. Now we...
Author: ieblog Date: 09/12/2008
Introducing the IE8 Developer Tools JScript Profiler
Hello! I am Sameer Chabungbam, one of the Program Managers on the JScript Team. The recently...
Author: ieblog Date: 09/11/2008
The IE8 Smart Address Bar Without Windows Search
As mentioned in the first post on this topic, the IE8 Smart Address Bar works better with Windows...
Author: ieblog Date: 09/11/2008
Introducing the IE8 New Tab Page
Hello everyone! One of the features we improved in IE8 is the ‘new tab’ page, which is...
Author: ieblog Date: 09/10/2008
Native JSON in IE8
As you may have guessed from the title of this post, Internet Explorer 8, as of Beta 2, offers...
Author: ieblog Date: 09/10/2008
The IE8 Smart Address Bar Part 1: Navigate Easier and Faster
For Beta 1, we discussed some of the technical improvements (like domain highlighting, multi-line...
Author: ieblog Date: 09/09/2008
What’s New in JScript for IE8 Beta 2
One of the key themes for IE8 is developer productivity. IE8 Beta 1 improved developer productivity...
Author: ieblog Date: 09/09/2008
Microsoft CSS Vendor Extensions
As you may know, all browsers have a set of CSS features that are either considered a vendor...
Author: ieblog Date: 09/08/2008
Platform Improvements for IE8 Beta 2
We’ve been sharing plenty about the work we’ve done in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 for...
Author: ieblog Date: 09/08/2008
September Chat with the IE Team on Thursday
Join members of the Internet Explorer team for an Expert Zone chat next Thursday, September 11th at...
Author: ieblog Date: 09/05/2008
Developer Tools in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2
In March I wrote about the Developer Tools in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 and outlined three key...
Author: ieblog Date: 09/03/2008
IE8 Security Part VI: Beta 2 Update
Now that Beta 2 has released, I want to provide a short update on some of the smaller security...
Author: ieblog Date: 09/02/2008
Trustworthy Browsing with IE8: Summary
Back in June, Dean Hachamovitch kicked off a series of blog posts explaining how the IE team...
Author: ieblog Date: 08/29/2008