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Hi, my name is Helen, I am a Program Manager on the User Experience team of Internet Explorer, and...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/12/2008
IE8 and Loosely-Coupled IE (LCIE)
Hi, my name is Andy Zeigler, and I’m a Program Manager on the Internet Explorer Foundations...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/11/2008
Address Bar Improvements in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1
Hey everyone, Christopher here. It’s been a while since I’ve blogged anything here (over...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/11/2008
Using The Emulate IE7 Button
For the Internet Explorer 8 Beta, we’ve added an Emulate IE7 button to the command bar. It...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/09/2008
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Developers – Standards Highlights
Dean mentioned a bunch of things we are doing in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Developers. I want...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/07/2008
Improved Productivity Through Internet Explorer 8 Developer Tools
Over the past year, I’ve written about different tools to help web developers become more...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/07/2008
The Default Layout Mode
During my talk at MIX 08, I covered more background and detail behind the new IE8 layout mode that...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/06/2008
IE8 and CSS 2.1 Testing
Since I joined the IE team at the beginning of 2007, it has become clear to me how important it is...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/06/2008
IE8 and JScript
As Dean mentioned yesterday in his post announcing the availability of the Internet Explorer 8 Beta...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/06/2008
IE8 and IP Licensing
Some of the first things users may notice in the Beta 1 release of Internet Explorer 8 are new...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/06/2008
Activities and WebSlices in Internet Explorer 8
If you’re like me, you’ve found that it’s pretty hard to keep track of all the new...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/06/2008
IE8 Beta Feedback
It’s exciting when we have a new beta to release! The launch of IE8 developer beta is a huge...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/05/2008
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Developers Now Available
This morning at the MIX conference in Las Vegas, the IE team made eight announcements about IE8. The...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/05/2008
Why Isn't IE8 Passing Acid2?
Although we said that IE8 Beta 1 passes the ACID2 test, some of you may be seeing results like the...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/05/2008
Follow IE at MIX08 From Home
MIX08 kicks off in Vegas tomorrow! We’ve got a few sessions lined up and the event opens this...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/04/2008
Microsoft's Interoperability Principles and IE8
We’ve decided that IE8 will, by default, interpret web content in the most standards compliant...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/03/2008
The RSS Platform IE8 User-Agent String
Hello! Just a quick note on some important information just posted to the RSS team blog. The RSS...
Author: ieblog Date: 02/27/2008
The Internet Explorer 8 User-Agent String
As Dean announced, a beta version of Internet Explorer 8 will be released in the first half of 2008....
Author: ieblog Date: 02/21/2008
IE Automatic Component Activation Preview #2 Now Available
The second optional preview for the Internet Explorer Automatic Component Activation is available....
Author: ieblog Date: 02/14/2008
IE February Security Update is Now Available
The IE Cumulative Security Update for February 2008 is now available via Windows Update....
Author: ieblog Date: 02/12/2008
Compatibility and IE8
In Dean’s recent Internet Explorer 8 and Acid2: A Milestone post, he highlighted our...
Author: ieblog Date: 01/22/2008
Using Frames More Securely
HTML frames (FRAMESETs and IFRAMEs) are a feature of all modern web browsers that enable content...
Author: ieblog Date: 01/18/2008
Updated: Internet Explorer 7 Deployment Guide
Back in October we released an updated version of the Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) 7....
Author: ieblog Date: 01/11/2008
Internet Explorer 8 and Acid2: A Milestone
As a team, we’ve spent the last year heads down working hard on IE8. Last week, we achieved an...
Author: ieblog Date: 12/19/2007
Post Install Issues with MS07-069 (IE6 on XPSP2)
After downloading the Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update for December 2007, some customers...
Author: ieblog Date: 12/19/2007
IE Automatic Component Activation Preview Now Available
A couple of weeks ago, we announced that an optional preview for the Internet Explorer Automatic...
Author: ieblog Date: 12/11/2007
IE December Security Update is Now Available
The IE Cumulative Security Update for December 2007 is now available via Windows Update....
Author: ieblog Date: 12/11/2007
Internet Explorer 8
Just as he was the first to talk about IE7, Bill Gates kept the tradition alive and discussed IE8 at...
Author: ieblog Date: 12/05/2007
The First Year of IE7
It’s been a little over a year since we released IE7 on Windows XP and for Windows Vista, so I...
Author: ieblog Date: 11/30/2007
Tools for Detecting Memory Leaks
Hi everyone, As many web devs know, it’s relatively easy to build a site which results in...
Author: ieblog Date: 11/29/2007
IE Automatic Component Activation (Changes to IE ActiveX Update)
Back in April 2006, we made a change to how Internet Explorer handled embedded controls used on some...
Author: ieblog Date: 11/08/2007
ECMAScript 3 and Beyond
There have been a number of blog posts recently about JavaScript developments, e.g. Gabriele...
Author: ieblog Date: 10/30/2007
URI Comparison Functions
Investigating URI parsing related issues in various products, I’ve run across many instances...
Author: ieblog Date: 10/24/2007
IE October Security Update is Now Available
The IE Cumulative Security Update for October 2007 is now available via Windows Update....
Author: ieblog Date: 10/09/2007
Internet Explorer 7 Update
Almost a year ago, we released Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP. Since then, IE7 is well on its...
Author: ieblog Date: 10/04/2007
Developing Safer ActiveX Controls Using the Sitelock Template
Last Friday, Microsoft released a new version of the SiteLock Template for ActiveX Controls. The...
Author: ieblog Date: 09/18/2007
Update to Internet Explorer's Cookie Jar
As a part of the August Cumulative Update for Internet Explorer, a small enhancement was made to...
Author: ieblog Date: 08/29/2007
Analyzing Web 2.0 Applications with Ajax View
The information published in this post is now out-of-date and contains links which are no longer...
Author: ieblog Date: 08/24/2007
IE6 and IE7 VPC Refresh Available
Just a quick blog post to let you know we’ve updated the IE6 (XP SP2) and the IE7 (XP SP2) VPC...
Author: ieblog Date: 08/20/2007
IE August Security Update is Now Available
The IE Cumulative Security Update for August 2007 is now available via Windows Update....
Author: ieblog Date: 08/14/2007
Good Practices for ActiveX Updates
One of the most important activities we do in the software industry is service our customers through...
Author: ieblog Date: 08/13/2007
New Training and Whitepaper on Internet Explorer 7 Security Now Available
A while ago I talked about Internet Explorer sessions we were giving at Tech-Ed 2007. And while it...
Author: ieblog Date: 08/09/2007
Enriching the Web Safely: How to Create Application Protocol Handlers
Over the past few days, we’ve gotten several questions from customers about how you can invoke...
Author: ieblog Date: 07/18/2007
From Microsoft TechEd 2007: Web Development Tools for Internet Explorer
The information published in this post is now out-of-date and contains links which are no longer...
Author: ieblog Date: 06/22/2007
New API Smoothes Extension Development in Protected Mode
As extension developers write their code to work in Protected Mode IE7, we’ve received some...
Author: ieblog Date: 06/13/2007
Extended Validation Guidelines v1 Released!
I’ve talked several times in the past about Extended Validation SSL certificates and how they...
Author: ieblog Date: 06/12/2007
IE June Security Update is Now Available
The IE Cumulative Security Update for June 2007 is now available via Windows Update. Alternatively,...
Author: ieblog Date: 06/12/2007
MSDN vs MSDN2: What Links to Use
I'm Will Mason, and I manage the developer documentation team for Internet Explorer. We write the...
Author: ieblog Date: 05/30/2007
What Would You Like to Learn About Web Developer Tools for IE at TechEd?
The information published in this post is now out-of-date.—IEBlog Editor, 20 August 2012Hi...
Author: ieblog Date: 05/17/2007