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IE8 Installation: the User is in Control
As a follow-up to my prior blog post about Automatic Update/Windows Update distribution that began...
Author: ieblog Date: 05/01/2009
Security Intelligence Report Volume 6
The sixth edition of the Security Intelligence Report (SIR), Microsoft’s semi-annual report on...
Author: ieblog Date: 05/01/2009
Accelerator Categories
The idea behind Accelerators has always been to reduce the distance between services and the...
Author: ieblog Date: 04/29/2009
Recent Changes to IE Content on MSDN
Do you read about Internet Explorer and related technologies on MSDN? We’ve recently...
Author: ieblog Date: 04/23/2009
Customization in IE8
I am a user interface tester on the Internet Explorer team and one of my favorite things about any...
Author: ieblog Date: 04/20/2009
April Chat with the Internet Explorer team on Thursday
Join members of the Internet Explorer team for an Expert Zone chat this Thursday, April 23rd at...
Author: ieblog Date: 04/20/2009
IE April Security Update Now Available
The IE Cumulative Security Update for April 2009 is now available via Windows Update or Microsoft...
Author: ieblog Date: 04/14/2009
ECMAScript, Fifth Edition Candidate Specification Announced
Yesterday was a significant milestone in the web’s continuing evolution—the announcement...
Author: ieblog Date: 04/10/2009
Prepare for Automatic Update distribution of IE8
In January we blogged about our plan to distribute IE8 via Automatic Update/Windows Update (for...
Author: ieblog Date: 04/10/2009
Handling script errors from three different perspectives
For the past several months, I’ve had the unique pleasure of helping to diagnose a variety of web...
Author: ieblog Date: 04/08/2009
Missed MIX, Catch The Content Online
For those of you who didn’t make it to MIX, I wanted to take a quick minute to point out that the...
Author: ieblog Date: 04/01/2009
Compatibility View List and IE8 RTW
I’ve blogged about the Compatibility View features included in Internet Explorer 8 a few times...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/30/2009
Accelerator Spotlight
Accelerators are a robust and customizable way of bringing you closer to the services you use most....
Author: ieblog Date: 03/27/2009
IE8 Security Part IX - Anti-Malware protection with IE8’s SmartScreen Filter
Over the last year, we’ve published two posts about how the IE8 SmartScreen® filter helps...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/25/2009
IE team Chat Wednesday, FireStarter event Thursday
Just a quick reminder that we’ve got two great opportunities for you to interact with the IE...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/24/2009
What’s new in JScript for IE8
During Beta1 and Beta2 pre-releases of IE8, we’ve blogged about the performance optimizations...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/24/2009
RE: IE8 Beta Feedback
Thank you to everyone who has provided the IE Team with feedback on IE8. Your dedication to making...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/23/2009
More Web Standards Tests Submitted to the W3C
Internet Explorer 8 represents a leap forward in support for web standards. We believe that IE8 has...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/20/2009
RTM Platform Changes
Hi, I’m Kris Krueger, the Test Lead for the developer platform in Internet Explorer. When we...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/20/2009
Internet Explorer 8 Final Available Now
Today we’re excited to release the final build of Internet Explorer 8 in 25 languages. IE8...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/19/2009
IE8 Firestarter event on March 26th
While the team continues getting ready for Mix09 coming up this week, we wanted to let you know...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/17/2009
IE Chat Rescheduled
The March IE Chat will be rescheduled for March 25th at 10:00AM PST/18:00 UTC. A significant number...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/16/2009
Site Compatibility and IE8
Reports of broken sites are an important part of the feedback the IE team receives from the...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/12/2009
Web Slice and Feed Authentication – Developer Guidelines
Hello, my name is Amy Adams and I’m a Lead Software Design Engineer in Test on Internet...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/11/2009
More IE8 Extensibility Improvements
We’ve made a few improvements to our extensibility model in IE8 RC1 based on feedback...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/10/2009
Change in Toolbar Management
Internet Explorer 8 now allows users to more easily manage their toolbars and add-ons. Feedback from...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/09/2009
Internet Explorer 8 at MIX09
Mix09 is just around the corner, approaching quickly. I’m really excited to get back to Vegas...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/06/2009
Create a dynamic Web Slice in 5 minutes
Web Slices are a cool new feature in Internet Explorer 8! With Web Slices, users can add little...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/03/2009
Why am I seeing this dialog?
Internet Explorer 8 has a new feature that keeps you in control of your search engine default, by...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/02/2009
IE8 videos on Channel 9
Myself as well as some other people from the team recently sat down with Charles Torre from Channel...
Author: ieblog Date: 02/26/2009
Rescheduled: February Chat with the Internet Explorer team
The February Expert Zone Chat has been rescheduled for Tuesday, February 24th at 10:00AM PST/18:00...
Author: ieblog Date: 02/20/2009
The CSS Corner: Using Filters In IE8
Opacity. Gradients. Drop shadows. Long before CSS proposals for Transitions and Transforms, Internet...
Author: ieblog Date: 02/19/2009
Apologies for the Expert Zone chat problems this morning
Sincere apologies for the trouble we had this morning with the IE chat. A problem in the tool...
Author: ieblog Date: 02/19/2009
Just The Facts: Recap of Compatibility View
We’ve said a lot about our approach to website compatibility in general and the Compatibility...
Author: ieblog Date: 02/16/2009
February Chat with the Internet Explorer team on Thursday
Join members of the Internet Explorer team for an Expert Zone chat this Thursday, February 19th at...
Author: ieblog Date: 02/15/2009
Thank You IE8 Beta Testers
As we've now entered the last major phase of our product cycle, we’d like to thank everyone...
Author: ieblog Date: 02/12/2009
I found a web page that doesn't work, now what?
We’ve previously blogged about Compatibility View; this post is a follow-up on compatibility...
Author: ieblog Date: 02/10/2009
IE February Security Update Now Available
The IE Cumulative Security Update for February 2009 is now available via Windows Update....
Author: ieblog Date: 02/10/2009
IE8 Security Part VIII: SmartScreen Filter Release Candidate Update
Hello, I'm Alex Glover and I'm the test owner of the SmartScreen Filter in Internet Explorer 8. The...
Author: ieblog Date: 02/09/2009
Compatibility List FAQ
A few weeks back, we announced Compatibility View improvements available in the Release Candidate...
Author: ieblog Date: 02/06/2009
Suggested Sites & Privacy
The IE8 feature Suggested Sites helps you discover related sites that can be helpful to get more...
Author: ieblog Date: 02/05/2009
Personalize IE8 through Services
One of the things that I learned from working on IE is that there are common patterns of how users...
Author: ieblog Date: 02/03/2009
Birth of a Security Feature: ClickJacking Defense
Hi, my name is Kymberlee Price, and I recently joined the Internet Explorer team as a Security...
Author: ieblog Date: 02/02/2009
Overview of Platform Improvements in IE8 RC1
This is one of my favorite times in the product cycle. IE8 is platform complete and as we get closer...
Author: ieblog Date: 01/29/2009
User Experience Changes since Beta 2
Since the release of Internet Explorer 8 beta 2, we’ve listened, watched and learned a lot...
Author: ieblog Date: 01/28/2009