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IE 9.0.1 Available via Windows Update
The June 2011 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer is now available via Windows Update....
Author: ieblog Date: 06/14/2011
More Control over Flash Cookies with IE
Internet Explorer now gives you more control over the data that Web sites store on your computer....
Author: ieblog Date: 06/10/2011
Making Tracking Protection Lists Available From Your Web Site
Any site can offer Tracking Protection Lists (TPLs) to help consumers protect their privacy. This...
Author: ieblog Date: 06/07/2011
Join us for BUILD
Join us this September 13-16 in Anaheim, California for Microsoft’s first BUILD conference....
Author: ieblog Date: 06/06/2011
SmartScreen® Application Reputation in IE9
Social-engineering attacks, like tricking a user into running a malicious program, are far more...
Author: ieblog Date: 05/17/2011
Unlocking the power of HTML5
Sounds form the background of our life. Today the HTML5 <audio> element enables Web developers...
Author: ieblog Date: 05/13/2011
Staying in Control of Your Default Search Provider
One of our guiding principles in Internet Explorer is to keep users in control of their browser....
Author: ieblog Date: 05/12/2011
Galactic: Building a 3D Solar System with HTML5
Last November, we released the Galactic test drive alongside IE9 Platform Preview 7. This test drive...
Author: ieblog Date: 05/06/2011
CSS3 Gradients in IE10 Platform Preview 1
We are extremely excited to be able to provide vendor-prefixed support of CSS3 Gradients in Internet...
Author: ieblog Date: 05/04/2011
Deleting “Flash Cookies” Made Easier
If you follow Web Privacy issues, you’ve probably heard about “Flash Cookies.” In...
Author: ieblog Date: 05/03/2011
ActiveX Filtering for Developers
When we introduced ActiveX Filtering with the IE9 Release Candidate, we focused on delivering a...
Author: ieblog Date: 05/02/2011
IE9 Compat Inspector
With IE9 now released, we want you to serve IE the same markup as you do for other browsers, and...
Author: ieblog Date: 04/27/2011
IE9 Release Now Available in Japan
The final Internet Explorer 9 is now available for download in Japanese at www.beautyoftheweb.jp....
Author: ieblog Date: 04/25/2011
Add-ons and IE Reliability
Third-party software (such as add-ons) causes many of the crashes you experience in IE. From an...
Author: ieblog Date: 04/25/2011
Thoughts on when to use Canvas and SVG
HTML5 Canvas and SVG are two exciting graphics features introduced in IE9. Both were covered in...
Author: ieblog Date: 04/22/2011
IE Feedback: Looking Back, Forging Ahead
IE9 users significantly impacted the engineering process and product with high quality, high value...
Author: ieblog Date: 04/20/2011
The IE10 User-Agent String
We recently announced IE10 Platform Preview 1. Aside from some exciting new features, this platform...
Author: ieblog Date: 04/15/2011
IE10 Platform Preview and CSS Features for Adaptive Layouts
The first platform preview of IE10 contains many new CSS3 features all developed as implementations...
Author: ieblog Date: 04/14/2011
April 2011 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer Now Available
The April 2011 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer is now available via Windows Update....
Author: ieblog Date: 04/13/2011
Getting the Most from IE9 and Your GPU
Over the past year, Internet Explorer 9 went from a technology platform preview to final release for...
Author: ieblog Date: 04/01/2011
A More Compatible IE9, Through Your Feedback
Throughout IE9, we have written about how users and developers expect browsers to be compatible with...
Author: ieblog Date: 04/01/2011
Hotmail on the Taskbar
Hotmail just got even better when run on IE9. Today, Hotmail added email notifications to its pinned...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/31/2011
Browser Power Consumption—Leading the Industry with Internet Explorer 9
Power consumption is an important consideration in building a modern browser and one objective of...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/28/2011
IE9’s Document Modes and JavaScript
Internet Explorer 9 standards document mode enables the same markup and same script to work across...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/24/2011
Updates to Add-on Performance Advisor
The Add-on Performance Advisor helps you stay in control of your browsing experience with add-ons....
Author: ieblog Date: 03/23/2011
SmartScreen® Application Reputation – Building Reputation
With the Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) beta in September we introduced IE9's new application reputation...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/22/2011
User Experiences: An Insight into Our Design Process
We wrote about the critical role your feedback plays in helping us refine Internet Explorer. We also...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/21/2011
A Web Standard Quickly: W3C Navigation Timing reaches Candidate Recommendation
Sometimes Web standards can converge quickly. The W3C standard for Navigation Timing started about...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/18/2011
Preparing Your Site for IE9
As we have blogged about many times, one of our top goals for IE9 is enabling developers to utilize...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/18/2011
Internet Explorer 9 Network Performance Improvements
The browser’s networking subsystem is a crucial component for delivering a high-performance...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/17/2011
HTML5 Video Update—WebM for IE9
Today IE9 can play HTML5 video in both the industry-standard H.264 format and the newer WebM format....
Author: ieblog Date: 03/16/2011
IE9 Release Globally Available for Consumers and Businesses
The final, consumer-ready Internet Explorer 9 is available for download starting at 9:00 PM PDT at...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/14/2011
Web Tracking Protection: Minimum Standards and Opportunities to Innovate
In this blog post, we discuss why Microsoft strongly supports self-regulation, how the final version...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/14/2011
SVG Open 2011: Where SVG meets the Web
SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) is a key aspect of HTML5, bringing W3C-standard DOM-based vector...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/12/2011
Internet Explorer 9 Security Part 3: Browse More Securely with Pinned Sites
The Pinned Sites feature introduced in IE9 Beta is a great way to integrate your favorite sites into...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/11/2011
Safer and Faster Downloads in IE9
IE9’s download notification bar helps you focus on your browsing and keeps downloads out of your...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/10/2011
Internet Explorer 9 Security Part 2: Protection from Socially Engineered Attacks
As Eric introduced in his post earlier this week, Internet Explorer offers layered defenses to...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/10/2011
Blogging IE9: A Year in Review
With the IE9 final release just ahead, we want to recap the last year or so of blogging with an...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/09/2011
Comparing Hardware Accelerated SVG across Browsers with Santa’s Workshop
Internet Explorer 9 fully hardware-accelerates the entire Web platform. Different browsers take...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/08/2011
Internet Explorer 9 Security Part 1: Enhanced Memory Protections
Internet Explorer offers layered defenses to protect against and mitigate each of three major...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/07/2011
jQuery 1.5.1 Supports IE9
Last week the jQuery team announced the release of jQuery 1.5.1. This is a bug fix release to jQuery...
Author: ieblog Date: 03/02/2011
ActiveX Filtering for Consumers
ActiveX Filtering in the IE9 Release Candidate gives you greater control over how Web pages run on...
Author: ieblog Date: 02/28/2011
Web Tracking Protection: An Emerging Internet Standard that Helps Protect Consumers from Tracking
Today, the W3C has accepted and published Microsoft’s member submission for an Internet...
Author: ieblog Date: 02/24/2011