Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Compatibility Microsoft http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Compatibility http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/compatibility Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/compatibility en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:01:42 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:01:42 GMT Rev9 7 1 25 Checking In: Gov Maharaj - Shimming the World, Dreaming in Assembly Gov Maharaj is a developer on the Windows Compatibility team. You know Gov from the popular C9 show, Defrag. He spends most of his time solving problems reported by customers over the phone, in email, or via automated telemetry data. Gov is one of those people who makes work-a-holics feel as though they aren't working hard enough. Gov works ALL the time. He's one of the most prolific posters on a few of our internal Windows-specific email discussion lists, helping folks with coding issues or troubleshooting hard-to-figure-out Windows errors reported by customers. From a code perspective, Gov spends most of his time reading and writing assembly, but he does dabble in the higher level stuff like C and C++. Gov's team is in the business of writing effective compatibility shims for Windows code, ensuring code will run as expected (if possible) across versions of the OS. You'll learn a lot about this art in this conversation.

This is a great episode of Checking In with Erik Meijer -> Classic Channel 9! Thank you, Erik and Gov, for an excellent conversation.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Checking-In-with-Erik-Meijer/Checking-In-Gov-Maharaj-Shimming-the-World-Dreaming-in-Assembly Gov Maharaj is a developer on the Windows Compatibility team. You know Gov from the popular C9 show, Defrag. He spends most of his time solving problems reported by customers over the phone, in email, or via automated telemetry data. Gov is one of those people who makes work-a-holics feel as though they aren't working hard enough. Gov works ALL the time. He's one of the most prolific posters on a few of our internal Windows-specific email discussion lists, helping folks with coding issues or troubleshooting hard-to-figure-out Windows errors reported by customers. From a code perspective, Gov spends most of his time reading and writing assembly, but he does dabble in the higher level stuff like C and C++. Gov's team is in the business of writing effective compatibility shims for Windows code, ensuring code will run as expected (if possible) across versions of the OS. You'll learn a lot about this art in this conversation. This is a great episode of Checking In with Erik Meijer -> Classic Channel 9! Thank you, Erik and Gov, for an excellent conversation. Tune in. 3840 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Checking-In-with-Erik-Meijer/Checking-In-Gov-Maharaj-Shimming-the-World-Dreaming-in-Assembly Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:55:14 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Checking-In-with-Erik-Meijer/Checking-In-Gov-Maharaj-Shimming-the-World-Dreaming-in-Assembly Charles Charles 21 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Checking-In-with-Erik-Meijer/Checking-In-Gov-Maharaj-Shimming-the-World-Dreaming-in-Assembly/RSS Compatibility Erik Meijer Microsoft Personalities Windows Solve Browser Display Problems http://www.msdn-online.de/besserweb

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We explain how you can solve browser display problems and we provide tips, tricks and valuable resources for webmasters, web developers and web designers. We are answering questions like „My site isn’t working right, how can I fix it today?“ or „Standards by default, what does that mean?“ ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/lorigros/Solve-Browser-Display-Problems Here is a video about how you can solve browser display problems and the Microsoft BesserWeb initiative.  http://www.msdn-online.de/besserwebMore about the video...We explain how you can solve browser display problems and we provide tips, tricks and valuable resources for webmasters, web developers and web designers. We are answering questions like „My site isn’t working right, how can I fix it today?“ or „Standards by default, what does that mean?“ 291 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/lorigros/Solve-Browser-Display-Problems Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:33:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/lorigros/Solve-Browser-Display-Problems Lori Grosland Lori Grosland 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/lorigros/Solve-Browser-Display-Problems/RSS Compatibility CSS Explorer HTML Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Internet Explorer 8 Meta-Tag Rendering Issues Webbrowser Website doesn't work We explain how the internet works and provide tips and tricks for using browsers ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/TheOliver/We-explain-how-the-internet-works-and-provide-tips-and-tricks-for-using-browsers We explain how the  internet works, what a browser is and what you should be aware of when using it, why the display of websites can differ in different browser and we share tips and tricks regarding the use of a webbrowser ...and we also answer the most important of all questions: why Lukas‘ aunt takes her nephew’s laptop away, even though he was being good. 292 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/TheOliver/We-explain-how-the-internet-works-and-provide-tips-and-tricks-for-using-browsers Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:33:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/TheOliver/We-explain-how-the-internet-works-and-provide-tips-and-tricks-for-using-browsers Oliver Scheer Oliver Scheer 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/TheOliver/We-explain-how-the-internet-works-and-provide-tips-and-tricks-for-using-browsers/RSS Browser Compatibility CSS de-de Explorer HTML Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Internet Explorer 8 Meta-Tag Rendering Issues Webbrowser Webseite doesn't work We explain how you can solve browser display problems ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/TheOliver/Besser-Web-English-Version We explain how you can solve browser display problems and we provide tips, tricks and valuable resources for webmasters, web developers and web designers. We are answering questions like „My site isn’t working right, how can I fix it today?“ or „Standards by default, what does that mean?“. 291 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/TheOliver/Besser-Web-English-Version Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:13:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/TheOliver/Besser-Web-English-Version Oliver Scheer Oliver Scheer 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/TheOliver/Besser-Web-English-Version/RSS Browser Compatibility CSS de-de Explorer HTML Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Internet Explorer 8 Meta-Tag Rendering Issues Webbrowser Webseite doesn't work .NET Framework++: Moving Forward and Staying Compatible with the Past learned a good deal about the next version of the CLR here on Channel 9. One of the things that is top of mind for engineers who create and consume the .NET framework (CLR + BCL) is compatibility with previous versions. In fact, much like security, compatibility is something that is front and center during feature design meetings: "Will this break an application that depends on the version we're updating?". The question is easy to understand, but extremely difficult to answer without extensive testing, implementation refinements, extensive testing, implementation refinements... In some cases, due to impossible compatibility requirements, new features do not see the light of day. It's just part of the business, part of the dance of software evolution in the context of real world customers who depend on current iterations of .NET.

Here, we meet some of the folks who spend a great deal of time ensuring that the compatibility bar is met, breaking changes are isolated and communicated and bridging the gap between dreaming up new features and not breaking old ones. This is a very hard job and often does not receive the credit it deserves (well, at least from the outside looking in). Principal Test Manager Alain Raitt, Program Manager Preeti Kurup, and Program Manager Lead Mike Downen share with us the challenges and opportunities of compatibilty, the advances in the state of the art of compat testing and future directions. Much thanks to you three and the legions of engineers who ensure that the next versions of .NET remain as compatible as possible with older versions. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/NET-Framework--Moving-Forward-and-Staying-Compatible-with-the-Past You've recently learned a good deal about the next version of the CLR here on Channel 9. One of the things that is top of mind for engineers who create and consume the .NET framework (CLR + BCL) is compatibility with previous versions. In fact, much like security, compatibility is something that is front and center during feature design meetings: "Will this break an application that depends on the version we're updating?". The question is easy to understand, but extremely difficult to answer without extensive testing, implementation refinements, extensive testing, implementation refinements... In some cases, due to impossible compatibility requirements, new features do not see the light of day. It's just part of the business, part of the dance of software evolution in the context of real world customers who depend on current iterations of .NET. Here, we meet some of the folks who spend a great deal of time ensuring that the compatibility bar is met, breaking changes are isolated and communicated and bridging the gap between dreaming up new features and not breaking old ones. This is a very hard job and often does not receive the credit it deserves (well, at least from the outside looking in). Principal Test Manager Alain Raitt, Program Manager Preeti Kurup, and Program Manager Lead Mike Downen share with us the challenges and opportunities of compatibilty, the advances in the state of the art of compat testing and future directions. Much thanks to you three and the legions of engineers who ensure that the next versions of .NET remain as compatible as possible with older versions. 2316 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/NET-Framework--Moving-Forward-and-Staying-Compatible-with-the-Past Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:58:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/NET-Framework--Moving-Forward-and-Staying-Compatible-with-the-Past Charles Charles 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/NET-Framework--Moving-Forward-and-Staying-Compatible-with-the-Past/RSS .NET .NET Framework CLR 4 Compatibility Visual Studio 2010 Inside IE 8 RC1 with Dean Hachamovitch and Jason Upton IE team General Manager Dean Hachamovitch and IE Test Manager Jason Upton sit down with me to discuss the significance of today's IE 8 RC1 release. What did the IE team learn from the Beta 2 release? What changes did they make in response to customer feedback? Will the IE team still take and act upon fedback now that RC1 is here? With so many browsers on the market today how does IE remain competitive and maintain marketshare? No conversation on IE can be complete, of course, without talking about the web platform and standards so we go there....

Of course, you can expect this discussion to continue at MIX09 (and you'll be a key participant in the conversation with Dean and team in Vegas).

See the IE Blog for more detailed info on what's in IE8 RC1.

Tune in. This is a great conversation with two key leaders behind and in front of IE (Dean is the all up team leader (as you know by now given how many times you've seen him on C9 and at various conferences) and Jason is responsible for overall product quality (he owns the stuff you seldom see or hear about - software testing)). ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Inside-IE-8-RC1-Overview-with-Dean-Hachamovitch-and-Jason-Upton IE team General Manager Dean Hachamovitch and IE Test Manager Jason Upton sit down with me to discuss the significance of today's IE 8 RC1 release. What did the IE team learn from the Beta 2 release? What changes did they make in response to customer feedback? Will the IE team still take and act upon fedback now that RC1 is here? With so many browsers on the market today how does IE remain competitive and maintain marketshare? No conversation on IE can be complete, of course, without talking about the web platform and standards so we go there.... Of course, you can expect this discussion to continue at MIX09 (and you'll be a key participant in the conversation with Dean and team in Vegas).See the IE Blog for more detailed info on what's in IE8 RC1.Tune in. This is a great conversation with two key leaders behind and in front of IE (Dean is the all up team leader (as you know by now given how many times you've seen him on C9 and at various conferences) and Jason is responsible for overall product quality (he owns the stuff you seldom see or hear about - software testing)). 2227 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Inside-IE-8-RC1-Overview-with-Dean-Hachamovitch-and-Jason-Upton Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:34:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Inside-IE-8-RC1-Overview-with-Dean-Hachamovitch-and-Jason-Upton Charles Charles 49 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Inside-IE-8-RC1-Overview-with-Dean-Hachamovitch-and-Jason-Upton/RSS Compatibility CSS Dean Hachamovitch Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 8 Jason Upton MIX09 Performance Reliability Testing Web standards IE 8: Compatibility and Versioning
I wanted to find out exactly how this new compatibility mechanism works in IE 8 and discuss the complex issue of backwards compatibility and its impact on innovation with IE 8 Program Manager Scott Dickens. Scott is very passionate about compatibility (in fact his thinking up and prototyping ideas about IE 8 compatibility began as a side project which, not surprisingly, turned into a full time job for him).

Tune in and learn about how IE 8 compatibility mode works and learn why it works the way it does. Of course, being Channel 9, this conversation unfolds in a natural way and we dig into related topics as well (like JavaScript compatibility versus HTML/CSS compatibility, standards compliance and other interesting topics). ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/IE-8-Compatibility-and-Versioning As software evolves so to does the need for newer software to remain compatible with older versions. In the case of IE the notion of backwards compatibility is quite daunting and of supreme importance to the IE team. Consider the millions of web pages that were written to run successfully in older versions of IE. The latest incarnation of IE, IE 8 Beta 2, has a very useful compatibility feature that enables developers and users alike to run IE 8 in a mode that won't break pages that work in IE 7. It's as simple as pressing a button. Unlike IE 8 Beta 1, instructing IE to render a page in Compatibility mode does not require a browser restart. This is very cool indeed.I wanted to find out exactly how this new compatibility mechanism works in IE 8 and discuss the complex issue of backwards compatibility and its impact on innovation with IE 8 Program Manager Scott Dickens. Scott is very passionate about compatibility (in fact his thinking up and prototyping ideas about IE 8 compatibility began as a side project which, not surprisingly, turned into a full time job for him). Tune in and learn about how IE 8 compatibility mode works and learn why it works the way it does. Of course, being Channel 9, this conversation unfolds in a natural way and we dig into related topics as well (like JavaScript compatibility versus HTML/CSS compatibility, standards compliance and other interesting topics). 2186 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/IE-8-Compatibility-and-Versioning Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:06:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/IE-8-Compatibility-and-Versioning Charles Charles 3 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/IE-8-Compatibility-and-Versioning/RSS Compatibility Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 8