Internet Explorer 8

In the new version of Internet Explorer, IE8 (still in beta), there’s a new feature called “accelerators.” With accelerators, you can get easy access to online services like email, search, maps, eBay, Encarta, facebook, Digg, StumbleUpon, and so much more all from the web page you’re on – no need…

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…

The web developer community is curious to know what’s new for JScript in IE8. In this show,  the JScript Evangelist, Janakiram MSV interviews the program managers who own the key JScript features. The JScript team is based out of IDC in Hyderabad. We own the scripting engine for IE8 &…

Tim Heuer a program manager for Microsoft Silverlight and published author, has just created a new accelerator (formerly known as an “activity”) for IE8 Beta 2: the TinyURL Accelerator. His accelerator will be especially handy for anyone who makes use of this popular URL-shortening service.  In…

In the tech world, “unboxing” videos have surged in popularity over the years as recording and uploading video to the web became easier than ever for anyone to do. As soon as a gadget geek gets their hands on the latest shiny new contraption, a video of them carefully unwrapping and unboxing the…

The IE team recently announced the availability of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, the latest iteration of the upcoming browser which is now available for download from www.microsoft.com/ie8. This new version of IE features several new improvements and changes, but we decided to list our favorites…

IE 8 Beta 2 is now available! John Hrvatin, Program Manager of Internet Explorer Developer Tools sits down with me to discuss at a high level the new additions to IE 8's developer tools (aka Dev Tools). These include JavaScript performance profiling, CSS profiling and formatting exploration. …

The search features of IE8 have really changed the way I work.  One of the coolest new features is Visual Search, which is kind of like search suggestions, but more awesome. Check out this quick screen capture to see Visual Search in action.  A bunch of sites already support Visual…

When you navigate your browser to website A is website A the only site you're visiting? IE 8 Beta 2 is almost out of the oven. Given this, we of course want to find out all about it straight from the horse’s mouth, so to speak. Enter General Manager of Team Internet Explorer, Dean Hachamovitch,…

Recently, Allison Burnett, Program Manager for IE, posted to the IE Team Blog that they were looking for more beta testers to help them work out the kinks in the new browser. According to her post, she mentions that IE8 Beta 2 is “right around the corner" as she invites anyone interested in…