IE 9: Standards and Interoperability

Posted By: Charles | Nov 18th, 2009 @ 9:22 AM | 66,381 Views | 39 Comments
The IE team is busy working on the next version of the world's most popular browser. IE 8 is the most widely used browser on Windows. IE 9 is currently in the oven and the IE team is ready to talk about what they're working on. Here, IE GM Dean Hachamovitch introduces some of the key advances his team is making and leads us through the halls of IE (literarally) to learn from the engineers who are building the future of IE. John Hrvatin and Kris Krueger talk to us about where they are with improvements in IE 9's interoperability and standards support.
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#Nov 18th, 2009 @ 10:06 AM
figuerres
figuerres
???

Charles:  you have a link up there in the summary that is no good.

#Nov 18th, 2009 @ 10:41 AM
F1LT3R
F1LT3R
WTF!>?

What about the Microsoft's agreement at the W3C re: the Canvas?

 

"We are resolved to close ISSUE-15 immediate-mode-graphics by accepting requirement for immediate mode graphics API & canvas element."   Chris Wilson - Microsoft

#Nov 18th, 2009 @ 10:57 AM
Charles
Charles
Welcome Change

Fixed! Thanks for catching that. Smiley
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#Nov 18th, 2009 @ 12:45 PM
ceejayoz
ceejayoz

A video on standards and interoperability that runs on Silverlight? Really?

#Nov 18th, 2009 @ 12:57 PM
JoeWebArchitect
JoeWebArchitect

Until Charles comments upon Canvas, SVG, DOM Events, HTML5, etc, this is just another Orwellian exercise.  So come on,  welcome some change, and tell us what's really going on?  

 

I am counting down to being officially ignored, my comment deleted, our being given a polite non-answer.  What will it be? 

#Nov 18th, 2009 @ 1:10 PM
mocha0range
mocha0range

I agree wholeheartedly with ceejayoz. Silverlight? Really?

 

You guys aren't even trying to look like you're backing up what you're saying anymore. "We support web standards and believe in interoperability! Check out our totally proprietary alternative to flash, which is also totally proprietary!"

#Nov 18th, 2009 @ 1:14 PM
Charles
Charles
Welcome Change

Click on the Media Download link on the right side of the player section (lower right) and choose the format that works for you. The inline player is Silverlight, but we have supported multiple formats for a long time now. Is the link not obvious enough?

#Nov 18th, 2009 @ 1:14 PM
GetIntHis
GetIntHis

Webkit. Everyone else is doing it for a reason.

#Nov 18th, 2009 @ 1:15 PM
salmonmoose
salmonmoose

Interestingly the Silverlight include doesn't even work correctly (under Windows 7 no less), the first time I visited the page, it just downloaded the video (Incidentally, it's a WMV which is again a closed standard no one wants).

 

No, the download link is not very clear, and could do with some open formats so I don't have to play games to play WMVs.

 

Oh, and "Most Used" != "Most Popular" popular things don't enjoy a constant, rapid decline in use.

 

Killer Acid 3 score by the way Wink

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