Microformats are cool -- more than cool -- they're about enhancing the web, representing data using HTML. Targeted at web developers and designers, Oomph makes it easier to create, consume, and style Microformats. Oomph is an amalgamation of applications: an Internet Explorer Add-in written in C++; a cross-browser HTML overlay written in JQuery; a Virtual Earth visualization that geocodes on the fly; a set of beautiful CSS styles; and more. Hear how and why we built it, as well as how you can be part of the burgeoning Microformat movement.

• Karsten Januszewski

In this talk, we take a look at the various components that contribute to deliver a high performance Javascript application. We also look at the some of the script performance tools that we can leverage to measure the performance of our application. Finally, we learn about the various improvements in the JScript engine and how you can take advantage of these improvements.

• Sameer Chabungbam
  Sameer Chabungbam is a Program Manager in the JScript team at Microsoft, where he is focussed at building tools for web developers. Earlier, he had worked on providing Javascript intellisense in Visual Studio. Recently, he worked on the JScript Profiler that shipped in Internet Explorer 8.

Users will be able to browse the web with brand new, standards compliant rendering engine in Internet Explorer 8, while continuing to support existing web content. We take a deep dive look into how this engine works and why it means hasLayout is gone. Get ready to roll up your sleeves and dive into the intricacies of HTML, CSS, and everything else that affects the web you view.

• Alex Mogilevsky