ie9 the story so far
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The story of IE9TRANSCRIPT
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Why do we build a browser?• The browser is the most used
application on a PC• We want to make sure we deliver the
best experience to Windows users• Have our previous browsers delivered
the best experience?
video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp-FQN_v3AM
we all make mistakes
• We didn’t listen enough to other opinions
• We locked ourselves away
things have changed
Our Browser is released in 3 channels• The released browser• Platform Previews• http://html5labs.com
The released browser• Stable implementations of standards
ready for mass consumption.• No implementation is better than a
bad one
Platform Previews• No chrome just the browser• Shipped every 8-12 weeks
Html5labs.com• Early Prototypes• Not guaranteed to be in our final
browser• A place to play with volatile standards– IndexedDB–WebSockets - WebSockets 07 Protocol
Spec– FileAPI–Media Capture API
Platform Preview 1 – Mar 2010• CSS3- Border-Radius, Selectors,
Colour• SVG- Hardware Accelerated.• Commitment to update every 8
weeks• Acid 3 Score 55/100
http://bit.ly/platformpreview1
Platform Preview 2 – May 2010• CSS3 Media Queries• Hardware Accelerated HTML5• Acid Score 68/100
http://bit.ly/platformpreview2
Platform Preview 3 – June 2010• Canvas, Video, Audio• WOFF• ACID3 83/100
http://bit.ly/platformpreview3
Platform Preview 4 – Aug 2010• Audio, Video, Text and graphics now
Hardware Accelerated• 95/100 Acid 3 Score-– The failing 5 tests test two technologies:• SVG Fonts and • SMIL animation of SVG
http://bit.ly/platformpreview4
PP5 - IE9 Beta– Sep 2010• Interface• Site Pinning• Tabs
Platform Preview 6 – Nov 2010• CSS3 2d transforms• HTML5 Semantic Tags
http://bit.ly/platformpreview6
Platform Preview 7 – Nov 2010• JavaScript Performance
http://bit.ly/platformpreview7
IE9 Release Candidate– Feb 2011• GeoLocation• Tracking Protection• UI Improvements like tabs
http://bit.ly/platformpreview8
IE9 Release – March 2011• Faster JavaScript• Addressed 17,000 externally reported
bugs
http://www.beautyoftheweb.co.uk
http://www.beautyoftheweb.co.uk
http://getie9.com
I know what you’re thinking
microsoft have a standards based browser?
yeah right!
next you’ll be telling me they bought skype
Similarities not our differences
sundarksom http://crazymultimedia.blogspot.com/
@charliejennings
-webkit-transform: rotate(-10deg);-moz-transform: rotate(-10deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(-10deg);-o-transform: rotate(-10deg);
The future• IE10 release every 8-12 weeks• Expect us to use the power of the
machine more and more
IE10 - Platform Preview 1 – April 2011• CSS3 multi-column layout• CSS3 grid layout• CSS3 flexible box layout• CSS3 gradients• ES5 strict mode.
http://bit.ly/platformpreview7
http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/
• Try IE9 and IE10• Feedback bugs
thankyou
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