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A Lap Around Windows Internet Explorer 8

A Lap Around Windows Internet Explorer 8. Giorgio Sardo Web Technical Evangelist Microsoft Corporation http://blogs.msdn.com/Giorgio. Web Standards. The best way to get interoperability: Comprehensive unbiased test suites 7201 test cases contributed to W3C. HTML 4.01. CSS 2.1.

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A Lap Around Windows Internet Explorer 8

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  1. A Lap Around Windows Internet Explorer 8 Giorgio Sardo Web Technical Evangelist Microsoft Corporation http://blogs.msdn.com/Giorgio

  2. Web Standards • The best way to get interoperability: Comprehensive unbiased test suites • 7201 test cases contributed to W3C HTML 4.01 CSS 2.1 ACID 2 Test Cases available at http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/ietestcenter

  3. CSS 2.1 Test Results

  4. demo What does a test case look like?

  5. Looking Forward to the Future • HTML 5 • XDR/XDM • JSON • CSS selectors • DOM storage • Mutable DOM prototypes • Ajax navigation • Network connection awareness • CSS 3 • Box-sizing • Vertical-text

  6. demo Emerging Web Standards HTML 5 and CSS 3

  7. Compatibility • Publishers have full control over the layout • “X-UA-COMPATIBLE” META tag or HTTP header IE8 Layout Engines IE7 Compatibility IE6 Quirks IE8 Standards

  8. demo Adding X-UA-Compatible META Tag or HTTP Header

  9. Behind the Scenes…

  10. Performance • Parallel connection limit increased to six • Pre-parser doesn’t block at script tags • Layout engine faster • Jscript improvements (70% faster than IE7!) • Look ups • Garbage collector • Marshalling • …

  11. New User Experiences Accelerators: Get things done faster Web Slices: Keep up with what matters most Visual Search: Visualize your search

  12. demo Building New User Experiences Web Slices, Accelerators and Visual Search

  13. Developer Productivity • CSS, HTML and Javascript debugger “in the box” • Page “live editing” • Execution control (breakpoints, immediate window, step into, …) • Layout box model, style tracing • Profiler

  14. Security • Integrated anti-phishing protection • Secure development lifecycle (SDL) IEAK, centralized build and update management • Extended validation (ev) ssl certificates • Domain highlighting • Integrated cross site scripting protection • HTTP only cookies • Legacy versions support (10 years) • Inprivate filtering (control of 3P data sharing) • 24/7 escalation for phishing and malware • P3P support • Anti-spoofing int. Domain names control • Cross document messaging (XDM) • Centralized add-on management • Integrated click-jacking prevention

  15. Resources • blogs.msdn.com/ie – Official IE team blog • Msdn.Com/ie – IE developer center • Msdn.Com/iecompat – IE compatibility center • blogs.msdn.com/Giorgio • Other IE8 Sessions • Security Eric Lawrence Thu 1:00 PM San Paolo 3501 • Digg Experience Joel Neubeck Thu 2:30 PM San Paolo 3501 • UX Feedbacks Paul Cutsinger Thu 4:14 PM San Paolo 3501 • Performance John Hrvatin Fri 2:00 PM San Paolo 3504 • Meet the IE team @ the IE8 compatibility labs!

  16. Thank you Q&A gisardo@microsoft.com

  17. © 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

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