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August 2006 - Posts

Thursday, August 31, 2006 12:05 PM

Search in IE7 RC1

Last time I posted about search I talked about our new extensibility mechanisms: window.external.AddSearchProvider, and Search Discovery . Today I’d like to talk about enhancements we made since that post, and point you to a tool that you can use to create
Posted by ieblog | 44 Comments
Thursday, August 31, 2006 12:00 PM

Notes on the interaction of ClearType with DXTransforms in IE7

Hello again, this is Peter Gurevich, IE PM for ClearType (among other things, as my blog posts have shown). Today I want to give you a little heads up on an issue we have seen with DXTransforms and ClearType, and let you know what we have done to ensure
Posted by ieblog | 48 Comments
Wednesday, August 30, 2006 11:07 AM

IE7, IE6 and The Windows Lifecycle

I’ve been getting questions from folks lately who are wondering what will happen to IE6 (SP1) when IE7 ships. “Will Microsoft continue to provide security updates for IE6 after IE7 ships?” “Will customers have to migrate to IE7 by some point in time?”
Posted by ieblog | 70 Comments
Monday, August 28, 2006 2:59 PM

IE + JavaScript Performance Recommendations - Part 1

Hello again, this is Peter Gurevich, Performance PM (among other things) for IE7. We have heard a lot of requests to improve our Jscript engine, especially now that AJAX sites are becoming more prevalent on the web. I want you all to know that we have
Posted by ieblog | 120 Comments
Friday, August 25, 2006 3:00 PM

Checking for Incompatible Add-ons With RC1

Hi there, it’s Max again, and with the availability of our first release candidate (RC1) build of IE7, I wanted to explain a new feature some of you might have seen when installing and running RC1. As an overall goal for IE we want to build the most stable
Posted by ieblog | 43 Comments
Friday, August 25, 2006 10:00 AM

Why Does IE Resize My Dialogs?

Hi, Travis here, a program manager for Trident/OM. In Beta3, you may have noticed that modal or modeless dialogs created from script seem to be slightly bigger than their IE6 counterparts. This is due to a recent change to bring the behavior of these
Posted by ieblog | 41 Comments
Thursday, August 24, 2006 10:30 AM

A Quick Reference Sheet for Internet Explorer 7

My name is Seth McLaughlin and I have been working as a Program Manager intern on the User Experience team for the past few months. The summer is coming to an end and I will soon be returning to school at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Before
Posted by ieblog | 57 Comments
Attachment(s): ie7quickreference.htm
Thursday, August 24, 2006 10:00 AM

Update Available for IE 6.0 SP1 Security Vulnerability

This morning we re-released our August security update (MS06-042) for IE 6.0 SP1. This update is available through all of our normal release channels including Windows Update , Automatic Update, Download Center and our deployment tools such as WSUS. As
Posted by ieblog | 22 Comments
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Thursday, August 24, 2006 9:05 AM

Installation Changes in IE7 Release Candidate

Hi everyone, I’d like to point out a few changes we made to the installation process for the Release Candidate that we think you’ll like. Installation of the Release Candidate will automatically remove any previous version of IE7. If installation detects
Posted by ieblog | 66 Comments
Thursday, August 24, 2006 9:00 AM

Internet Explorer 7 Release Candidate Now Available

This morning we released our first public release candidate, IE7 RC1, for Windows XP. You can download it at http://www.microsoft.com/ie . The RC1 build includes improvements in performance, stability, security, and application compatibility. You may
Posted by ieblog | 240 Comments
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Tuesday, August 22, 2006 3:00 PM

Update coming for IE 6.0 SP1 security vulnerability

You may have read reports of a new, irresponsibly disclosed vulnerability that affects IE 6.0 SP1. We are aware of this issue and are actively working on an update that addresses the problem, which was introduced with our last security update (MS06-042).
Posted by ieblog | 41 Comments
Tuesday, August 22, 2006 12:03 PM

Details on our CSS changes for IE7

We are currently locking down IE7 for shipping and I wanted to give an update on the CSS work that went into IE7. Chris originally outlined our plans for IE7, and we listened to a lot of feedback ( blog , connect database , conferences , our WASP partnership
Posted by ieblog | 479 Comments
Thursday, August 17, 2006 4:33 PM

The little things count...

It’s clear from the comments that the participants and readers enjoyed our August 10 th chat. It was a pleasant surprise to not only get a ‘Great Job’ but also to get ‘xxxx’ (kisses) from one of the participants (to find out the exact quote, check out
Posted by ieblog | 83 Comments
Thursday, August 17, 2006 11:30 AM

Windows Live Writer

The Windows Live team released a new tool for editing and creating blogs yesterday called Windows Live Writer (WLW). I am using it right now to post this entry, and I am impressed. It supports WYSIWYG editing , saving drafts of my posts, inline photos,
Posted by ieblog | 28 Comments
Friday, August 11, 2006 10:00 AM

Other IE Bloggers

I wanted to point out that many of the IE team members have their own blogs and frequently post there about IE topics. Some recent examples: Chris Wilson talks about CSS compliance, Jeff Davis writes about IE’s command line parsing as well as how ActiveX
Posted by ieblog | 50 Comments
Thursday, August 10, 2006 4:00 PM

Call to Action: Help us clean up Manage Add-ons

Hey all you ActiveX control owners out there, this is Sharon, PM owner of Manage Add-ons. Today I’m asking you to help us clean up the Manage Add-ons interface by digitally signing your controls. Manage Add-ons (Tools à Manage Add-ons à Enable or Disable
Posted by ieblog | 52 Comments
Wednesday, August 09, 2006 2:04 AM

Polishing the Chrome

My name is Mark Harris, and I am the Program Manager driving extensibility in IE7. With the creation of www.ieaddons.com we have a rich set of 3 rd party add-ons, and we are committed to improving this resource over time. Most users are familiar with
Posted by ieblog | 51 Comments
Tuesday, August 08, 2006 1:34 PM

Script in Feeds, the IE7 Feed View and the Windows RSS Platform

A presentation at Black Hat last week has sparked some discussion in the community. The presentation talks about the potential dangers of script in feeds. I posted on the RSS Team blog regarding the mitigations that are implemented in the IE7 Feed View
Posted by ieblog | 19 Comments
Tuesday, August 08, 2006 1:03 PM

IE August 2006 Security Update is now available

The IE cumulative August 2006 security update is now available via Windows Update . Alternatively, you can receive this and all other Microsoft updates via the new Microsoft Update and I encourage you to upgrade to Microsoft Update if you haven’t already.
Posted by ieblog | 138 Comments
Monday, August 07, 2006 1:33 PM

August IE Expert Zone Chat

Here’s a quick reminder to tell you that members of the IE team will be online for an Expert Zone chat this coming Thursday, August 10th at 10:00AM PDT (5:00PM GMT). A transcript will be published after the chat. You can also browse through the transcripts
Posted by ieblog | 12 Comments
Friday, August 04, 2006 3:34 PM

Revised IE7 Naming in Windows Vista

I had mentioned a while back that we planned to call the version of IE7 in Windows Vista “Internet Explorer 7+”. Well, the feedback we got on the blog was overwhelming – many of you didn’t like it. So, as we’ve said on our website , we heard you. I’m
Posted by ieblog | 173 Comments
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Thursday, August 03, 2006 10:04 AM

RSS Platform Beta 3 Changes

Are you developing on the Windows RSS Platform? If so, you may want to check out the post on some improvements on the RSS team blog. Most notably the RSS Platform is now API complete. This means that, barring any serious bug that we must fix, applications
Posted by ieblog | 25 Comments
 
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