internet explorer 8 for web developers

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Internet Explorer 8For Developers

Harish RanganathanApplication Platform Evangelist | Microsoft Corporation

• CSS 2.1 Standards Adherence

• More than 700 tests submitted to W3C

Standards Compliance

• Accelerators• Web Slices• Visual Search• Smart Address Bar

• InPrivate Browsing

Consumer Features

• Developer Tools• JScript Debugger and Profiler

• Native JSON support

• HTML 5.0 support

Developer Tools

• SmartScreen Filter

• Security Enhancements

• XSS Filter• Reliability• PrivacyTrustworthy Computing

• Enterprise Support

• Group Policy Administration

• IE Administrator Kit

Enterprise Features

• Compatibility Modes

• Application Compatibility Toolkit

Compatibility

Internet Explorer 8 – What's New?

Quick Overview of IE8 General Features

DEMO

AcceleratorsWeb SlicesVisual SearchSmart Address Bar

Accelerators

OpenService XML Definition

Define “preview” and “execute” URLs

Building a IE8 Accelerator

DEMO

Indiatimes PhotoGallery Accelerator

Note: You can download this accelerator from www.indiatimes.com

Web Slices

Fixed class names and attributes

hslice, id and entry-title property

Subscribes toPart of a page

ORSpecified feed URL

Web Slices - OptionsUsing part of a web page

Using an alternative feed URL

Using part of a web page

Using an alternative feed URL

Developer Tools

Launched with F12 (or from menu)Includes

Styles TracingView HTML Source (with innerHTML updates)JavaScript ProfilerJavaScript DebuggerInspect ElementsView Element and Layout TreesLocal Change and Modify

IE8 Developer Tools

DEMO

Security Features

XSS FilteringSmartScreen FilterActiveX ImprovementsXDomainRequest objectJSON SanitizationMIME-sniffingDomain Highlighting

IE7 Architecture

Loosely-Coupled IE 8 Architecture

Call to Action: Get Compatible!

IE Compatibilityhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/cc405106.aspx

MS Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.0

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=24DA89E9-B581-47B0-B45E-492DD6DA2971&displaylang=en

Immediate FixesSet META tag on each pageSet site-wide setting (for IIS/Apache)http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/06/10/introducing-ie-emulateie7.aspx

References

Getting IE8http://www.microsoft.com/ie

The IE Bloghttp://blogs.msdn.com/ie

The IE Add-Ons Websitehttp://www.ieaddons.com

Contact (optional slide)

Blog Addresshttp://geekswithblogs.net/ranganh

Twitter@ranganh

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