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HTML5 Slide Deck Posted

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011 Posted in IE, Tech | 1 Comment »

The HTML5 slide deck I used for my BUILD Windows presentation is now available here. Besides fixing a couple bugs in my use of HTML5 History, I made a few changes to make sure it ran in all recent ...

Windows 8 and IE10: What’s new in HMTL5, JavaScript, and CSS3?

Monday, September 19th, 2011 Posted in IE, Speaking | 2 Comments »

Last week I presented at BUILD Windows on new technologies in IE10/Windows 8.  The features I showed are available to sites running in IE10 and Metro style apps built for Windows in HTML. The session is a high-level overview ...

HTML5 Demos and IE9 Launch

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011 Posted in IE, Tech | Comments Off

Yesterday’s browser wars panel was a discussion rather than a presentation so we decided not to use demos.  That’s great for the panel but a few people talking about the web isn’t nearly as cool as the great things developers ...

Speaking at SxSW

Saturday, March 5th, 2011 Posted in IE, Tech | Comments Off

I’m going to SxSW for the first time this year.  Besides the obvious excitement around the festival (and my first trip to Austin), I’m excited to be part of the Browser Wars panel.  The other panelists are rather accomplished people ...

NT konference in Portoroz, Slovenia

Monday, May 24th, 2010 Posted in IE, Travel | 1 Comment »

Hello from Portoroz! I’m at NT konferenca, a Microsoft conference in Slovenia, speaking on Internet Explorer 9.  So far the trip has been great.  The event isn’t the size of Microsoft MIX or TechEd, but there’s an amazing energy.  ...

IE8 Developer Tools Resources

Thursday, April 9th, 2009 Posted in Developer Tools, IE, IE8 | 1 Comment »

I created a new page on the IE8 developer tools.  I plan to use it as a quick landing page for finding all the different resources out there, from demo videos and MSDN documentation to user tips and tricks. ...

Download IE8!

Thursday, March 19th, 2009 Posted in IE, IE8, MIX09, Tech | Comments Off

Today we launched IE8 at MIX!  It’s been an amazing cycle and I think it’s an excellent product. Try it now: www.microsoft.com/ie8. 

Speaking at MIX09 on Web Performance

Monday, March 9th, 2009 Posted in IE8, MIX09 | Comments Off

Next week Microsoft hosts MIX09 in Las Vegas. As Pete wrote about on the IE Blog, IE will have a big presence, including a presentation I'm giving: Building High Performance Web Applications and Sites – MIX09-T53F John Hrvatin | Friday March ...

IE8 Beta 2 is here!

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Posted in IE, IE8 | Comments Off

Today we released IE8 Beta 2.  I can’t explain how much I enjoy shipping.  It’s exciting to finally give people what we’ve been working on for so long and see what they think.  It’s the reason I come to work ...

IE Keyboard Shortcuts

Monday, August 18th, 2008 Posted in IE | Comments Off

This weekend a friend mentioned he doesn’t like using tabs in IE (or any browser) because he prefers being able to use ALT+TAB to switch between windows without using the mouse.  I told him what some of you probably know: ...