I’ve had the good fortune of working with my friend Jonathan Sampson recently on figuring out how to help developers build plugin-free experiences. With IE10 Metro going plugin-free, it’s incredibly important to document steps to help developers provide their users… Continue Reading
Document compatibility defines how a browser renders your website. The more specific you are at telling the browser what to expect, the better the experience for your users. When using web standards like HTML5, start by explicitly declaring the HTML5… Continue Reading
In my last post, I went over how to use IE9′s Site Pinning API to implement overlay icons to enhance user notifications. The demo focused on how to display a numeric icon to indicate when a specific event (e.g.: messages… Continue Reading
I was recently doing some testing of IE9’s Site Pinning API and found out about a cool bit of functionality that can enhance user notifications. If you’re not familiar with site pinning, it’s a great way to allow users to… Continue Reading
Day 1 at MIX11 was awesome. The vibe was excitely what I expected: awesome and exciting. And the keynte kicked it off with the big news that the next version of Internet Explorer is already in progress and that IE10… Continue Reading
Had a chance to meetup with Mike Hostetler & MS MVP Elijah Manor of appendTo at Microsoft MIX 2011 ad we chatted about their new framework, Amplify. Check out the inteview: #ms_mix11_w
I wanted to do a refresh of the Visual Studio 2010 HTML5 Templates I created last September. With jQuery now at v1.5.1 and Modernizr at v1.7, it was time for an update. If you’ve already downloaded my original templates, you… Continue Reading
Still not convinced that Microsoft is serious about getting Internet Explorer 6 users to upgrade? I’ve not seen too many companies that actually create a site dedicated to moving users off of their product but that’s what Microsoft is doing… Continue Reading
I’m pretty excited about the new Windows Phone 7. I’ve used it several times and I have to say it is a VERY hot phone and I can’t wait to get mine. I just got word that Microsoft will be… Continue Reading
Now that I work at Microsoft, I’m using Visual Studio 2010 as my main editor. By default, an empty web page is created with an XHTML 1.0 doctype and it’s pretty barebones. Since I’m focusing on HTML5 & JavaScript development,… Continue Reading