Posts Tagged ‘developers’

CSS3 3D Transforms in IE10

CSS3 features make it easier to build rich and immersive Web experiences. A
recent post described how Web developers add personality to their sites with
CSS3 Transitions and Animations.
CSS3 3D Transforms add another dimension (litera…

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The Midweek Download: Feb. 1st Edition–File Management in Windows 8, Two Microsoft Research Profiles, plus Windows Phone, Internet Explorer & Windows Azure

In this edition of The Midweek Download, we’ve got developer stories on Windows 8, Windows Phone, Internet Explorer and Windows Azure, plus two cool Microsoft Research profiles.
New on Building Windows 8: Acting on file management feedback. Build…

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Web Sites and a Plug-in Free Web

The transition to a plug-in free Web is happening today. Any site that uses plug-ins
needs to understand what their customers experience when browsing plug-in free.
Lots of Web browsing today happens on devices that simply don’t support plug-…

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Creating Files through BlobBuilder

As Web sites transition more and more into Web applications, working with files in meaningful ways is becoming increasingly
important. Starting with Platform Preview 2, IE10 includes support for the File API,
enabling developers to read and slice fil…

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Debugging IndexedDB Applications

IndexedDB is a
W3C Working Draft that enables JavaScript developers to store, search, and retrieve data on the user’s local client,
even when
Internet connectivity is disabled. This blog post describes IDBExplorer, a tool we use internally to de…

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Thinking About Developer Events

At the beginning of each year, many of us assess how we (and our developer community) might want to invest our respective time and resources for the year ahead, and we’ve devoted some of that energy in the past few months toward thinking about th…

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IE10 Compat Inspector

Compat Inspector is now available
for IE10. Use Compat Inspector to quickly identify if Internet Explorer platform changes affect your site. Whether you’re
preparing for IE10 or still updating for IE9, run Compat Inspector on any page expe…

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The Midweek Download: Jan. 18th Edition–Windows 8’s Next-Gen File System, the New Visual Studio Achievements Program for Devs, plus Windows Phone, Internet Explorer & Windows Azure

In this edition of The Midweek Download, we’ve got stories on a next-gen file system in Windows 8, the new Visual Studio Achievements program, cloud computing and highlights from the National Retail Federation’s annual conference, among oth…

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Visual Studio Achievements Program Brings Gamification to Development

Starting today, developers who use Microsoft Visual Studio have a new way to highlight their skills, get recognition for the amazing work they do every day, and add some competitive fun to the development day.
Visual Studio Achievements, a Visual Studi…

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Controlling Selection with CSS user-select

IE10 Platform Preview 4 includes support for a new CSS property,
-ms-user-select, which makes it easier for Web developers to
control exactly what text can be selected on their Web sites. If you were to watch me all day at my workstation, …

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