Today, I got this tweet by Patrick Kettner asking how to submit an IE bug report: @reybango how does one submit an IE bug report? feross.org/fill-disk/ — Patrick Kettner (@patrickkettner) February 28, 2013 I’ve been asked this a number of times and this was a great opportunity to post …
My first foray into OSX was way back in 2008 with a MacBook Pro. I learned about the apps that were important to web development and when I got a new MacBook recently, I of course referenced the list of apps I had previously used. One of those is Transmit by Panic.com. It’s arguably one …
By now, I hope you’ve heard of the newest project we launched at Microsoft called modern.IE. I’m not going to go into every aspect of the site as I really want to focus on the VMs for this post. But if you want the details you can check out these great blog posts: modern.IE – [...] …
Two days ago, I put up a simple survey that asked what essential tools, libs and frameworks you were using for front-end development. I closed out the survey last night a little before 9pm EST and after getting 1000+ responses. I now want to share the results. Why Am I Doing This? As I’ve …
UPDATE: The poll is now closed. You can see the results in this blog post. I want to compile a list of the most common tools, frameworks & libs web developers are using today. Things seem to change daily with new, cool, and helpful projects announced all the time. It’d be great to nail …
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One of the things that I’m passionate about in my role at Microsoft is helping developers ensure that their sites provide an awesome experience in every browser. Yeah, yeah I know it seems odd that a Microsoft evangelist would say this but it’s the honest truth and anyone who’s worked with me …
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 with great …
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 document type: This markup triggers standards …
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 in an inbox) had occurred. Pinned site with overlay icon It’s a really …
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 have easy and quick access to their favorite sites via …