It’s a good year to be a developer. With the release of Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 5 for Windows 8 Consumer Preview, it’s never been easier to build sites that work well in all modern browsers. The web continues to evolve and IE10 PP5 supports 33 new HTML5 & CSS3 site-ready web standards...

In the run up to Internet Explorer 9 Beta’s celebration of the Beauty of the Web on 9/15, we’ve been out talking to web developers and designers about the web. In this interview, I sat down with Rick Barraza, Principal Experience Architect at Cynergy . Cynergy is a leading software product concept, design...

It’s looking to be a good Halloween for developers. Windows 7 share continues to climb, and as early as next month, IE9 on Windows 7 could be the leading modern browser behind IE8.  For developers this means that most Windows 7 users have a modern browser capable of running exciting, interoperable...

This has been a great year for Internet Explorer. For those of us on the IE team we are extremely thankful for the opportunity to work on such a great product with such a fantastic team. We are also incredibly thankful for the opportunity we had to give back to children in need this holiday season by...

We are pleased to announce that today we are releasing the Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate (RC). For a more detailed description of our approach in building and shipping the IE9 RC, you should read our engineering team’s post on the IE Blog . The IE9 RC is feature complete and is available...

I mentioned last month that we would be down in Austin, TX for SXSW. Since then there has been plenty of speculation and interest as to what might be happening. Exactly twelve months from the first Platform Preview of IE9, on Monday March 14th we will celebrate the developers and designers who are making...

Day 2 at MIX11 was another memorable one – and for some people it may still be going. Let’s hope people saved some energy for Day 3! I know Team IE did. We still heard plenty of buzz and feedback from web devs throughout the day on the release of Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 1...

When I borrowed my dad’s computer this weekend I noticed something strange – it seemed as if every web site I browsed to was advertising a new car. I figured my dad was probably shopping for a vehicle – and I was right. It wasn’t a big deal that I found this out, but it would have ruined the surprise...

There’s been a lot of interesting discussion regarding browsers and  business customers over the last month or so.  One trend that is becoming increasing clear is that despite its recent release, IE9 is on its way to quickly become the browser of choice for business.  Recent data from...

Just a few days after its public availability, customers have already downloaded Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate two million times and taken it for a spin. As you may have seen on our engineering blog , current IE9 Beta users will be prompted to download RC via Windows Update this month. However...

Last month, we saw share of both Internet Explorer 8 and 9 grow, and we’re pleased to see that momentum continue in February with the availability of the IE9 Release Candidate. Since its release on February 10 th , the IE9 RC has already been downloaded over 11 million times. Together with the...

Just four weeks after the release of Internet Explorer 9 , Dean Hachamovitch today announced the first platform preview of Internet Explorer 10 at MIX 2011. Today, the best experiences are native experiences; but the most important experiences continue to be the web sites we go to day in and out...

Today, on BuildMyPinnedSite.com , we announce an easier way to enhance your site with pinning.  Pinned Sites are a set of features in Internet Explorer 9 that help make the websites that you build more interactive. Notifications pull your customers in from outside the browser. Users click once and...

Time to pop open the champagne because, based on the latest data from Net Applications , IE6 usage in the US has now officially dropped below 1%! IE6 has been the punch line of browser jokes for a while, and we’ve been as eager as anyone to see it go away. In fact, we launched the IE6 Countdown site...

Are you ready for the biggest shopping day of the year? Shops have started advertising their offers and the deals look as great as ever. It’s really easy to score one of the deals from the comfort of your home because 78% of retailers will have cyber-Monday offers as well. So if you are going to join...

YourBrowserMatters.org launched today to help protect consumers from the dangers of using an out of date browser. Zero day attack: words that strike fear into the hearts of people around the world. Yet, for all of the sensational headlines associated with zero day vulnerabilities, they actually account...

Developers and designers took center stage Wednesday at the launch of Internet Explorer 9 beta, showing off the ways web standards like HTML5 coupled with a fully hardware accelerated browser like IE9 makes their sites shine. One of the coolest sites to check out, unveiled Tuesday night at a small...

Previously we’ve shown you sites that take full advantage of the unique capabilities with Internet Explorer 9 and Windows 7. These sites deliver a better web experience and get more measureable results from users through Pinned Sites like: Business Insider – read 57% more pages, spend...

This week we released the final version of Internet Explorer 9 to the world. With over 40 million downloads, IE9 Beta was our fastest adopted browser beta ever. Many people have already been using the Beta and RC versions of IE9 with over 2% usage share worldwide on Windows 7 while still in beta. Now...

Everyone benefits from an up-to-date browser. Today we are sharing our plan to automatically upgrade Windows customers to the latest version of Internet Explorer available for their PC. This is an important step in helping to move the Web forward. We will start in January for customers in Australia...

Privacy is in the news again today.  Apparently, Google has been able to track users of Apple’s Safari browser while they surf the web on their Apple iPhones, iPads and Macs.  This type of tracking by Google is not new .  The novelty here is that Google apparently circumvented the privacy...

Browser market share numbers are always interesting because they can be interpreted in a variety of ways. We’ve said for some time now that the thing we care about most is that the web experiences we all enjoy are getting better every day through a modern browser like Internet Explorer 9. The growth...

One of the more interesting trends these days is the number of Chrome and Firefox enthusiasts who have “added” Internet Explorer 9 into their browsing mix. While still using Chrome or Firefox for their more general browsing, these users are pinning a few of the key sites they visit every day - like Facebook...

Today we’re excited to “unbox” a new experience on the web – an HTML5 version of the popular Cut the Rope   game with 25 levels is now available online for free.  With the power of HTML5, IE9 and Windows, experiences that were once limited to applications are now coming to life across the web...

Just over two weeks ago, we released Internet Explorer 9 and in that short time it has been great to see the positive reaction around the globe. Ars Technica called IE9 “the most modern browser there is,” Computer World said “IE9 speeds past the competition,” and Venture Beat...