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It’s time we buried Internet Explorer 8

Thu Nov 13 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)browsersie8microsoftwebdev

Every web developer loves to wail on Internet Explorer but we need to act now if we want to stop the history of IE6 repeating itself with IE8. The longer we don’t, the longer we agree to limit ourselves to not using new and exciting features that make the internet better and our lives easier.

This Operatic madness must not succeed

Fri Dec 14 2007 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)iemicrosoftoperawindows

It’s an Opera of gigantic proportions with the company behind the, err, Opera browser whinging to the European Commission that Microsoft shouldn’t be allowed to include their browser IE with Windows.

Running XP’s Solitaire in Vista

Mon Jun 11 2007 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)gamesmicrosofttechnologyvistaxp

Considering the lower performance of Vista’s games for power-players, I’m taking a look at how to grab older versions from an existing XP installation and get them working on Vista.

IE6 usage is dropping like a stone

Mon Apr 30 2007 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)browsersie6ie7microsoftie

Six years old and still causing plenty of headaches for webdevelopers, IE6 represents everything that is bad and wrong with Microsoft… But there is hope! Figures show that IE6 usage is dropping right off, really much faster than could be expected.

OpenID gets support

Sat Feb 10 2007 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)microsoftopenidtechnology

Linux is the only winner in the PC vs Mac war

Wed Feb 07 2007 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)applelinuxmicrosofttechnology

Reason 172: Solitaire

Wed Feb 07 2007 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)gamesmicrosoftvistawindows

AJAX search with MS Live and mootools

Sat Jan 13 2007 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)ajaxmicrosoftprogrammingsearch

Microsoft dream. Apple do.

Sat Jan 13 2007 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)applemicrosoftrant

RE: Why not .NET?

Sat Jan 13 2007 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)aspnetmicrosoftphptechnology

Stuart Brown of Modern Life is Rubbish put down my webdev language of choice. He says he uses it so I can’t take him to the cleaners completely with his post but there are a few pointers that I really want to address.

New Microsoft Site Bombs

Fri Dec 15 2006 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)designmicrosoftreleases

Introducing the PS… Erm… 360

Thu Nov 30 2006 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)funnymicrosoftps3sonyxbox

Microsoft: Old Versions Are Rubbish

Fri Nov 24 2006 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)microsoftofficetechnology

♥ ♥ Ballmer ♥ ♥ ♥ Developers ♥ ♥

Mon Nov 13 2006 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)ballmerfunnymicrosoft

Developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, developers…

Get an @live.com email address!!

Fri Nov 10 2006 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)emailmicrosoftofferreleases