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[MIX06] Wrapup
Yes, I'm aware the conference ended 6 days ago. I returned to a pretty full workload, so it's taken me a few days to get my notes typed up. I'm finally ready to say goodbye to Mix06; thanks for bearing with me.
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[MIX06] Microformats un-meeting
I went to Marc Canter 's Microformats Un-meeting at Mix06 . It was interesting on a lot of levels. First of all, I had some vague notions of what microformats are, but it was great to hear Marc, Tantek, Eric Meyer, and others describe the idea. -
[MIX06] IE Standalone - Update
I talked with Dean Hachamovitch (the IE General Manager) a few times at Mix06 about why I feel Virtual PC is not a complete or practical solution to web developers who need to migrate from IE6 to IE7. I recommended a few alternate ideas in the very likely case that they just can't support a side-by-side install of IE in the near future. I think this is an important issue - it's a first experience sort of thing for web developers, many of whom have only ever supported one version of IE. I'm quite at home with VPC, but I don't think we should expect that from web developers who feel inconvenienced to have to use a PC in the first place. It's important that web developers learn to like IE, and first impressions are important. -
[MIX06] Corporate types to Microsoft - Don't Change A Thing!
As a web developer who's into web standards, I cringed when I heard the feedback several corporate IT guys gave the IE team at Mix06:
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[OT] Quoted in Network World about IE / Eolas changes
I did a short interview with Robert McMillan for his article Eolas changes to go widespread with next IE update based on my previous blog post on the subject.
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[MIX06] Why no IE Roadmap?
I asked Dave Massey why the IE team doesn't publish a product roadmap for Internet Explorer. Firefox publishes a roadmap, which gives web designers an idea of what's ahead - why can't Microsoft do the same? -
[MIX06] How long will IE6 be supported? How about IE5.5?
At Mix06, Andy Clarke asked if IE7 could be be released as a critical update, and support for IE6 dropped soon after IE7 is released.
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[MIX06] Making Your Site Look Great in IE7
Web developers have come up with a variety of techniques for dealing with a quirky, stagnant browser that continued to dominate the market for the past few years. Most chose the low road, doing whatever it took to look good in IE and ignoring the other browsers. Those who tried to build standards compliant sites relied on a slew of CSS hacks to include adjustments for IE without affecting other browsers. -
[MIX06] WPF/E
WPF/E (Windows Presentation Framework Everywhere) is conceptually similar to Flash. It allows for rich client functionality in the browser through the use of a browser plugin. It supports audio and video, vector graphics (2D only), etc. It was announced at the PDC in 2005.
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[MIX06] Day 2 - ATLAS
Atlas is an AJAX system for use with ASP.NET. Here are a few interesting notes from the Atlas session if, like me, you're generally aware of Atlas but haven't really dug into it that much.
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[Mix06] Web 2.0 needs InfoCard a lot more than AJAX
I'm watching a Mix06 panel on Digital Identity with Johannes Ernst (NetMesh), Kim Cameron (MS), Stefan Brands (Crendentica), Paul Trevithick (Social Physics), and Hillary Ward (Citigroup). I'm finishing a post I started on Sunday; I've been interested in digital identity for over a year now, when I heard Kim Cameron interviewed on The Gillmor Gang.
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The current IE7 B2 Preview is stable for website testing
The IE team announced that the IE7 B2 Preview build available online is ready for use in testing site rendering. The feature list frozen, and the rendering engine is solid and won't change between now and release anymore.
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Siloist!
Accusing someone of not allowing access to their proprietary data is the Web 2.0 equivalent to calling them a racist.
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[Mix06] Day One Summary
The highlight was the discussion between Tim O'Reilly and Bill Gates. This was unscripted, casual, and really interesting to watch. Some quotes and themes:
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OPML 2.0 Will Support Includes
OPML is a simple outline format which has been most commonly used to manage RSS feed lists. The problem I've run into is that it's a static document, so the feed list needs to be manually updated. I subscribe to a lot of feeds, many of them on group blog sites. It would be great to be able to subscribe to an OMPL link and automatically get any newly added feeds in my aggregator.
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Going to Mix06
I'm going to Mix06 in Las Vegas, March 20 - 22. Phil (Haacked.com) and I decided we should wear really ugly Hawaiian shirts so you can find us and give us free stuff or hire our company. Good plan, right? Phil's got an ugly red one, and I've gone with one that a nice shade of... um, I guess it's yellow. -
More .NET apps in Fedora Core 5 than Windows Vista?
Will Fedora Core 5, the Linux distro supported by Red Hat, have more managed code than Windows Vista? It sure looks that way. Microsoft has made heavy use of .NET in their developer and enterprise products, but .NET is pretty much absent from Windows Vista , as evidenced by Richard Grimes' recent analysis. -
IE Update disables Flash. Flash navigation is stupid. If you have to embed Flash, use FlashObject.
Due to the Eolas patent case , a new update to Internet Explorer will no longer automatically allow user interaction with plugins which are embeded in webpages. Think Flash navigation, music players (Quicktime, Windows Media, Real Audio), Java applets, etc. The applets will be usable, but only once you enable them, usually by clicking on them. (see the demo screencast here ).
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Microsoft to Origami ad firm: [0x8024402c]!!!!
You've probably seen the images and promos for Microsoft Origami product (leaked video here). The ad geniuses at D-Kitchen put it up on their portfolio page before the product launch, which might take them off the "preferred vendors" list...
