Matt PowellWeb Platform and ToolsMicrosoft and the AJAX Community- March 20, 2007 Scott announced that Microsoft joined the OpenAJAX Alliance today. I think this does a lot for Microsoft and for the AJAX community. We are certainly striving to be a big player in making AJAX an easy to use platform both for developers and end users, but it definitely needs to be done in a way that plays well with others. On a similar note, Brad Abrams is in New York at AJAXWorld and will be delivering the keynote tomorrow morning to many of the folks in the AJAX...http://blogs.msdn.com/mpowell/archive/2007/03/20/microsoft-and-the-ajax-community.aspx How to test your Web site w IE6 while running IE7- March 20, 2007 Pete put a VPC up awhile back, but the image does have a timebomb. The first timebomb was set to go off on 4107 so an update has been put up so that you can test your Web apps w IE6. Pete deserves all the credit in the world for getting this up for everyone. Thanks Pete. -Matthttp://blogs.msdn.com/mpowell/archive/2007/03/20/how-to-test-your-web-site-w-ie6-while-run... MIX 07 - It's coming!- March 13, 2007 One of the cooler things about my relatively new position here on the Web Platform and Tools Marketing Team is that I'm deeply involved in the planning for a number of upcoming conferences. One of these, that I had not been previously involved in is Mix07 in Las Vegas, April 30 to May 2nd. We have a TON to talk about at MIX this year with the recent releases of ASP.NET AJAX, WPFE, the Expression Suite and, oh yeah, things like Vista and IE7. Upcoming is the "Orcas" release of Visual.http://blogs.msdn.com/mpowell/archive/2007/03/12/mix-07-it-s-coming.aspx Is it just me- March 12, 2007 Is it just me or has this year's daylight savings seemed to effect people more than others Maybe because of a combination of some recent travel, some late nightsearly mornings working on some big events, a number of extended family members experiencing physical hardships, or the fact that spring has started to hit the northwest and allergens are filling the air, but my entire family just seems out of wack with the Spring ahead we did this weekend. Maybe it also has to do with the...http://blogs.msdn.com/mpowell/archive/2007/03/12/is-it-just-me.aspx |