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    Coming soon after the company's recent acquisition bid for Yahoo, Microsoft says these product enhancements will bridge the developer-to-designer workflow gap and help to build more interactive applications for the desktop, the web and mobile devices. "The web is at the centre of everything Microsoft is doing ... The investments we're making will enable developers and designers to deliver a range of connected experiences across the continuum of web applications, rich clients and other devices." Internet Explorer 8's new features include the Activities and WebSlices tools for developers to introduce news ways for users to stay connected to the content and services of their choice. Full Article at ZDNet UK
    The web is at the centre of everything Microsoft is doing ... The investments we're making will enable developers and designers to deliver a range of connected experiences across the continuum of web applications, rich clients and other devices.
    Ray Ozzie – Ray Ozzie SOURCE: ZDNet UK 21 months ago
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Microsoft sets out latest tools for web developers
  1. What we need to do is to focus on the 'scenario' that users are in when they connect with their applications. If they're playing with an online music application, they need to be able to unplug and be mobile. Browser-based applications, supported by effective advertising that can be taken offline and wo...
    SOURCE: ZDNet UK 21 months ago
  2. As we provide animation tools to bring static pages to life, there's always a danger of over-use in the same way we saw with Flash during its early days ... But given time, I'm sure best practices will develop and, if there is a little too much animation to begin with, then maybe that's just part and pa...
    – Keith Smith SOURCE: ZDNet UK 21 months ago
  3. With Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari out there, we really don't need another web browser these days
    – Keith Smith SOURCE: ZDNet UK 21 months ago

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