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These videos are designed to help Web developers and designers of all skill levels experience the power of the Web using Internet Explorer 8. New videos are added regularly, so check back often.

How Do I: Web Slices

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In this video, Matt Hester demonstrates Internet Explorer 8’s Web Slices - a technology that allow users to subscribe to snippets of any page and view them by using the Favorites toolbar. The video will show how to create and use Web Slices.

Presented by Matt Hester
5 minutes, 35 seconds

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This video shows how to implement AJAX navigation for use with Internet Explorer 8
AJAX Navigation
(2 minutes, 45 seconds)

 

This video gives an overview of CSS Selectors and how to use them in the Selectors API with Internet Explorer 8
Selectors API
(3 minutes, 46 seconds)

 

In this video, Matt Hester demonstrates Internet Explorer’s 8 implementation of Native JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and the performance benefits of leveraging Native JSON for use in websites
Native JSON
(2 minutes, 38 seconds)

 

Matt Hester demonstrates Internet Explorer’s 8 implementation of box-sizing and vertical text from the W3C’s CSS3 working draft
Box-Sizing & Vertical Text
(5 minutes, 14 seconds)

 

Matt Hester demonstrates Internet Explorer’s 8 improvements of the getElementById method to return objects with a specified ID attribute from previous versions on Internet Explorer
getElementById
(3 minutes, 13 seconds)

 

Matt Hester demonstrates Internet Explorer 8’s implementation of DOM storage, which provide key improvements for storing data on the client computers
DOM Storage
(2 minutes, 47 seconds)

 

Matt Hester demonstrates Internet Explorer 8’s improvements for the methods getAttribute and setAttribute over previous versions of Internet Explorer
getAttribute & setAttribute
(4 minutes, 58 seconds)

 

Matt Hester demonstrates how Internet Explorer 8 uses cross document messaging over using IFRAMES for mashups to provide secure communication with more functionality and ease of use
Cross Document Messaging (xdm)
(4 minutes, 11 seconds)

 

Matt Hester demonstrates how Internet Explorer 8 uses cross domain requests over merging scripts from 3rd party applications to secure communication in mashups
Cross Domain Requests (xdr)
(3 minutes, 38 seconds)

 

Matt Hester demonstrates Internet Explorer 8’s use of the compatibility meta tag to help ease the transition from Internet Explorer 7 to Internet Explorer 8 for developers and users
Internet Explorer 8 Meta Tag
(3 minutes, 54 seconds)

 

In this video, Matt Hester demonstrates Internet Explorers 8’s built-in JavaScript profiler, allowing developers to improve and streamline their JS-based applications
JavaScript Profiler
(4 minutes, 10 seconds)

 

In this video, Matt Hester describes the main topics covered in the video series, including CSS 2.1 and 3.0 features, HTML 5, Native JSON, Selectors, AJAX Navigation and Developer tools.
IE8 Developer Series Overview
(3 minutes, 56 seconds)

 

In this video, Matt Hester showcases Internet Explorer 8’s built-in Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) filtering that will help limit the effectiveness of “Type-1” or reflective XSS attacks.
Developing Securely with Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Filter
(4 minutes, 15 seconds)

 

In this video, Matt Hester demonstrates Internet Explorer 8’s improvements in our search features including search suggestions and visual search.
Search Suggestion Providers
(2 minutes, 12 seconds)

 

In this video, Matt Hester focuses on Internet Explorer 8’s new security enhancement of Cross Document Messaging (XDM), to enable more security and functionally into web mashups.
Increased Security Using Cross Document Messaging (XDM)
(5 minutes, 21 seconds)

 

In this video, Matt Hester gives a quick tour of Internet Explorer 8’s built-in developer tools.
Developer Tools
(4 minutes, 50 seconds)

 

In this video, Matt Hester demonstrates generated content with IE8 and how it allows website developers to manage content more efficiently.
Internet Explorer 8 Generated Content
(4 minutes, 42 seconds)

 

In this video, Matt Hester demonstrates Internet Explorer 8’s support for Cross Domain Requests to secure your mashups. This offers a safe and reliable way for developers to connect anonymously to remote servers in order to exchange data while guarding against cross-site scripting attacks.
Increased Security Using Cross Domain Requests
(5 minutes, 58 seconds)

 

In this video, Matt Hester demonstrates Internet Explorer 8’s support InPrivate Browsing mode and discusses the impact on your users’ experience for your website and how to work with InPrivate Browsing mode.
InPrivate Browsing
(2 minutes, 12 seconds)

 

In this video, Matt Hester discusses Internet Explorer 8’s memory management improvements that will lessen the effects of memory leaks created by circular references between Microsoft Jscript objects and Document Object Model (DOM) objects.
Circular Memory Leak Detection
(4 minutes, 00 seconds)

 

In this video, Matt Hester shows Internet Explorer 8’s built-in developer tools and how to use them to effectively debug JavaScript.
Debugging JavaScript
(5 minutes, 54 seconds)

 

In this video, Matt Hester demonstrates Internet Explorer 8’s Web Slices - a technology that allow users to subscribe to snippets of any page and view them by using the Favorites toolbar. The video will show how to create and use Web Slices.
Web Slices
(5 minutes, 38 seconds)

 

In this video, Matt Hester demonstrates Internet Explorer 8’s Accelerators - technology that allows users to access services from another web site without the need to navigate away from their current page. The video will show how to create and use Accelerators.
Accelerators
(6 minutes, 11 seconds)

 

In this video, Matt Hester shows how Internet Explorer 8’s support for Mutable DOM Prototypes allows developers to manipulate and extend the functionally of DOM objects.
Mutable DOM Prototypes
(5 minutes, 07 seconds)

 

In this video, Matt Hester demonstrates Internet Explorer 8’s support for Data URI, which provides the ability to include data items in-line in a web page.
Internet Explorer 8 Data URI
(3 minutes, 43 seconds)

 

In this video, Matt Hester demonstrates an example of the performance increase attained from IE8’s increased number of available connections.
Internet Explorer 8 Increased Connection Limit
(2 minutes, 51 seconds)

 

In this video, Matt Hester shows Internet Explorer 8’s full support for authenticated RSS feeds.
Authenticated RSS Feeds
(5 minutes, 15 seconds)

 

In this video, Matt Hester demonstrates Internet Explorer 8’s new support for the networking events, from the W3C’s HTML 5 working draft, including the onHashChange, onOnline, and onOffline events.
HTML 5 Networking Events
(4 minutes, 23 seconds)

 

In this video, Matt Hester demonstrates how to control document compatibility mode in Internet Explorer 8 by modifying the HTTP response headers with the X-UA-Compatible meta tag in IIS 7.
Document Compatibility Mode - IIS 7
(5 minutes, 35 seconds)

 

In this video, Matt Hester demonstrates how to control document compatibility mode in Internet Explorer 8 by modifying the HTTP response headers with the X-UA-Compatible meta tag in IIS 6.
Document Compatibility Mode - IIS 6
(5 minutes, 22 seconds)

 

In this video, Matt Hester demonstrates how to control document compatibility mode in Internet Explorer 8 by modifying the HTTP response headers with the X-UA-Compatible meta tag in Apache.
Document Compatibility Mode - Apache
(6 minutes, 17 seconds)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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