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Behind the Browser - Modern web standards

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Web standards are a means to an end

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the end goal is for the same markup working the same way across all browsers

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and standards are the main way we get there.

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As a developer, that is the dream come true

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you just write your site once, and,

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and no matter where it's being shown, 

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in what browser, on what platform, it's running the same way, in the same code. 

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if we behave differently than other browsers, 

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or the standards aren't written in a way that leads to interoperable implementations,

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then developers just end up wasting their time. 

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rather than building cool things. 

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that we'll enjoy.

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Platform Preview really gave us an opportunity to get

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early bits into developers hands.

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In previous releases we would do the best we could

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from an engineering standpoint, and then we would ship a beta, 

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and that would be the first time that really the public could

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get their hands on the code 

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and run the websites and find the problems

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and get feedback to us.

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So we realized we needed to get, we needed to get that feedback earlier, 

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and we really wanted to put the code into developer's hands sooner.

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It's difficult when all the specs are moving, including HTML5 is a moving spec right now, 

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CSS3 is a moving spec right now,

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and we are coding, and we're trying to ship a product.

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So, it's difficult to hit those moving targets.

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We have several people who were on the working groups.

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This means weekly conference calls,

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 face to face meetings, all over the world. 

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The W3c does a technical plenary.

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in the fall that they move in different cities each year

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and it's really commiting the time and resources 

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and engaging the working groups and putting in the effort

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to make sure the standards evolve at a good pace, and with good quality

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It's a meeting of incredibly smart people who have 

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very strong ideas about the web and are very passionate about those ideas

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and, and it can get heated!

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but ultimately we recognize that we're part of a standards body and

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we're trying to make the Internet better for everyone.

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 So we usually can come to some kind of a rational decision. 

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Typically what we do at Microsoft, to get feedback to the W3c is

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is submit test cases.

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 So we look at the W3c spec, for CSS3.0 for example, 

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see what the paragraphs themselves say, 

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and then write a test case to verify that that paragraph is actually implementable in the browser.

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We'll constantly be listening for feedback

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we're looking for developers and customers to

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tell us places where we're not behaving the same as other browsers, 

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and where it is affecting their ability to have the same code work across all browsers 

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We want to get that feedback as early as possible so

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that we can make those changes and make those

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improvements for the final release of IE9.

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I think as a web developer, I would be really excited 

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for this release,

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and principly because I see the progress.

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I've seen the progress in the Platform Previews and I know that this 

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browser is adhering to the standards,

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and that really gets me excited!

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Y'know, I've worked on Internet Explorer for six years now, 

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it's been my entire time at Microsoft, 

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and every year on the browser it's gotten more and more interesting

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it's just exciting to see the browsers evolving and innovating 

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just get better and better

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every year.