David Tesar
US IT Pro Evangelist
http://blogs.technet.com/extreme
Browser Competition
Firestarter
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Arm you with browser knowledge
Bust the common myths and learn the facts
Understand the Internet Explorer 8
advantages
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The Competition
Meet Internet Explorer 8
Myths & Truths about Internet Explorer
Speed, Performance, & Usability
Security Innovation and Leadership
Extensibility
Web Standards & Compatibility
Internet Explorer for Developers & ITPros
Tools, Resources, & Support
Reliability
Q&A
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What They Claim:
Fast browsing
\"Get faster Gmail“ targeting IE 6
Based on Web Kits
Compatibility with web standards
Clean interface / minimal design
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What They Claim:
“Browsing made beautiful and smart”
Position as “fast” based on Java script
speed.
Built on WebKits
Standards Compliant with Acid 3
Windows native look and feel
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What They Claim:
Speed and performance
Compatibility with web standards
Active security features and fast response
times
Most secure browser
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Faster Easier More secure
Get where you want quickly Find what you want easily Browse the web more
securely, privately, and
• Fewer clicks with WebSlices • Smart Bar and Tab Grouping reliably
• InPrivate browsing and
and Accelerators ease navigation
• Faster page load and launch • Visual Search makes it easier filtering gives users control
• Access information instantly to find what you want over their information
• In-context activities like • Tab isolation reduces browser
from the Favorites Bar
maps, search and mail crashes
• Built-in protection against
scripting and phishing attacks
Built for the Real Web
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Myth: Chrome, Firefox and Safari are faster than IE
VS.
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CPU Cycles Consumed by Top 100 Sites Worldwide
Focus of typical
Micro-
CPU Cycles Consumed by Top AJAX Applications Benchmark
Tests
Script processing accounts for less than 9% of CPU cycles
when analyzed against the top sites worldwide
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Preliminary testing measuring
“Page Load times”* shows:
IE8 RC1 is as fast or faster on many
Top 25 Websites
of the world’s top 25 websites
* IE8 RC1 Internal test results based on Page load speeds
Faster on 48% 16% 36%
of top 25 sites*
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Lab Field
85 participants 20 families for 6 mos.
170 hours 500+ comments
Instrumentation Community feedback
245 data points 185 threads on IE Forum
2400+ threads on IE Beta NG
166,972,377 sessions
2000+ bugs filed on Connect
1,683,420 users
All the others
Countless pieces of
expert and
unstructured feedback
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80% of the time people navigate to previously visited sites
19 of 20 top web actions are navigation based
Q: What’s the one non-navigation based web action?
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Accelerators:
7 clicks to map an address becomes 2 or 3
Web Slices:
Users save 10s of seconds on common tasks
Visual Search:
Search smarter without leaving the page
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Myth: Chrome, Firefox and Safari are faster than IE
Myth: Firefox is richer, more extensible
VS.
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Firefox has a rich ecosystem of vocal fans…
…but only 20% of FF users download add-ons.
Most top add-on categories included in IE8 out-of-the-box
Security Navigation
Tools
Customized Search Privacy Developer
Tabs Providers Tools
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Russia: 33
Germany:
30
China:
US: 144 Japan:
97
Italy: 14
81
Brazil: 43
Over 1000 unique global add-ons for IE – see them at http://ieaddons.com
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Myth: Chrome, Firefox and Safari are faster than IE
Myth: Firefox is richer, more extensible
VS.
Myth: Firefox is the most secure browser today
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FIRST to market
Driving thought leadership and innovation in security and privacy
Integrated Anti-Phishing InPrivate Filtering (control of 3P
protection data sharing)
Secure Development Lifecycle 24/7 Escalation for Phishing &
(SDL) & IEAK, centralized build Malware
and update mgmt. P3P Support
Extended Validation (EV) SSL Anti-Spoofing Int. Domain
Certificates Names Control
Domain Highlighting Cross Document Messaging
Integrated Cross Site Scripting (XDM)
protection Centralized Add in
HTTP only cookies Management
Legacy Versions Support (10 Integrated Click-Jacking
years) Prevention
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NSS Labs has given IE8 a best-in-class 69% catch rate against
malware, whereas FF was a distant 30%. SmartScreen™ in IE8
provides the best malware and phishing protection of any
modern browser
Safer defaults (DEP/NX on by default, per-site AX, XSS Filter
on-by-default) mean that users are better-protected by default.
Firefox 2 averaged 11.75 patches per month, Firefox 3 6.71
patches per month, and IE 7 only 1 patch per month
Mozilla Not the fastest to patch -
http://www.cio.com/article/483270/Mozilla_Patches_Fastest._NOT_
Mozilla Not the “safest browser” –
http://www.cio.com/article/479121/
Is_Firefox_the_Most_Secure_Web_Browser_Part_?source=artrel_top
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We want users to see the link to their homepage
and leave this page without proceeding
On this version, we see both participants scanning
all of the text on the page and not focusing on the
link to go to their homepages
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We want users to see the link to their homepage
and leave this page without proceeding
On this version, we see both participants focusing
in on the link to go to their homepages as we
wanted them to
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Myth: Chrome, Firefox and Safari are faster than IE
Myth: Firefox is richer, more extensible
VS.
Myth: Firefox is the most secure browser today
Myth: IE does not play well with standards
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Developers tweak their pages for different browsers
1. Identify browser
2. Serve right page
I’m Internet Explorer 6 I’m Internet Explorer 7
I’m Safari
I’m Firefox
Page Built for IE6 Page Built To Standards Page Built For IE7
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• Developing to standards enable developers to deliver one page that
works across browsers
• To help drive standards adoption, Internet Explorer – the most popular
browser is displaying content in “standards” mode by default
• Content written for earlier versions of Internet Explorer may be
incompatible with Internet Explorer 8’s default mode
• Users may see pages with missing or overlapping content, or may
experience functionality problems
Page Built To Standards
I’m Firefox
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I’m Internet Explorer 8
I’m Safari
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Microsoft’s compatibility approach balances the desire to drive
adoption of web standards with giving the best user experience
with today’s sites
Best User Experience
Good User Experience
Requires More Effort From
Less Effort From Site
Site
3. Display
Intranet Sites in
Compatibility
Mode
2. Implement
1. Code to IE8 the X-UA-
5. User
Standards Compatible
Pressing
4. Site on the
Tag
Compat
Compat List
Button
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HTML 4.01 CSS 2.1 ACID 2
The best way to get interoperability:
Comprehensive unbiased test suites
7201 test cases contributed to W3C
http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/ietestcenter
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100%
95%
% Passing Tests
90%
85%
80%
75%
70%
65%
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Myth: Chrome, Firefox and Safari are faster than IE
Myth: Firefox is richer, more extensible
VS.
Myth: Firefox is the most secure browser today
Myth: IE does not play well with standards
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Microsoft Confidential
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Easy cross-browser development
Integrated Development tools
New Features
HTML 5
XDR/XDM
JSON
CSS selectors
DOM storage
Mutable DOM prototypes
Ajax navigation
Network connection awareness
CSS 3
Box-sizing
Vertical-text
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Manageable Safer, More Secure New business scenarios
A great browser for business Reduces IT risks Makes advanced web
experiences easier
•Compatible with IE7 web •Social engineering protection
•Interoperability with web
applications – SmartScreen Filter
•Complete deployment tools – •Better browser exploit standards
•Easier to build rich, intelligent
IEAK, Slipstream, SMS, WSUS protection – SDL, Per-site/per-
•More than 1300 group policies user ActiveX web apps – Accelerators, Web
•Better web server exploit
built in Slices, offline support, AJAX
•Professional support by phone protection – XSS enhancements
•Built-in developer tools
or e-mail filter, XDR, XDM
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Many deployment choices
Group policies built-in
Integrated Authentication
Long Support lifecycle
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Crash and Recovery
Tab Isolation
Add-on performance checks
Diagnose Connection Problems
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The Real Web for the Real World
Accelerators and web slices get you to information faster and easier
Most feature-complete browser out-of-the-box
The only browser with extensive Enterprise support
Innovative Security and Privacy features
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Feature Overview - www.microsoft.com/ie8
Engineering Blog - http://blogs.msdn.com/ie
Safety & Privacy Features
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/features/browse-
privately.aspx
Business Value of IE 8 & EV SSL Certificates
www.microsoft.com/ie/ev
User Control & Privacy Feature Guide
www.microsoft.com/ie/privacy
Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) 8
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/cc889351.aspx
IE Compatibility Center - http://msdn.com/iecompat
Tech Centers: http://technet.microsoft.com/ie and http://msdn.microsoft.com/ie
Technology Overview
Business FAQ
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