One of the coolest things about Internet Explorer 9 (free download here!) is certainly the integration into Windows 7. And site pinning is the feature that pops to the top for most users.
Keeping our promise of delivering more Windows 7 developer fun, we bring you the next installment of the Hilo series. We continue building on the first two applications (covered in Chapters 1 thru 11 on this link). This time we have added features to share photos online and a much improved user interface.
Gregg Keizer over at Computerworld today posted an article about the results of the annual satisfaction survey conducted by American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). In the article, Windows 7 is credited for boosting customer satisfaction scores for PC makers such as HP, Dell, and Acer. According to the survey, customers perceive the quality of PCs as better because they are easier to use – courtesy of Windows 7.
Over the last few days, I’ve spent some time learning the types of enhancements a web developer can do to their website to have it “light up” in Internet Explorer 9. I don’t consider myself much of a web developer. I’m a novice at best. I know HTML. And a little bit of CSS. But I really wanted to understand what it takes to make a website look great in IE9 first-hand. You can see the results of my work today by pinning The Windows Blog to your taskbar in Windows 7.
Are you in the Seattle area? Join us today from 7pm – 10pm at the Showbox SoDo for gdgt live in Seattle. This event, put on by the awesome folks at gdgt, is for anybody interesting in checking out some of the hottest new gadgets.
Wow! That pretty much sums up everyone’s reaction at the phenomenal response to the first Windows Recession Sweepstakes. Turns out your odds of winning were a little better than 1/797 (factoring out duplicates, my comments, invalid entries, etc.). And the lucky winner is:
