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Windows or MSN Space is migrating to wordpress.com

Few time ago wordpress just announced the partnership with  Microsoft. Microsoft is saying “WordPress as the new default blogging platform on Windows Live Spaces!” WordPress as the new default blogging platform on Windows Live Spaces!”

Windows or MSN Space is migrating to wordpress.com

Windows or MSN Space is migrating to wordpress.com
Windows or MSN Space is migrating to wordpress.com

Microsoft is saying “Over the last few weeks, we’ve spent a good bit of time talking about our approach to partnering with the web, and as part of that, how we’re deeply integrating with the leading consumer services that you find most valuable. Earlier today, I had the opportunity to get on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt, and with Toni Schneider, CEO of Automattic (the parent company of WordPress.com), announce an exciting partnership between our companies.”

Using this step more than 30 million users of windows space will migrate to wordpress.com.

In detail Matt is also written in his article.

MSN Spaces Closing, becomes WP.com

As we looked at how we brought Windows Live and WordPress.com together, there were three big things we wanted to deliver:

  • Giving existing Windows Live Spaces customers an easy upgrade of their blogging experience to WordPress.com
  • Letting anyone connect their WordPress.com blog to Messenger so their Messenger friends are updated when they publish a new post on WordPress.com
  • Allowing Windows Live customers to easily create new blogs on WordPress.com
Windows or MSN Space is migrating to wordpress.com
Windows or MSN Space is migrating to wordpress.com

For detail information for windows space user can use the following article for checking this further information about migrating the blog to wordpress.com

WordPress.com and Windows Live partnering together and providing an upgrade for 30 million Windows Live Spaces customers

WordPress.com is welcoming all the windows and live space users through Twitter. WordPress.com written the following tweet in Tweeter.

Welcome Windows Live Spaces Bloggers to WordPress.com! http://wp.me/pf2B5-1lU

ie9 new features for developers

We are really waiting for IE9 version. IE9 will support more advanced web features than the other latest browsers like google chrome,firefox etc. As per microsoft performance will of internet explorer will increase by 50% at least.

ie9 new features for developers
ie9 new features for developers

As we know the most recent versions of Internet explorer which is IE7 and IE8 but I say IE7 and IE6 is really pain for web developers.

We are really want to know what is coming new with IE9 version. We have very perfect idea about IE9 and there features. With IE9 I would say micro soft is really ready with fight with Firefox and google chrome.

Here is the List What is new coming in IE9

Javascript:

HTML5:

Graphics:

Above all features are coming in IE9 and all web developers are looking for that change. If you want to test the IE9 features then just visit the following page and download IE9.

IE9 Demo Download

If you want to check the all the IE9 features than visit following URL

http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/Default.html

Web designers are saying what to do with IE6

In 2003,  Microsoft launched the Internet Explorer6 and it had dominated the market with 97 percent share that time. Over the years its market share has declined, and Now as per new.cnet.com in Jan 2010, IE6 has only holding 5 percents of internet users.

Web designers are saying what to do with IE6

Web designers are saying what to do with IE6
Web designers are saying what to do with IE6

Still Most of all web designers are fighting all the time for IE6 issues and hacks. All web designers and Web development companies are still spend so much to to solve the issue with IE6 browsers.

There is reason behind that. In all over the world, still some big corporate companies and offices are using IE6. Many big companies and brands announced to ban IE6 in 2009 itself.

The Google and March 1 references come from that company’s recent announcement that it would drop IE6 from the list of supported browsers for its Google Docs online applications and its Google Sites hosting services starting on Monday, March 1. Yesterday, Google’s popular video site YouTube named March 13 as the end-of-support date for IE6.

There is big issue with IE6 browser but still some web developer are not aware of that. IE6 is majorly lacking to provide a web security. I can say, IE6 is kind of hackers browser.

Microsoft’s browser has weathered a “kill IE6” campaign since February 2009, when Facebook prompted IE6 users to upgrade. It accelerated last summer when Digg announced it would curtail IE6 support, and an “IE6 Must Die” Twitter petition collected thousands of names. Microsoft has endorsed the anti-IE6 efforts, going so far as to say that “Friends don’t let friends use IE6,” although it has refrained from forcing users or companies to upgrade to IE7 or IE8, arguing that the old browser is still required by some enterprises.

There are new technologies are coming like HTML5, CSS3 but still IE8 is also not providing the basics of that. So web deverloper’s need to struggle for that. The biggest issue I will say here is project estimation. Due to IE6 browser estimation will go always wrong. This is really frustrating.

There are multiple issues with IE6. I will talk about some here.

  • z-index issue – most bad part in IE6
  • inline-block – display property not work
  • min-height and max-height css property
  • child selectors in CSS
  • PNG transparent images- biggest issue
  • Poor Javascript support

Microsoft is planning to launch IE9 but still they are not included the some nice features of HTML5 and advanced javascript methods and CSS3 attributes.

What I say more.. Web designers are saying what to do with IE6…..