Microsoft Previews IE9 — HTML5, SVG, Fast JS 473
suraj.sun sends this excerpt from CNET on Microsoft's preview of IE9 in Las Vegas just now. "At its Mix 10 conference Tuesday, Microsoft gave programmers, Web developers, and the world at large a taste of things to come with its Web browser. Specifically, Microsoft released what it's calling the Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview, a prototype designed to show off the company's effort to improve how the browser deals with the Web as it exists today and, as important, to add support for new Web technologies that are coming right now. Coming in the new version is support for new Web standards including plug-in-free video; better performance with graphics, text, and JavaSript by taking advantage of modern computing hardware. One big change in the JavaScript engine Hachamovitch is proud of is its multicore support. As soon as a Web page is loaded, Chakra assigns a processing core to the task of compiling JavaScript in the background into fast code written in the native language of the computer's processor." Microsoft didn't say what codec they were using for the HTML5 video demo, but the Technologizer says it's H.264.
H.264 (Score:4, Funny)
Of course it's H.264. That's the superior standard! And by superior I mean it allows a superior level of control over the once free and open Internet.
Now THAT is Inovation (Score:4, Funny)
The real question... (Score:2, Funny)
New Javascript Record (Score:5, Funny)
This should be able to serve over 2000 popunder ads per second.
Re:Holy shit (Score:2, Funny)
I had to stare at the headline for like 5 seconds before it even parsed. It just didn't seem like a reasonable configuration of words.
Oh don't worry, I'm sure by the time they release IE9 that we'll find the JS is slower than IE6, SVG support broken and HTML 5 support nonexistent.
Re:Now THAT is Inovation (Score:5, Funny)
But... (Score:2, Funny)
Increasing speed (Score:5, Funny)
MS also announced demos of IE10, IE11 and IE12.
"A new release every month! That's our goal!" said sweaty, vaguely simian MS CEO Steve Ballmer. The new Hachamovitch Javascript engine will interface with the Millajovovich subsystem to spawn independent processes to more effectively deliver those animated ads everyone loves!"
"Like that punch the monkey ad! I love that one!" Ballmer said and began his patented monkey dance. "C'mon everyone! Punch the monkey!"
When asked about MS simply adopting WebKit and making everyone's life easier and even saving themselves piles of money, Ballmer pulled out a shotgun and killed the reporter.
"Oops! Thought he was zombie," said Ballmer and shot the reporter's body again. "Double tap!"
Re:The real question... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:first comment! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Now THAT is Inovation (Score:2, Funny)
Re:No, PNG was primarily created to be patent-free (Score:4, Funny)
[Citation Needed]
Re:first comment! (Score:3, Funny)
It could be worse. The name could be Internet-Complaint Explorer 9, but that would be redundant.
You've got to give Microsoft some credit (Score:3, Funny)