The Xbox 360 softÂware update is due to roll out today, and among the many new feaÂtures brings an InterÂnet ExplorÂer app, letÂting you browse the web on your TV (if you’re an Xbox Live Gold memÂber). I was part of the Beta test proÂgramme and have been using Xbox IE for a few months, so here folÂlow some of my thoughts, in a kind of review. ApoloÂgies in advance for the crapÂpy photos.
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I downÂloaded the IE9 Beta last night, and while I haven’t had the chance to give it a propÂer once-over yet, I’m pretÂty impressed with its capaÂbilÂiÂties so far. The real star is the hardÂware accelÂerÂaÂtion, which opens pages so fast it seems like magÂic. The new HTML5 and CSS3 supÂport is very welcome.
You can read an in-depth review of it at ZDNet, except it seems to be writÂten by someÂone who doesÂn’t realÂly underÂstand CSS very well.
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HTML5 allows the use of block eleÂments inside the a
tag, which was not perÂmitÂted in HTML4. This means that you can wrap a link around whole secÂtions of markup, makÂing all of the child eleÂments of the a
become the link. You use it like so:
<a href="http://example.com">
<div>
<h3>I'm an example</h3>
</div>
</a>
You can begin to use this straight away, as every browsÂer supÂports it — although you must be wary of one rather glarÂing bug in InterÂnet Explorer.
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One of the new feaÂtures already announced for IE8 is WebÂSlices; essenÂtialÂly, the abilÂiÂty to subÂscribe to any part of a web page, even if it doesÂn’t have an RSS feed. It sounds someÂwhat simÂiÂlar to FireÂfox’s MicroÂsumÂmaries feaÂture*, although it’s a) easÂiÂer to impleÂment, b) more flexÂiÂble, and c) not buried in the browsÂer where no-one could ever find it.
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Chris WilÂson, PlatÂform ArchiÂtect for InterÂnet ExplorÂer at Microsoft, has revealed in a preÂsenÂtaÂtion at Web DirecÂtions South 2007 that the next verÂsion of IE will have a newÂly-writÂten layÂout engine, as opposed to the fixÂes patched on for IE7.
The slides of the preÂsenÂtaÂtion are availÂable now, and in an interÂview with Sitepoint.com he explains a litÂtle more:
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