Windows 8 SDK Customer Satisfaction Survey
Published July 19, 2012Windows 8 introduces a number of innovations in the way information is delivered to developers. Microsoft would like to know how well these are working for you, and where they can make further changes to improve your experience.
To review the site before you complete the survey, visit the Windows 8 Dev Center. In particular, have a look at the section called Learn to build Metro style apps.
A few questions in the survey are about about how the Windows 8 site experience compares to the iOS and Android sites. If you aren’t an experienced iOS or Android developer, feel free to skip these parts. But, if you’ve made apps for those platforms, or if you’d like to compare site features based on just a browse through those sites, Microsoft would like to hear your opinion.
The survey will be available here until July 27, 2012.
Internet Explorer 10 User Agent Strings On Windows 8 64bit
Published October 10, 2011Internet Explorer 10 is the web browser Microsoft is delivering with Windows 8.
According to its different usages and modes, its user agent string is as follows:
| Application | Environment | 32/64 bit | User Agent String |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet Explorer | Metro | - | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.2; Win64; x64; Trident/6.0) |
| Javascript Application | Metro | - | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.2; Trident/6.0;) |
| C#/VB Application | Metro | 32bit | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; Trident/6.0) |
| C#/VB Application | Metro | 64bit | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.2; Win64; x64; Trident/6.0) |
| Internet Explorer | Desktop | 32bit |
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; Trident/6.0)
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| Internet Explorer | Desktop | 64bit(1) | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.2; Win64; x64; Trident/6.0) |
| WPF Application | Desktop | 32bit | Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; Trident/6.0; .NET4.0E; .NET4.0C; Tablet PC 2.0; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Zune 4.7; InfoPath.3) |
| WPF Application | Desktop | 64bit | Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.2; Win64; x64; Trident/6.0; .NET4.0E; .NET4.0C; Tablet PC 2.0; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Zune 4.7; InfoPath.3) |
Analyzing the above table I conclude that:
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Metro Internet Explorer is always a 64bit application on 64bit Windows 8.
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Javascript Metro Style Applications don’t announce if they are 32bit or 64bit.
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They look like they are running on a 32bit Windows 8.
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Desktop Internet Explorer retains the same behavior introduced with Internet Explorer 8.
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Metro Style C#/VB Applications hosting the web browser (WebView control) exhibit the same behavior as Internet Explorer.
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Desktop WPF Applications hosting the web browser (WebBrowser control) retain the same behavior introduced with Internet Explorer 8.
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This can be overriden by defining the document compatibility on the server or setting the browser emulation feature for the application on the client.
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BUILD Keynotes | Live and Online
Published September 12, 2011BUILD, the conference that everybody is expecting Microsoft to present the first news about Windows 8, for Developers, is about to begin. The good news is that the Keynotes will be available live online on the site www.buildwindows.com!
Channel9 is also doing extensive cover of the event with online sessions, interviews, discussion panels, etc. (more news here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20103036-75/behind-the-scenes-at-microsofts-channel-9/).
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