Comments on: Leaving Las Vegas (er, the IE team)

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:05:32 +0000

That is understandable i like the new commercials they have on tv about the i8 but i dont think i can believe in the security.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Sat, 01 May 2010 01:19:18 +0000

No worries Chris: The important people know that IE6 was the best at the time it was released.
But i always wondered what slowed thing down afterwards. Just security? I mean adopting a safer approach and refactoring the whole code is what every developer does every day.
There must have been more reasons why there was this HUGE gap between IE6 and IE7.

By: jpearley

jpearley — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:03:48 +0000

Hey Chris, how are things going since you’ve switched teams and focusing more on an area that you are passionate about? Thank you for sharing your experiences with us!

By: Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]

Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP] — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:05:43 +0000

Congrats and good luck, Chris!

By: Jerry Mead

Jerry Mead — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:22:42 +0000

Ha! Being totally up-to-the-minute I only just heard about your move. Couldn’t ask for anything better. I’ve been whingeing for years about DevDiv being the natural / most productive home of the IE team, but actually this beats that by a country mile. Fewer politics, much more scope for influence and subversion. Good, enjoy, much!

By: Rob L.

Rob L. — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:10:32 +0000

Congrats on the IE8 release and on your role change, Chris! I’m sure it must have been a maddening ride at times, but you have a lot to show for it, and I’m personally very grateful for the massive improvements in IE that have been made on your watch.

By: PB

PB — Wed, 27 May 2009 06:02:51 +0000

Congrats, Chris! I look forward to working with you on the WebApps and SVG WGs.

By: Avertedd

Avertedd — Tue, 26 May 2009 06:32:58 +0000

Очень познавательно. Спасибо.

By: Ferinannnd

Ferinannnd — Sun, 24 May 2009 17:09:33 +0000

Спасибо, хорошая статья. Подписался.

By: Christian

Christian — Sun, 24 May 2009 14:26:43 +0000

Im certainly happy for you personally, although it is a real shame, that the web community has lost someone like you in the IE team.

I hope that you continue to do such good work, maybe while taking less beating for often less-than-perfect company policies.

By: Cederash

Cederash — Sat, 23 May 2009 19:01:08 +0000

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By: Nick Fitzsimons

Nick Fitzsimons — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:17:47 +0000

Congratulations Chris, and best wishes in your new role. I look forward to the “posting more frequently” bit

By: Richard Fink

Richard Fink — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:57:06 +0000

Sounds great. Best of luck. I’ll miss your quick-witted comebacks at the IE team chats.

By: mdmadph

mdmadph — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:55:47 +0000

Glad to hear you’re “free!” :p Been reading this blog ever since you started it.

And to all those wondering if Microsoft is going to support SVG — stop holding your breath, it ain’t going to happen.

By: Lauren Cooney

Lauren Cooney — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:30:52 +0000

WOOO HOOO – welcome to DevDiv! I guess this means we’ll have to work, er, together? Awesome move Chris – very happy for you.

By: Kimberly Blessing

Kimberly Blessing — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:41:35 +0000

Wishing you all the best as you make this transition, Chris. Change is good!

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By: Laurel Reitman

Laurel Reitman — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:05:45 +0000

Congratulations Chris! Sounds like an exciting move!

By: kl

kl — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:36:50 +0000

Great! I hope you’ll find more time to contribute to HTML5 now.

By: karl

karl — Tue, 19 May 2009 12:43:37 +0000

Have a good ride and hope you will find your way.

By: Jeff Schiller

Jeff Schiller — Tue, 19 May 2009 12:37:13 +0000

Congratulations, Chris – I hope you find fulfillment in your new position.

By: Ben Galbraith

Ben Galbraith — Tue, 19 May 2009 07:23:21 +0000

Hey Chris–congratulations on the move!

By: bruce

bruce — Tue, 19 May 2009 07:16:49 +0000

Will you be participating more in HTML 5 development (as Hixie wished in the WaSP interview I did with him) http://www.webstandards.org/2009/05/13/interview-with-ian-hickson-editor-of-the-html-5-specification/

By: Molly Holzschlag

Molly Holzschlag — Tue, 19 May 2009 07:09:35 +0000

Not surprised. Nope. Happy for you? Oh yes. Happy for me? Most definitely. The W3C? Oh yeah. Web Conferences? About time we get to hear you speak about ideas rather than product, IMO.

Mazel Tov! And most of all: Thank you.

By: Toe

Toe — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:46:18 +0000

Congrats! Hopefully this does indeed ‘get you in a happy place work-wise’.

By: kazu

kazu — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:21:21 +0000

That’s kind of surprise to me, but well, thank you so much for your efforts for making IE better, and hope you have more success on open web platform anyway … good luck!

By: Laurens Holst

Laurens Holst — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:34:09 +0000

@Mardeg: Or maybe it means it will! All depends on what you want to read into that hehe .

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:29:21 +0000

Will your new position give you more or less leverage to advocate, say, SVG/canvas support in IE9+?

By: Mardeg

Mardeg — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:24:18 +0000

“I remain, as ever, super-passionate about the open web platform; focusing on delivering IE versions was not always aligning with that passion.”
then Shepazu said “I look forward to working with you on the WebApps and SVG WGs.”
Does this mean IE9 won’t have SVG?

By: The Hater

The Hater — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:19:38 +0000

Congratulations on your escape! Correct me if I read something wrong, but it sounds like you’ll shift from putting out fires lit by the angry developer hoards and focus on browser agnostic, web standards based, chewy web goodness. Or, at least, I hope that “open web platform” does mean more of a focus on the HTML WG efforts and how your work can help us developers out here in the trenches. Will you need to work within the confines of any particular Microsoft tool, or have I completely misunderstood what the Developer Division does?

Scratch that. When do we find out more about what you’ll do?

P.S. So long as you do anything even close to what I think, I look forward to the day I can hear you curse a certain browser for its lack of support for X.

By: Luis Villa

Luis Villa — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:09:31 +0000

Any time someone can better align their interests and their jobs it is usually good for all involved. Good luck!

By: Al Billings

Al Billings — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:50:04 +0000

First my QA friends leave, then the developer ones, and now you. I wonder if Dean is next?

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By: Aaron Gustafson

Aaron Gustafson — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:28:17 +0000

Congrats on the move Chris; I’m sure it will be nice to hand off the target to someone else after years of taking the brunt of the standards community’s discontent. That said, I can’t think of a single person who could handle the pressure (and the glaring, dear god, the glaring) as graciously as you did.

I look forward to seeing how you bring common sense and greater purpose to the open web platform.

By: Jon Galloway

Jon Galloway — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:23:55 +0000

Congrats, Chris. Thanks for all you’ve done in building the world’s most popular browser, hoping for great success on open web platform efforts in the future.

By: Geoffrey Sneddon

Geoffrey Sneddon — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:22:08 +0000

Good luck, whatever exactly you end up doing.

By: Shepazu

Shepazu — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:05:28 +0000

Congrats, Chris! I look forward to working with you on the WebApps and SVG WGs.

By: Laurens Holst

Laurens Holst — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:03:29 +0000

Congratulations on your move, it sounds like an improvement . Good to hear you’ll continue to be active representing Microsoft in the web standards bodies!