I mentioned last month that we would be down in Austin, TX for SXSW. Since then there has been plenty of speculation and interest as to what might be happening. Exactly twelve months from the first Platform Preview of IE9, on Monday March 14th we will celebrate the developers and designers who are making a more beautiful web for all of us. We will release the final version of Internet Explorer 9 for download beginning at 9 p.m. Pacific.
Dean Hachamovitch and I sat down with Channel9 to talk about this upcoming milestone.
And we still have a few surprises left. There are a lot of new amazing things to share, and we want you to join us.
In Austin we will be joined by some of the most exciting websites and web heroes out there, including Ze Frank. We also have a heck of party planned celebrating the amazing developers and designers who are creating a more beautiful web. We’ll feature live music from Yeasayer, the Head and the Heart, and Fences at Austin City Limits Live the night of the 14th. It’s a party you won’t want to miss.
But if you can’t make it to Austin, don’t fret. We also want to announce that Dean Hachamovitch will be the Day 1 keynoter at MIX 11 on April 12, 2011. Last year at MIX 10 Dean announced IE9 Platform Preview 1 with hardware accelerated HTML5. Eight platform previews, one Beta, one Release Candidate, and one final version of Internet Explorer 9 later he’s back for more.
In the meantime, we’ll see you in Austin on March 14th! The night will kick off with a press event just before the party. Bloggers, if you are going to SXSW and want to join the press event, send us an email.
And if you’re going to SXSW, follow us on Twitter @IE to keep up with some cool things we’ll be doing on the ground leading up to the party. More to come…
Ryan Gavin
Senior Director, Internet Explorer Business and Marketing
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