Scott Isaacs
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Scott Isaacs is a developer for Microsoft Corporation who is best known for the development of Dynamic HTML
(DHTML), which is at the core of what is commonly termed Ajax
.
Scott has been at Microsoft since 1993 and has helped define many early technologies. He worked on the first ActiveX
Control, helped create the forms package in Microsoft Office
, defined many web standards, and is now driving the architecture for Microsoft Gadgets
and frameworks driving Windows Live
.
As a program manager on the Internet Explorer
team in the mid-90's, Scott not only defined DHTML but also created the CSS
2-D positioning specification, many of the form enhancements (e.g., LABEL, FieldSet) helping improve web-based form accessibility and usability, XML Data Islands, and much more. He wrote the original definitive guide to Dynamic HTML, Inside Dynamic HTML, published by Microsoft Press
.
Scott is responsible for inventing the Widget architecture
(originally called Gadgets) for Windows Live.
Today, Scott continues to drive the client architecture that runs Windows Live and MSN
Services. MSN Hotmail, MSN Spaces, Windows Live, etc., all being built around his DHTML-based Gadget/Widget Architecture.
Dynamic HTML
Dynamic HTML, or DHTML, is an umbrella term for a collection of technologies used together to create interactive and animated web sites by using a combination of a static markup language , a client-side scripting language , a presentation definition language , and the Document Object Model.DHTML...
(DHTML), which is at the core of what is commonly termed Ajax
Ajax (programming)
Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications...
.
Scott has been at Microsoft since 1993 and has helped define many early technologies. He worked on the first ActiveX
Object Linking and Embedding
Object Linking and Embedding is a technology developed by Microsoft that allows embedding and linking to documents and other objects. For developers, it brought OLE Control eXtension , a way to develop and use custom user interface elements...
Control, helped create the forms package in Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office is a non-free commercial office suite of inter-related desktop applications, servers and services for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, introduced by Microsoft in August 1, 1989. Initially a marketing term for a bundled set of applications, the first version of...
, defined many web standards, and is now driving the architecture for Microsoft Gadgets
Microsoft Gadgets
Microsoft Gadgets are lightweight single-purpose applications, or software widgets, that can sit on a Microsoft Windows user's computer desktop, or are hosted on a web page...
and frameworks driving Windows Live
Windows Live
Windows Live is the collective brand name for a set of services and software products from Microsoft, part of their software plus services platform. A majority of these services are Web applications, accessible from a browser, but there are also client-side binary applications that require...
.
As a program manager on the Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer
Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year...
team in the mid-90's, Scott not only defined DHTML but also created the CSS
Cascading Style Sheets
Cascading Style Sheets is a style sheet language used to describe the presentation semantics of a document written in a markup language...
2-D positioning specification, many of the form enhancements (e.g., LABEL, FieldSet) helping improve web-based form accessibility and usability, XML Data Islands, and much more. He wrote the original definitive guide to Dynamic HTML, Inside Dynamic HTML, published by Microsoft Press
Microsoft Press
Microsoft Press is the publishing arm of Microsoft, usually releasing books dealing with various current Microsoft technologies. Microsoft Press' first introduced books were The Apple Macintosh Book by Cary Lu and Exploring the IBM PC by Peter Norton in 1984 at the West Coast Computer Faire...
.
Scott is responsible for inventing the Widget architecture
Widget engine
In computer software, a widget engine is a software service available to users for running and displaying applets on a graphical user interface, such as that of the desktop.The widget model in widget engines is attractive because of ease of development...
(originally called Gadgets) for Windows Live.
Today, Scott continues to drive the client architecture that runs Windows Live and MSN
MSN
MSN is a collection of Internet sites and services provided by Microsoft. The Microsoft Network debuted as an online service and Internet service provider on August 24, 1995, to coincide with the release of the Windows 95 operating system.The range of services offered by MSN has changed since its...
Services. MSN Hotmail, MSN Spaces, Windows Live, etc., all being built around his DHTML-based Gadget/Widget Architecture.