Abstract: To provide a hierarchical visual paradigm while maintaining the communication advantages of sibling extensions, a visual hierarchy simulation extension generates and maintains placeholders in a visually hierarchical manner, with the visual positioning of such placeholders informing the visual positioning of overlays of frames hosting the visual output of sibling extensions. Such a visual hierarchy simulation extension is utilized to layout and establish a desired visual hierarchy. One or more modules of computer-executable instructions are invoked to provide the relevant functionality, including the obtaining of the visual positioning of placeholders, the relevant visual translation between the visual positioning of placeholders and the visual overlaying of corresponding frames, the generation and movement of the corresponding frames, and the instantiation of extension content within the corresponding frames. The visual hierarchy simulation extension is hosted independently from the one or more modules.

Abstract: To provide a hierarchical visual paradigm while maintaining the communication advantages of sibling extensions, a visual hierarchy simulation extension generates and maintains placeholders in a visually hierarchical manner, with the visual positioning of such placeholders informing the visual positioning of overlays of frames hosting the visual output of sibling extensions. Such a visual hierarchy simulation extension is utilized to layout and establish a desired visual hierarchy. One or more modules of computer-executable instructions are invoked to provide the relevant functionality, including the obtaining of the visual positioning of placeholders, the relevant visual translation between the visual positioning of placeholders and the visual overlaying of corresponding frames, the generation and movement of the corresponding frames, and the instantiation of extension content within the corresponding frames. The visual hierarchy simulation extension is hosted independently from the one or more modules.

Abstract: To provide a hierarchical visual paradigm while maintaining the communication advantages of sibling extensions, a visual hierarchy simulation extension generates and maintains placeholders in a visually hierarchical manner, with the visual positioning of such placeholders informing the visual positioning of overlays of frames hosting the visual output of sibling extensions. Such a visual hierarchy simulation extension is utilized to layout and establish a desired visual hierarchy. One or more modules of computer-executable instructions are invoked to provide the relevant functionality, including the obtaining of the visual positioning of placeholders, the relevant visual translation between the visual positioning of placeholders and the visual overlaying of corresponding frames, the generation and movement of the corresponding frames, and the instantiation of extension content within the corresponding frames. The visual hierarchy simulation extension is hosted independently from the one or more modules.

Abstract: Techniques for automatic generation of app-specific client certification are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a web server in a packaged application containing a co-packaged web client, a connection request from a web client and a first copy of a client certificate from the web client. Upon receiving the client certificate, the web server can authenticate the connection request from the web client using a second copy of a client certificate previously generated by the web server for the co-packaged web client. In response to successfully authenticating, based on both the first and second copies of the client certificate, the web server can establish a secure connection with the web client to allow the web client access to system level services on the computing device. Otherwise, the web server would refuse connection.

Abstract: To provide a hierarchical visual paradigm while maintaining the communication advantages of sibling extensions, a visual hierarchy simulation extension generates and maintains placeholders in a visually hierarchical manner, with the visual positioning of such placeholders informing the visual positioning of overlays of frames hosting the visual output of sibling extensions. Such a visual hierarchy simulation extension is utilized to layout and establish a desired visual hierarchy. One or more modules of computer-executable instructions are invoked to provide the relevant functionality, including the obtaining of the visual positioning of placeholders, the relevant visual translation between the visual positioning of placeholders and the visual overlaying of corresponding frames, the generation and movement of the corresponding frames, and the instantiation of extension content within the corresponding frames. The visual hierarchy simulation extension is hosted independently from the one or more modules.

Abstract: In one example, a multi-dimensional data set is converted into a single-dimensional data set that includes structural information associated with the multi-dimensional data set, such that root nodes and each node in the single-dimensional node for which each ancestor node of the node is an expanded node is assigned a reference. A view is caused to be displayed, including using the single-dimensional data set to render at least a selected portion of the single-dimensional data set.

Abstract: To provide isolated extensibility for webpages, thereby enabling webpages to provide additional functionality supported by instructions whose execution is independent of execution of the instructions of the webpage, a unified manifest is utilized which comprises information regarding each of the extensions that can extend the functionality of the webpage, and a common extensibility platform script is invoked that provides the setup functionality to support such isolated extensibility. The extensibility platform script can be utilized by each extension thereby centralizing the relevant extension instantiation functionality. To provide for a unified manifest, a manifest associated with one extension can be copied into a manifest associated with another extension if the first extension indicates that it is capable of extending the second extension, or if the first extension is actually invoked by the second extension.

Abstract: Techniques for automatic generation of app-specific client certification are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a web server in a packaged application containing a co-packaged web client, a connection request from a web client and a first copy of a client certificate from the web client. Upon receiving the client certificate, the web server can authenticate the connection request from the web client using a second copy of a client certificate previously generated by the web server for the co-packaged web client. In response to successfully authenticating, based on both the first and second copies of the client certificate, the web server can establish a secure connection with the web client to allow the web client access to system level services on the computing device. Otherwise, the web server would refuse connection.

Abstract: To provide isolated extensibility for webpages, thereby enabling webpages to provide additional functionality supported by instructions whose execution is independent of execution of the instructions of the webpage, a unified manifest is utilized which comprises information regarding each of the extensions that can extend the functionality of the webpage, and a common extensibility platform script is invoked that provides the setup functionality to support such isolated extensibility. The extensibility platform script can be utilized by each extension thereby centralizing the relevant extension instantiation functionality. To provide for a unified manifest, a manifest associated with one extension can be copied into a manifest associated with another extension if the first extension indicates that it is capable of extending the second extension, or if the first extension is actually invoked by the second extension.

Abstract: In one example, a multi-dimensional data set is converted into a single-dimensional data set that includes structural information associated with the multi-dimensional data set, such that root nodes and each node in the single-dimensional node for which each ancestor node of the node is an expanded node is assigned a reference. A view is caused to be displayed, including using the single-dimensional data set to render at least a selected portion of the single-dimensional data set.