Paul Thurott has got his hands on some development news for IE7, the next version of Internet Explorer.
Key facts he mentions:
-IE 7 was originally scheduled for Longhorn.
-IE 7 will be focused on security, not new features.
-IE 7 will be free.
Speculations:
-IE 7 will probably ship for XP SP2 customers only.
-IE 7 will probably include new features.
-IE 7 will probably not include a new Outlook Express version.
-IE 7 will likely ship this calendar year.
Then came the Gates keynote. Here’s what Gates said about this major IE update, which will be called Internet Explorer 7. “What we’ve decided to do is a new version of Internet Explorer, this is IE 7, and it adds a new level of security,” he said. “We will be able to put this into beta by early in the summer [of 2005].” Gates then noted that IE 7 would only be made available to users of XP SP2, and not to those still using earlier Windows versions like Windows 2000 or 9x. “Of course, as well, we’ll include these capabilities in the next release of Windows scheduled for 2006, which is our Longhorn release.”
Source: Winsupersite
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