Internet Explorer 7 News By Paul Thurrott

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited February 2005 in Science & Tech
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

Comments

  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited February 2005
    No CSS2?
    No (full) PNG support?
    No tabbed browsing?

    Whatever.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited February 2005
    my god why can't they at least support PNG properly.. It drives me freaking nuts. It CAN'T be that hard to support PNG fully.... They already have crappy support for it! How hard can it be to update whatever module they use for PNG? :shakehead
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited February 2005
    Because IE sucks.
  • FIREFOX
    edited February 2005
    !!!!
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited February 2005
    So I can't upgrade the shell on my 98SE box to IE7? That's crap... ;D

    -drasnor :fold:
  • MAGICMAGIC Doot Doot Furniture City, Michigan Icrontian
    edited February 2005
    i dont think IE is bad...sure it has its weaknesses, but mi sure firefox will be under attack before too long. im stickin with IE. Represent
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited February 2005
    we're not talking about IE being under attack.. We're talking about the fact that PNG has been out for like a thousand years now, and IE STILL DOESN'T SUPPORT IT PROPERLY, and nor does it support accepted, ratified standards fully.

    No excuses for that crap.
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