Thanks to NeoXP for posting this in BPN.
Softpedia is claiming “third party sources confirm that the next version of Internet Explorer is already cooking in the Redmond labs”. Internet Explorer 8.0 is supposed to be unveiled at MIX 07, at the Venitian Hotel in Las Vegas this year between April 30 and May 2. The session entitled “First Look at the Future of IE” is described as “Hear what Microsoft's browser investments mean to you, and make sure you get a voice in shaping the next version of Internet Explorer. Hear about what features and layout issues are being worked on, and let us know what causes you the most problems.”
Now, assuming the above is all concrete fact, let’s hit some speculation. Microsoft may not release Internet Explorer 7.x and will go straight to version 8; an alpha version of 8.0 is already an internal release in Redmond. At MIX 06, Bill Gates announced that IE releases would be between 9 and 12 months apart and recently at CES 2007, Microsoft confirmed that the development of Internet Explorer 8.0 had already debuted. Great right? No, not so great. A Microsoft representative at CES 2007 said they expected a period of 18 to 24 months until Internet Explorer 8.0 hits the market. ActiveWin.com is reporting the exact same thing.
Links: Blog 1 | Blog 2 (Thanks Copernic)
Full Story: Softpedia
Softpedia is claiming “third party sources confirm that the next version of Internet Explorer is already cooking in the Redmond labs”. Internet Explorer 8.0 is supposed to be unveiled at MIX 07, at the Venitian Hotel in Las Vegas this year between April 30 and May 2. The session entitled “First Look at the Future of IE” is described as “Hear what Microsoft's browser investments mean to you, and make sure you get a voice in shaping the next version of Internet Explorer. Hear about what features and layout issues are being worked on, and let us know what causes you the most problems.”
Now, assuming the above is all concrete fact, let’s hit some speculation. Microsoft may not release Internet Explorer 7.x and will go straight to version 8; an alpha version of 8.0 is already an internal release in Redmond. At MIX 06, Bill Gates announced that IE releases would be between 9 and 12 months apart and recently at CES 2007, Microsoft confirmed that the development of Internet Explorer 8.0 had already debuted. Great right? No, not so great. A Microsoft representative at CES 2007 said they expected a period of 18 to 24 months until Internet Explorer 8.0 hits the market. ActiveWin.com is reporting the exact same thing.
Links: Blog 1 | Blog 2 (Thanks Copernic) Full Story: Softpedia
o well... i like firefox better anyways
LAME
It doesn't even sound like they're trying to convince us that they're being timely, anymore.
Besides, I don't like running browsers that are attached to my system files, and running endless supplies of validation.
IE7 isn't attached to system files anymore than Firefox is.
No, because the former major release of ie was v7.
The higher version numbers of IE is easily explained by having been far longer on the market than Firefox.
Ad-block is never going to happen in IE. It makes no sense. Microsoft cannot put in an ad-block compnent as that would directly cannibalize the world's online advertising industry, and Microsoft would be the one to blame. This is the same reason why Firefox doesn't have ad-block integrated, even if it is such a great add-on. Close partnership with Google will keep ad-block out of a vanilla version of Firefox too.
I'd be surprised if Microsoft WEREN'T working on the next version ao ALL products they have released.
IE7 is a great browser but Firefox is more appealing to me because it has an inline spell check, extremly handy for a blogger.
(I know IESpell exists, but it's not inline).
I must admit the spell checker is the ONLY bonus to me. Dspite popular release I went back to IE with v7. I dont find firefox any faster at doing anything.
Vista SP1 is just a service pack. No new features, just a compilation of fixes.
I didn't use FF on my old PC because I didn't like the form interaction and styles like I did in IE, and FF uses tons of ram. IE uses very little ram, right now FF is using 118MB's of ram.
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