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Microsoft Technet has posted an interview with Rob Franco, from the Internet Explorer team and Brian Countryman, Program Manager in Internet Explorer. The interview goes by the topic Changes in Internet Explorer for Windows Server 2003. According to the baseline at MS IE6 SP1 marks the top mark of IE implementation in "legacy OS's". If this is true for Windows XP too, remains unclear. Read more...



Host: Brian (Microsoft)
Q: when / will there be the next version of IE? A: As part of the OS, IE will continue to evolve, but there will be no future standalone installations. IE6 SP1 is the final standalone installation. Host: Rob (Microsoft)
Q: What's the long-term outlook for IE as a development platform? Are there major limitations planned for future releases (such as in Longhorn) due to security reasons? I know that this is a concern to many developers that rely on IE technology. A: Security continues to be a top priority. The platform will change for longhorn but you can expect the client, where folks need to browse, to not be as restrictive as the server. I encourage folks to get involved in our beta program to help us evolve the platform Host: Brian (Microsoft)
Q: Why is this? the anti-trust? (no further standalone) A: Although this is off topic, I will answer briefly: Legacy OSes have reached their zenith with the addition of IE 6 SP1. Further improvements to IE will require enhancements to the underlying OS. Source: MS Technet

dzjepp Member Posts: 43 Joined: 2003-04-30

#44401 Posted on: 06/01/2003 05:15 AM Can someone clarify exactly what this means? M$ won't release new updates, you will have to get Longhorn for the next IE update? Or will it be in one of the Windows Service Packs? (confused). 8|

MagamiAKO Unregistered

#44403 Posted on: 06/01/2003 05:26 AM It just means that IE has reached the pivotal moment in development as a fully stable product in their eyes. There's nothing more to IE that they feel they can add or do with it that make it run better than they already can do. That, is, however, as a standalone app. What they also mean is that IE will play a large role in the future of Windows and it will become more integrated with Windows and won't necessarily be just "Internet Explorer". It will basically be just an extension of Windows itself. This means that there won't be an Internet Explorer 7. There may be a 'version 7' that will be included with Longhorn (which will just be automatic version increments as they work on the software), but IE6 SP1 will be the last fully reworked Internet Explorer that will require a download. From here on out it's just security updates.

Digital Oracle Unregistered

#44405 Posted on: 06/01/2003 08:06 AM humm, the best it can be. Maybe they should have a look at whats around. When I scroll pages in IE on my laptop, it is jerky, but not with Mozilla or Opera. Also tabbed browsing would be nice, so I guess they should look at add-on browsers like Avant 8.0. Based on IE, but has a hella lot more u can do with it, than with just IE. Wonder what the future will hold. An intergrate all-in-one browser that will allow u with easy to browse the net and your hard drive. KDE/ Gnome in Linux has this. It would be funny if MS have to copy from Linux for its ideas, instead of the other way around

MagamiAKO Unregistered

#44406 Posted on: 06/01/2003 08:19 AM wow, jerky webpage rendering *who cares* heh. IE loads up in about a fraction of the time those browsers do anyway.

JLP Unregistered

#44409 Posted on: 06/01/2003 04:50 PM It is not just that it scrolls faster. It also supports the newest web standards much better, has a lot of cool features that once you try you can't leave without. And it loads here faster then IE. Just enable a feature that loads Mozilla when Windows starts so that it does the same as is by default for IE. And the last time I checked IE takes infinitely longer to start in Linux the Mozilla and you can't do anything about it. Personally I just don't care about IE anymore. There are a lot of much better browsers around like Mozilla, Opera, Konqueror...

JLP Unregistered

#44410 Posted on: 06/01/2003 04:55 PM Well no wonder that Microsoft has to steal from others. Just learn from the past. They have stolen DOS, they have stolen Windows GUI from Apple, they have stolen all of their Office apps.... And they will countinue to steal from others. And they will try very hard to make you believe it was all their invention and innovation. Yeah right and pigs fly, far from it.

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