"Now that Microsoft has disclosed plans to release a test version of
Internet Explorer 7.0 this summer, only the details remain. What new
features will be included? When will a final release be available? Will
IE 7 run on older versions of Windows?
When Bill Gates disclosed IE 7 earlier this month, he left those
questions for others to answer. Microsoft's chairman provided only a
general idea of what to expect, saying a beta version would be available
early this summer for Windows XP Service Pack 2 and that it would focus
on defenses against phishing attacks and malicious software."
"Until recently, Microsoft said IE 7 would be tied to the release of its
next-generation Windows operating system, code-named Longhorn, due
sometime next year. But unending security threats and growing user
interest in the Mozilla Organization's Firefox browser forced Microsoft
to hasten development of IE 7.
News of Microsoft's plans for IE 7 generated hundreds of comments on the
IE development team's Weblog. Among the upgrades developers would like
to see: improved support in IE's rendering engine for industry standards
such as CSS2 and XHTML, an integrated Really Simple Syndication news
reader, and tabbed browsing."
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