Re: [WSG] Next IE version coming soon?
Tonico Strasser wrote: Hm, will they make it more standards compliant as well? from what i understand, yes. it is supposedly going to be up on all the standards, with full support for XHTML/HTML, all the DOM specifications, and CSS level 3. whether or not it happens is another issue. Will it work in older versions of Windows? no. Microsoft has stated _several_ times that IE 7 will be Longhorn-only and that they have no intention of _ever_ back-porting it. -- -- Charles grey wolf Banas * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help *
Re: [WSG] Next IE version coming soon?
Standards-complaint based on their own distorted view of what the standards are, of course. While I would love to see something come out of Redmond that actually works, I doubt it'll be what we need/think/want. It would make life easier, but I'm not going to keep my hopes up. We've seen M$'s ideas of standards compliance before. MD On May 5, 2004, at 10:02, Tonico Strasser wrote: http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2004/05/04.html#a7387 Robert Scoble writes: While we're on it, this page has one falsehood. It says that the next version of Internet Explorer won't come out until Longhorn. That is absolutely NOT true. The next version of Internet Explorer comes with a ton of security fixes, and a pop-up-ad blocker. It will be included in Windows XP, Service Pack 2. For free. http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2004/05/04.html#a7387 Hm, will they make it more standards compliant as well? Will it work in older versions of Windows? Tonico -- Tonico Strasser ?:-) http://Tonico.FreeZope.org Contact_Tonico at Yahoo dot de Check out http://www.WebProducer.at * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help * * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help *
Re: [WSG] Next IE version coming soon?
This new version they speak of raises an interesting question... Lets say hypothetically that there are a number of CSS related improvements (even though Scoble makes no mention of such), should we, as developers, upgrade straight away? Personally, I'm a little sceptical of replacing IE6 on my machine and no longer being able to test on the current one as the uptake for SP2 amongst the average user will probably be quite slow. So will it be possible to make a standalone version of IE6 sp1? Then there's the i don't trust it factor that has been widely publicised regarding the standalone versions of IE 5 and 5.5. I think I'll wait and see what differences the new one has before I consider upgrading... Andrew Krespanis. _ Personalise your mobile chart ringtones and polyphonics. Go to http://ringtones.com.au/ninemsn/control?page=/ninemsn/main.jsp * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help *
[WSG] Next IE version coming soon?
http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2004/05/04.html#a7387 Robert Scoble writes: While we're on it, this page has one falsehood. It says that the next version of Internet Explorer won't come out until Longhorn. That is absolutely NOT true. The next version of Internet Explorer comes with a ton of security fixes, and a pop-up-ad blocker. It will be included in Windows XP, Service Pack 2. For free. http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2004/05/04.html#a7387 Hm, will they make it more standards compliant as well? Will it work in older versions of Windows? Tonico -- Tonico Strasser ?:-) http://Tonico.FreeZope.org Contact_Tonico at Yahoo dot de Check out http://www.WebProducer.at * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help *
