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IE7 Separated from Windows Explorer
Posted: 2006-03-22 08:52pm
by Dominus Atheos
Microsoft's Next Browser
Finally, an armored Explorer
PodcastsBack in the mid-1990s, security experts warned Microsoft that integrating a Web browser deeply into Windows was a mistake. A decade and countless security vulnerabilities later, Microsoft is tacitly conceding the critics had it right. The new version of Internet Explorer to be released as part of the Vista version of Windows this fall -- and separately for Windows XP -- loses much of the privileged relationship with Windows that the Microsoft browser has long enjoyed
Anyone know if Windows Explorer is going to have tabs?
Re: IE7 Separated from Windows Explorer
Posted: 2006-03-23 05:02am
by DaveJB
Dominus Atheos wrote:Anyone know if Windows Explorer is going to have tabs?
The current beta version has them, and IMO they're even implemented better than they are in FireFox.
Posted: 2006-03-23 06:55am
by Dahak
Only problem I have is that the Beta 2 of IE7 seems to identify itself not correctly. I had a webpage that won't load because it thinks I browse with IE4...
Posted: 2006-03-23 10:30am
by Dooey Jo
So... when are they going to implement the W3C standards? Or are they going to force the world to be stuck with their own shitty CSS "1.5" forever?
Good thing they're separating it from the Windows Explorer, though. Perhaps it will be possible to remove it from the computer completely in the future...
Posted: 2006-03-23 10:37am
by Xon
They implement most of CSS 2.0 & parts of 2.1
However, both are moving targets and fundamentally broken specs