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* Release Date: 2008/2009; expected to be able to release new versions of IE every 12 to 18 months, but Wilson said an every-two-year schedule was looking more likely. | * Release Date: 2008/2009; expected to be able to release new versions of IE every 12 to 18 months, but Wilson said an every-two-year schedule was looking more likely. | ||
* Direction: standards compliance | * Direction: standards compliance | ||
* Emphasis: security | * Emphasis: security, layout, CSS 2.1, increased compliane w/ Object Model, allow more flexible programming patterns; more client-side APIs for Ajax (like local storage and mashup security model) | ||
* Features: | * Features: | ||
* Challenges: compatibility vs. standards-compliance connundrum which Microsoft has wrestling with its current and future IE releases. With a half-billion IE users out there, Microsoft takes its responsibility seriously to not break sites without solid reasons, Wilson told attendees | * Challenges: compatibility vs. standards-compliance connundrum which Microsoft has wrestling with its current and future IE releases. With a half-billion IE users out there, Microsoft takes its responsibility seriously to not break sites without solid reasons, Wilson told attendees | ||
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* invest heavily in advancing its Web development toolbar with the next version of IE. | * invest heavily in advancing its Web development toolbar with the next version of IE. | ||
* continues to see security as its No. 1 challenge with IE 8.0. | * continues to see security as its No. 1 challenge with IE 8.0. | ||
Possible Features: | Possible Features: | ||
* Online/Offline RSS Feeds and Reader | * Online/Offline RSS Feeds and Reader | ||
* Improved Bookmark Management | * Improved Bookmark Management | ||
* "Locking" a page to prevent users from accidentally navigating away from it | |||
* Adding a "Find on Page" capability | * Adding a "Find on Page" capability | ||
* Improving username/password management | * Improving username/password management | ||