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* Web Browser: IE
* Web Browser: IE
* Version: 8.0
* Version: 8.0
* Release Date: end of 2008, early 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:  
** end of 2008/early 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:  
* Emphasis:  
** security
** security
** standards compliance: 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)
** standards compliance: layout, more compliant w/ CSS 2.1 layout standards, increased compliance 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
** require Web site authors to "opt-in" to standards mode when developing IE 8.0 sites: authors then have to take responsibility for breaking pages
* Challenges:  
** security
** compatibility vs. standards-compliance: don't want to break existing sites without solid reasons


Notes:
Notes:
* require Web site authors to "opt-in" to standards mode when developing IE 8.0 sites.
* more standards-complaint
** authors then have to take responsibility for breaking pages.
* investing across layout, object model and Ajax development fronts
** making IE 8.0 more compliant with CSS 2.1 layout standards
** working to make the IE 8.0 object model more interoperable with that used by other browsers
** working to make the IE 8.0 object model more interoperable with that used by other browsers
** provide more client-side application programming interfaces (APIs) to support local storage for mash-ups
* allow developers to more easily add extensions to its browser,
* allow developers to more easily add extensions to its browser,
* 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.


Possible Features:
Possible Features:
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