Will Microsoft be releasing an updated IE browser anytime soon?

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Nocturnal

Nocturnal

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If so, when? I would love to see their new and updated features that I'm sure they've been meaning to implement. Tabbed windows, etc.

What would you like to see in the next version of IE?
 
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dangereuxjeux

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No more browser releases for IE. It will now just be part of the OS, and there will be no new browser-only upgrades involved. Try Mozilla Firebird 0.6.1, I love it as do lots of others. Tabbed browser, modular form with lots of extensions, pop-up blocking. Fast as hell too.
 
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dighn

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Originally posted by: Angrymarshmello
No, because IE is crap and it's for dumb asses.

Oh wait nm, I'm not NuclearFvcktard.
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HAHAHHAH :D


anyway there will be no more updates (feature wise) to the free IE version....

get ready to switch to another browser.
 
MovingTarget

MovingTarget

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One could only hope so for the reasons that jumpr said, but I dont think it will happen anytime soon. I suspect they wont release anything new until they start to roll out the palladium stuff on a larger scale, seeing as how theyve put so much effort into it lately.
 
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dawks

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For a legitimate reply, the last I've heard, is they are working on 7.0, but it will be the last release of IE as it is now. If they do come out with IE 8, I will be a complete standalone browser. (ie, not integrated into windows the way it is now.). Im guessing this new release will come on Longhorn, and will only be available for Longhorn or bettter.
 

Originally posted by: DaZ
For a legitimate reply, the last I've heard, is they are working on 7.0, but it will be the last release of IE as it is now. If they do come out with IE 8, I will be a complete standalone browser. (ie, not integrated into windows the way it is now.). Im guessing this new release will come on Longhorn, and will only be available for Longhorn or bettter.
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Quite the opposite. They are not making anymore standalone browsers. 6.0 was the end. Then next version will be part of Longhorn in 2005. They don't seem to care about the browser wars anymore being every other browser on the market has better features than IE. IE's only claim to fame was it's speed and it seems Firebird caught up to it (if not surpassed it) in that department.
 
BeauJangles

BeauJangles

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Originally posted by: dwell
Originally posted by: DaZ
For a legitimate reply, the last I've heard, is they are working on 7.0, but it will be the last release of IE as it is now. If they do come out with IE 8, I will be a complete standalone browser. (ie, not integrated into windows the way it is now.). Im guessing this new release will come on Longhorn, and will only be available for Longhorn or bettter.
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Quite the opposite. They are not making anymore standalone browsers. 6.0 was the end. Then next version will be part of Longhorn in 2005. They don't seem to care about the browser wars anymore being every other browser on the market has better features than IE. IE's only claim to fame was it's speed and it seems Firebird caught up to it (if not surpassed it) in that department.
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Only for some things is Firebird faster. IE is still one of the speediest browsers available and it renders pages much differently than mozilla, in a way that many people prefer.
 

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber

Only for some things is Firebird faster. IE is still one of the speediest browsers available and it renders pages much differently than mozilla, in a way that many people prefer.
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I have been using Firebird for six months and have not come across one site that it renders dramatically different than IE.

 
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PlatinumGold

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Originally posted by: dwell
Originally posted by: BlinderBomber

Only for some things is Firebird faster. IE is still one of the speediest browsers available and it renders pages much differently than mozilla, in a way that many people prefer.
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I have been using Firebird for six months and have not come across one site that it renders dramatically different than IE.
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there are problems on this page for me in Mozilla Firebird.
 
rh71

rh71

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Aug 28, 2001
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I don't get why people love Tabbed Browsing. ALT-TAB to other IE windows is much faster than finding --> clicking those damn tabs.
 
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beer

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Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
Originally posted by: dwell
Originally posted by: BlinderBomber

Only for some things is Firebird faster. IE is still one of the speediest browsers available and it renders pages much differently than mozilla, in a way that many people prefer.
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I have been using Firebird for six months and have not come across one site that it renders dramatically different than IE.
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there are problems on this page for me in Mozilla Firebird.
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It's because the site is non-standard. Mozilla is rendering it correctly. IE is not.
 
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NuclearFusi0n

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Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
Originally posted by: dwell
Originally posted by: BlinderBomber

Only for some things is Firebird faster. IE is still one of the speediest browsers available and it renders pages much differently than mozilla, in a way that many people prefer.
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I have been using Firebird for six months and have not come across one site that it renders dramatically different than IE.
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there are problems on this page for me in Mozilla Firebird.
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Any surprise at the logo at the top?
it renders decently in Firebird for me, and I don't have IE installed so I can't compare. Screenshot?
 
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Ausm

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Originally posted by: Nocturnal
If so, when? I would love to see their new and updated features that I'm sure they've been meaning to implement. Tabbed windows, etc.

What would you like to see in the next version of IE?
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D/load the avant browser and you can have those features now!!


Ausm
 
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