IE7- whats the deal?

condra

when is IE7 coming ??

and will it be any use??

odie

Here is some news on it

http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1776290,00.asp

Capt'n Midnight

Sources say that IE 7.0 – which is code-named "Rincon," they hear – will be a tabbed browser. Hardly an innovation

IE 7.0 will feature international domain name (IDN) support; transparent Portable Network Graphics (PNG) support,wayyyyy overdue AFAIK PNG is used as the internal graphic format in the last 3 releases of office - note IE on apple MAC has better PNG support than for PC. which will allow for the display of overlayed images in the browser; and new functionality that will simplify printing from inside IE 7.0, partner sources said. The new browser also will likely include a built-in news aggregator.

Among the myriad security enhancements Microsoft is expecting to include in IE 7.0, according to partner sources:

# reduced privilege mode becomes the default;
# no cross-domain scripting and/or scripting access;any bets that it won't need a patch shortly after release
# improved Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) user interface;
# possible integration between IE 7.0 and Microsoft's Windows anti-spyware service, which currently is in beta.

Don't forget that most of the patches to "stop an attacker taking complete control of your computer" are for IE not windows and AntiSpyware seems ok so far. IE is a lot more secure than it used to be, but considering that they are the biggest and richest programming company and they are getting hammered by customers on the security front they need to do a lot better than they are doing. Just so there is no confusion if it turns out that FireFox had a backdoor all the time, you can simply stop using it but with IE you don't have that option.

Syth

Cap'n Midnight wrote:

integration between IE 7.0 and Microsoft's Windows anti-spyware service

Ah integration. That'll help security...