Rubber Duck
22nd July 2006, 05:54 PM
Transcript now published.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/chats/transcripts/06_0713_ez_ie.mspx
Looking through it. Seems as though there is some interesting stuff. Will post extracts below.
Uche[MSFT] (Expert):
Q: What's after IE7 Beta 3 and when?
A: the next thing to watch out for is the final release for IE7 later on this year
Uche[MSFT] (Expert):
Q: can you be more specific than "later this year" for when you expect to release the final version of IE7?
A: I am sorry I cannot be more specific
Uche[MSFT] (Expert):
Q: Is there any more exciting features going to be coming to IE7 ?
A: At this point we are working on perfecting our existing features. is there a feature in particular that you would like to see in IE7?
CyraR [MSFT] (Expert):
Q: Will the build number of IE7 Beta 3 change at all?
A: The build number of IE7 will likely change between now and the time we ship. We will take a few more critical bugs before we ship which will require new builds
Uche[MSFT] (Expert):
Q: what are your deployment plans for IE7 once it's out of beta? will it be an automatic update to all XPSP2 IE6 users? what's the deployment timeline?
A: It is not going to be an automatic update (ie it will not be mandatory to install it) but we will be promoting it as an update
Dave MAssy (Moderator):
Q: Are you guys glad that you don't need support IE6 for 98/98SE and ME anymore?
A: Yes.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/chats/transcripts/06_0713_ez_ie.mspx
Looking through it. Seems as though there is some interesting stuff. Will post extracts below.
Uche[MSFT] (Expert):
Q: What's after IE7 Beta 3 and when?
A: the next thing to watch out for is the final release for IE7 later on this year
Uche[MSFT] (Expert):
Q: can you be more specific than "later this year" for when you expect to release the final version of IE7?
A: I am sorry I cannot be more specific
Uche[MSFT] (Expert):
Q: Is there any more exciting features going to be coming to IE7 ?
A: At this point we are working on perfecting our existing features. is there a feature in particular that you would like to see in IE7?
CyraR [MSFT] (Expert):
Q: Will the build number of IE7 Beta 3 change at all?
A: The build number of IE7 will likely change between now and the time we ship. We will take a few more critical bugs before we ship which will require new builds
Uche[MSFT] (Expert):
Q: what are your deployment plans for IE7 once it's out of beta? will it be an automatic update to all XPSP2 IE6 users? what's the deployment timeline?
A: It is not going to be an automatic update (ie it will not be mandatory to install it) but we will be promoting it as an update
Dave MAssy (Moderator):
Q: Are you guys glad that you don't need support IE6 for 98/98SE and ME anymore?
A: Yes.