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Microsoft Drops Hints on IE8

Posted by samzenpus on from the new-and-improved dept.

benuski writes "Lost in the hype about Microsoft's new Siverlight platform, there has been some information surfacing about IE8. It will include improvements in RSS, CSS, and AJAX support, and will follow Firefox 3 in supporting microformats. Also, the developers are going to try and improve UI customization, which is one of the main criticisms of IE7."

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  1. Ars Link Broken by anaesthetica · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's the link to the IE Blog posting:

    http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2007/04/19/what-t o-expect-from-ie-at-mix07.aspx

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  2. Re:Extensions by Mortlath · · Score: 5, Informative
    After a simple search, I found plenty of ad blocking extensions for IE:

    • http://www.3bsoftware.com/products/adblocker.asp
    • http://www.adscleaner.com/
    • http://shareme.com/download/ads-filter.html
    • ...

    It seems to me that only 1 enterprising individual needs to make a free one for IE. (there might already be one. I didn't do a through search)

    Until Microsoft figures out a way for people to create extensions easily, without having to know C++ and COM/ActiveX, they're not going to get people like me back.

    Is C++ and COM/ActiveX so hard to use?