下一代浏览器IE8开发中 与Firefox3继续较劲
Microsoft和Mozilla Foundation正在下一代浏览器市场上继续较劲,Mozilla已经公布了Firefox 3(code-named "Gran Paradiso")的开发计划,并且已经连出两个Alpha版本,看上去对IE威胁很大,预计该版本将在2007年第三或第四季度发布。而另一方面,微软的开发进程紧锣密鼓,微软在CES上透露,他们已经开始IE8的策划编写工作,在18-24个月内我们将看到新版发布,而且中途并没有service pack的开发计划,直接跳转到下一个版本。
但又一个消息是在Microsoft Mix'07会议之前不会看到关于IE8的任何内容。
Mozilla Foundation "必须做到的"功能列表(Firefox 3):
• Improved interaction with add-ons,in terms of installation,configuration and management
• Support for extensible bookmarks,bookmarks and history annotation.
• Support for Web services so they can act as content handlers
• Better Web printing support
• An MSI installer for Windows systems
• Built-in support for Microsoft's CardSpace,as well as OpenID
• Replacement of TalkBack with Airbag,the Google-backed open-source crash reporting tool
IE team声称需要做到的(大部分集中在兼容性和CSS上):
• "Locking" a page to prevent users from accidentally navigating away from it
• Adding a "Find on Page" capability
• Improving username/password management
• Restoring the "Image Toolbar" provided in earlier IE 7 test builds
• Changing the download mechanism,perhaps eliminating the initial download to the "temporary Internet files" folder
• Adding easily editable config files (similar to Firefox's userChrome。css and UserContent。css)
• Enabling draggable tabs from one IE window to another
• Configuring tabs so that each has its own private cookie cache
• Introducing new status bar info,possibly with fields such as "last accessed by user" and "window last updated"
• Enabling add-ons,such as stocks,movies,etc. a la Firefox
可以预料,双方的恶战不可避免。也许微软的IE7与FireFox的争斗从功能上仍然不占上风,也许微软会给我们带来又一让人耳目一新的概念呢?
[ 本帖最后由 Stone0705 于 2007-10-20 19:33 编辑 ]