Please Note: Portions of this Chat have been edited for clarity.
Participating Experts:
Chris Wilson – Group program Manager on Internet Explorer for Platform and Security
Dave Massy – Senior Program Manager on Internet Explorer
Peter Gurevich – Program Manager for images and display on Internet Explorer
Amy P - Test lead for the IE Navigation feature team
Uche Enuha - Program manager on the User experience team working on Internet options, quick tabs, error pages and more...
Patrick Mann - Security test lead for IE
Cyra Richardson – Lead Program Manger for rendering and display
Max Stevens - Lead program manager responsible for the user interface of Internet Explorer.
Useful IE Resources:
Peter Gurevich[MSFT] (Expert):
Q: I hear IE7 is now "render" complete. I work exclusively with CSS+SharePoint and noticed several rendering oddities (calendars for ex). Just curious as to if there is any known upcoming resolutions between your teams? PS: Love what you have done thus far!
A: IE 7 is now Layout complete. We are continuing to work on any rendering issues that we come across. If you have specific examples please send them to
[email protected]. We will take a look. Thanks for the feedback
Chris Wilson [MS] (Expert):
Q: When is the next public build of Beta2 (or will it be Beta 3) be available?
A: Beta 2 will be available in Q2 2006 - so relatively soon. Sorry, can't be more precise right now. Watch the IE Blog, though -
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/.
Dave Massy (Moderator):
Q: When is the final release of IE7 due?
A: Second half of this year
Dave Massy (Moderator):
Q: What's the final work going into IE7 before release?
A: Fixing bugs and spit and polish. Pretty standard for any software project as we get through the beta phase. We have work to do to get the product to a quality level for full release. Please keep sending feedback so that we can prioritise that work.