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.而一方面,根据我们此前报导的消息,微软已经开始开发IE8,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