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Information Index for Internet Explorer 7

The Information Index gives you a high level view of the Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003, and Microsoft Vista. This Information Index connects you to specific technical articles, overviews, reference material and blog entries that delve into individual features and functionality. The goal is to organize information by topic and make it easily accessible. Blog entries and other temporary information will be combined into more formal Internet Explorer documentation before final product shipment. This is your chance to access all the documentation available and to let us know what content and format work best for you.

Introducing Internet Explorer 7

	Release Notes for Internet Explorer 7 These Release Notes give you information about installing Internet Explorer® 7 and contain information about known issues and possible workarounds for those issues.
	New C++ Features in Internet Explorer 7 List of all new C++ features in Internet Explorer 7 with links to appropraite SDK documentation.
	New Scripting Features in Internet Explorer 7 List of all new scripting features in Internet Explorer 7 with links to appropraite SDK documentation.
	Quick Guided Tour A "Quick Tour" of the new Internet Explorer 7 User Interface and functionality
	Internet Explorer 7 checklists Checklists for Internet Explorer 7 Users, Developers, and IT Pros
	Polishing the Chrome Personalize Internet Explorer 7 with available add-ons.
	Readiness Toolkit for Developers and ITPros Tools and tips to prepare your web sites and users for Windows Internet Explorer 7

Networking

	Internationalized Domain Names and Compatibility Navigation to IDN sites composed of all Unicode characters
	URL Handling Architecture More secure method of parsing Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs)
	CreateURLMoniker Considered Harmful Information about CreateURLMoniker and Internet Explorer 7.
	HTTPS Security Improvements and Compatibility HTTPS changes impact on browser compatibility

CSS

	Details on our CSS changes for Internet Explorer 7 Information on CSS changes for Internet Explorer 7.
	Cascading Style Sheet Compatibility Improvements in CSS parsing and rendering
	CSS hacks and broken pages Formerly required CSS Hacks sometimes generate failures

RSS

	Introducing the Windows RSS Platform This topic introduces the Windows RSS Platform, an API that developers can use to manipulate the Common Feed List, the set of feeds to which the user is subscribed. The properties and methods are categorized to provide a technical overview of the platform and its functionality.
	Understanding Lists and Simple List Extensions (SLE) Simple List Extensions can define list and alter user experience on the RSS platform
	Introduction to Feeds--Part 1 Introducing feeds
	Introduction to Feeds--Part 2 Discover and subscribe to Feeds
	Introduction to Feeds--Part 3 Read and manage feeds
	Script in Feeds, the Internet Explorer 7 Feed View and the Windows RSS Platform Information on mitigations that are implemented in the Internet Explorer 7 Feed View and the Windows RSS Platform that specifically address potentially malicious scripts in feeds.
	Sample Application: Screen Saver This section offers conceptual overview material for the Microsoft Windows RSS Platform, which is an application programming interface (API) of objects for managing and accessing Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds.
	The little rss icon--what makes it glow? Feed auto-discovery and the RSS icon
	Windows RSS Platform a la carte How applications can use the Windows RSS Platform
	Microsoft Feeds API Reference Microsoft Feeds API for objects related to Really Simple Synication (RSS).
	Events in the RSS Platform Eventing subsystem to listen and respond to feed and folder events
	Simple list extensions Extensions to feed formats that expose ordered lists of items
	Valid Feed and Folder Names Common feed list subscription store for feed XML

XML

	The xml prolog, strict mode, and XHTML in IE XHML handling in strict compliance mode
	Native XMLHTTP New scriptable native version of XHLHTTP

HTTPS and SSL Features

	HTTPS Security Improvements and Compatibility HTTPS changes impact on browser compatibility
	Making HTTPS Sites More Visible (Lock Icon) Improved visibility of site security from browser windows

IT Pro Features

	IT Pro Checklist Checklist for IT Pros setting up Internet Explorer 7.
	Internet Explorer 7 Set up for security Setup keeps you more secure and IE running smoothly
	Internet Explorer 7 Installation and Anti-Malware Applications Information about installing Internet Explorer 7 with anti-malware applications.
	Internet Explorer Administration Kit and Group Policy Manageability, customization, and deployment features in IEAK and group policy.
	Understanding User-Agent Strings Describes the user-agent string, which identifies your browser and provides certain system details to servers hosting the Web sites you visit.
	Detecting Internet Explorer More Effectively How to detect current and future versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer effectively
	Networking improvements in caching and decompression Networking improvements in content caching and decompression
	Understanding User Agent String How to identify browser and system details to web site servers
	Reset Internet Explorer Settings (RIES) Reset Internet Explorer Settings (RIES) provides a one-button solution to get Internet Explorer settings to its workable state.
	Troubleshooting and Internet Explorer’s (No Add-ons) Mode Internet Explorer 7 Troubleshooting tips on incompatible browser extensions, add-ons, spyware or malware

Compatibility

	Checklist for Developers and Web Developers Checklist for developers using Internet Explorer 7.
	Windows Network Development blog
	Validating HTTPS Servers TLS Support How to check HTTPS improvements that may crash nonstandard TLS Servers. See also the Windows Network Development blog for more detail about TLS and WinINet.
	Security and Compatibility with Internet Explorer 7 Enhanced security features may affect feature compatibility
	Finding Security Compatibility Issues Compatibility logging to evaluate the effect of Internet Explorer 7 data security changes on web page behavior
	Detecting Internet Explorer Versions The best way to use the User Agent String for browser detection
	HTTPS Security Improvements and Compatibility HTTPS changes impact on browser compatibility
	Internationalized Domain Names and Compatibility Navigation to IDN sites composed of all Unicode characters
	Displaying tfeL-ot-thgiR Scripts - Can your computer handle it? Information on supporting Complex Scripts
	Changes to IDN in Internet Explorer 7 to now allow mixing of scripts Information on recent changes to IDN.
	Cascading Style Sheet Compatibility Improvements in CSS parsing and rendering
	Troubleshooting and Internet Explorer’s (No Add-ons) Mode Internet Explorer 7 Troubleshooting tips on incompatible browser extensions, add-ons, spyware or malware
	Internet Explorer + JavaScript Performance Recommendations - Part 1 JavaScript performance recommendations.

Security Features

	Understanding User Agent String How to identify browser and system details to web site servers
	Internet Explorer 7 Set up for security Setup keeps you more secure and IE running smoothly
	ActiveX Security: Improvements and Best Practices This document describes the changes in how Internet Explorer 7 reduces the number of ActiveX controls enabled by default, with "ActiveX Opt-In".
	Understanding and Working in Protected Mode Internet Explorer (Windows Vista only) An introduction to Protected Mode Internet Explorer and how it works with Windows Vista features
	Finding Security Compatibility Issues Compatibility logging to evaluate changes in behavior of web applications.
	Anti-Phishing Accuracy Study Information on Anti-Phishing accuracy.
	AntiPhishing White Paper Basic workings of the Microsoft Phishing Filter
	Changes in Internet Security Zones Changes in Internet Security Zone rules
	Principles of Internet Explorer Phishing Filter How phishing filter detects phishing web sites
	Sources of information used by Phishing Filter Information sources used by the Microsoft Phishing Filter for site detection
	URL Handling Architecture More secure method of parsing Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs)

HTML

	Activating ActiveX Controls Describes how Microsoft Internet Explorer handles ActiveX Controls, including activation of interfaces and impact on accessibility tools and applications that host the WebBrowser Control
	HTML Base Tag Make the HTML BASE tag up to spec and fix some previous odd behavior
	HTML Select Element Improved HTML SELECT element for consistent platform support
	Why Does Internet Explorer Resize My Dialogs? Information about modal or modeless dialogs created from script in Internet Explorer.

Internationalized Internet Explorer

	Improved Bidirectional Behavior Improved support for right- to left-language display
	Internationalized Domain Names and Compatibility Navigation to IDN sites composed of all Unicode characters
	Changes to IDN in Internet Explorer 7 to now allow mixing of scripts Information on recent IDN changes.
	Converting Development to IDN Support for draft dtandard RFC 3490: Internationalizing Domain Names in Applications
	Displaying tfeL-ot-thgiR Scripts - Can your computer handle it? Information on supporting Complex Scripts

User Interface and Experience

	How Search Works in Windows Internet Explorer 7 -- Part 1 How Internet Explorer 7 search works -- as much as or little as detail as you want -- Part 1
	How Search Works in WIndows Internet Explorer 7 -- Part 2 More information on how search works, plus feedback and responses from users
	A Quick Reference Sheet for Internet Explorer 7 A reference sheet to bring together keyboard shortcuts and directions for common tasks in one, easy to access location.
	ClearType text as browser default text rendering Describes default browser rendering font and how to change it
	Introduction to Feeds--Part 1 Introducing feeds
	Introduction to Feeds--Part 2 Discover and Subscribe to Feeds
	Introduction to Feeds--Part 3 Read and manage feeds
	Tabbed Browsing for Developers Effects of Tabbed Browsing on the Document Object Model (DOM) and WebBrowser Control