{J,Java}Script improvements/changes in IE 8

[joebloe]

I haven't seen anything about updates that might be made to JavaScript
support in IE 8. Does anyone know if it's headed toward 1.7/1.8/2.0?

 

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

I haven't seen anything about updates that might be made to JavaScript
support in IE 8. Does anyone know if it's headed toward 1.7/1.8/2.0?

Microsoft Internet Explorer and other MSHTML-based user agents do not
support Netscape/Mozilla.org JavaScript, they support Microsoft JScript.

http://jibbering.com/faq/
http://PointedEars.de/es-matrix


PointedEars

 

[Bart Van der Donck]

I haven't seen anything about updates that might be made to JavaScript
support in IE 8. Does anyone know if it's headed toward 1.7/1.8/2.0?

You could ask it yourself to the browser

http://bclary.com/2004/08/27/javascript-version-incompatibilities

(a same test could be done with 'language="JScript"')

 

[Martin Honnen]

I haven't seen anything about updates that might be made to JavaScript
support in IE 8. Does anyone know if it's headed toward 1.7/1.8/2.0?

I have not heard anything about new features for the JScript engine.
There will be various DOM enhancements, some bug fixes like fixing the
attribute/property problem on HTML DOM elements, some new features like
a selector API:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288169(VS.85).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc304115(VS.85).aspx

 

[Jorge]

(...) some bug fixes like fixing the
attribute/property problem on HTML DOM elements (...)

Martin, where's that bug documented, please ?

Thanks,
--Jorge.

 

[Martin Honnen]

Martin, where's that bug documented, please ?

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/ie8whitepapers/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=571
has a link to a document listing what MS has fixed in IE 8 beta in terms
of the DOM.

I think there is a shorter HTML document about that online but can't
find the link to that currently.