Even though I despise the Web2.0 buzz and the term Ajax a little, I’m using it to get you guys to read on to this article on Microsoft’s IEBlog.
Sunava Dutta (Program Manager for the Internet Explorer team) talks about a native XMLHTTPRequest (like Safari, Mozilla, … offer) in Internet Explorer 7. This will make web development once again a bit less complicated. Big up for “standards” and adopting them. Really can’t wait for it.