Microsoft is splitting the development of Internet Explorer into two groups.
- Group one will be dealing with the current internet explorer as is, upgrading it in a similar fashion to how they are now.
- Group two will be working on a project named 'Spartan', which is there attempt at cutting out all of the legacy code and crap, while making it a faster, better user experience.
With Microsoft's recent strides to being service oriented and user friendly, I have full faith in them.