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IE7 got rid of DirectAnimation, which is basically DirectX in IE, since IE4.

And now there's WebGL.

And other features like

- DirectMusic (MIDI support)

- VRML (which is basically SVG)

- dHTML+TIME (animiation support)

- page transition effects

- render doc/ppt/xls in html

- .htc as web components

icebraining on Nov 29, 2012 [–]

VRML (which is basically SVG)

Not really; VRML was a 3D modeling language, while SVG is for 2D images/animations.

riffraff on Nov 29, 2012 | [–]

I guess that was VML http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/NOTE-VML-19980513

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