The IE8 beta 2 support page has been updated again and the support for IE8 pre-released versions has now been bumped to until March 31st, 2009. This could indicate that the final product may be released during April. Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager, Internet Explorer had officially announced earlier that there will be one more public update of IE8 in the first quarter of 2009, followed up by the final release.
Currently, the IE8 Beta testers can download the latest partner build and the rest can download the Beta 2 which is available to public.
The current IE build version the beta testers can download is 8.0.6001.18344 and the one available in the leaked Windows 7 Beta 1 is 8.0.7000.0. The current IE8 Beta bits, including the partner build is not supported in Windows 7 beta 1.
Windows 7 is also rumoured to be released as early as 2009. Can this be a reason for IE8 getting delayed so that it can coincide with the Windows 7 release?
the might just went more time to bugfixes , they will release it when it is ready , and surely it should be ready before windows 7 hit RTM
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windows 7 mobile sounds very doubtful
I agree on the other two, though.
Now don't get me wrong, I am a big supporter of Web Standards, and (for whatever its worth) applaud Microsoft for pushing towards a standards compliant browser, but I don't see why Microsoft doesn't just licence Firefox, Opera, etc to bundle with Windows and donate to the cause, or alternatively, make IE open-source. It would save them a lot of work, and save them a lot of money.
Now don't get me wrong, I am a big supporter of Web Standards, and (for whatever its worth) applaud Microsoft for pushing towards a standards compliant browser, but I don't see why Microsoft doesn't just licence Firefox, Opera, etc to bundle with Windows and donate to the cause, or alternatively, make IE open-source. It would save them a lot of work, and save them a lot of money.
you actually prefer ie6? right....
I don't see why Microsoft doesn't just licence Firefox, Opera, etc to bundle with Windows
It's so easy that I don't know why you haven't understood this yourself.
Do you suggest selling all Windows users' browsing habits to Google?
Can you imagine Microsoft begging Mozilla for 7-8 yesrs to fix some bug?
Do you want some bug in new Gecko version to kill Windows Help, Mail, Media Player, Active Desktop, SQL Server Installer...? shall I continue?
What would Microsoft say to its users when Mozilla sais "Yes there is a hole which lets anyone steal some local files. But we are not going to fix it because that files are not very important."
I really understand why Microsoft doen't want any 3rd-party apps in default Windows installation.
Don't plan on upgrading to Windows 7 any time soon after it's release and definitely CAN NOT stand that POS Vista, so it'll be XP Pro and IE6 (although Seamonkey is my main browser) for some time to come yet.
Don't plan on upgrading to Windows 7 any time soon after it's release and definitely CAN NOT stand that POS Vista, so it'll be XP Pro and IE6 (although Seamonkey is my main browser) for some time to come yet.
This = hilarious.
This = hilarious too.
No. Just... no. Leave now, before someone manages to find their pitchfork...
Windows 7, IE 8, coming in '09
Available everywhere 07.08.09
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