Microsoft drops support for IE 8

[sinetheo]

Microsoft has dropped support for IE 8. This is a bombshell as corporations expected support until 2020 and have had no advanced warning unlike Windows XP.

 

Could Microsoft have made a mistake and meant this for Windows XP as the link showed XP support information? Or is Microsoft cancelling support for Internet Explorer 8 in addition to Office 2003 and Windows XP as well? IE 8 is the world's most popular web browser unlike IE 6 so cutting it off would not make sense at this time as many enterprise applications rely on its settings for security and legacy coded sites.

 

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/ie-8-welcome#welcome=tab1

[xendrome]

Wait, how is this a bombshell? IE8 follows support of it's parent product, Windows XP.. And we have known about support being dropped for it for 2+ years....

[Max Norris]

Wait, how is this a bombshell? IE8 follows support of it's parent product, Windows XP.. And we have known about support being dropped for it for 2+ years....

Exactly.  Along with Office 2003 and Server 2003 too. (Hope that's not going to be another "bombshell" for somebody.) All supported OS's have newer versions available to them.  Some major sites won't even support it.. Google for example. 

[Guest]

I think this only refers to XP. All components of Vista, 7, 8, ++, are supported as long as those OSes are supported.

 

EDIT: Meaning, IE8 on 7 will be supported as long as the OS is supported.

 

 

Releases known as Components follow the Support Lifecycle of their parent Major Product.

[Dick Montage]

Who exactly is claiming it's a bombshell?

[Yuhong Bao]

I think this page is in error here.

[sinetheo]

Exactly.  Along with Office 2003 and Server 2003 too. (Hope that's not going to be another "bombshell" for somebody.) All supported OS's have newer versions available to them.  Some major sites won't even support it.. Google for example. 

 

IE 6 came with XP. IE 8 comes with Windows 7. 

[xendrome]

IE 6 came with XP. IE 8 comes with Windows 7. 

 

OK Here we go - http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/?sort=PNα=internet+explorer

 

Ok so it COMES built into Windows 7 and Server 2008R2. It can also be installed and run on Windows XP, Server 2003, Vista, and Server 2008.

 

If you look at my link above, the notes for the product state "Releases known as Components follow the Support Lifecycle of their parent Major Product." 

 

Which means, the parent Major Product, (The OS it runs on), then IE8 will follow support for that OS... So if IE8 is on Windows Server 2008 R2 will be supported under extended support till 1-14-2020, and so on, for each "parent Major Product"

[Dot Matrix]

Wait, how is this a bombshell? IE8 follows support of it's parent product, Windows XP.. And we have known about support being dropped for it for 2+ years....

This. ^

 

Those running IE8 on Windows XP are not supported.

[sinetheo]

OK Here we go - http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/?sort=PNα=internet+explorer

 

Ok so it COMES built into Windows 7 and Server 2008R2. It can also be installed and run on Windows XP, Server 2003, Vista, and Server 2008.

 

If you look at my link above, the notes for the product state "Releases known as Components follow the Support Lifecycle of their parent Major Product." 

 

Which means, the parent Major Product, (The OS it runs on), then IE8 will follow support for that OS... So if IE8 is on Windows Server 2008 R2 will be supported under extended support till 1-14-2020, and so on, for each "parent Major Product"

FYI that link was on Windows 7. Windows XP has a totally different page

[xendrome]

FYI that link was on Windows 7. Windows XP has a totally different page

 

Nope wrong again, - http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/?sort=PNα=internet+explorer

 

That link is for Internet Explorer, it has NOTHING to do with a Specific OS. It covers IE 2.0 for Mac all the way up to IE 11

[McKay]

And we only recently upgraded to IE8 here at work. Thank goodness we paid for another year of XP support though  :rolleyes:

 

I wonder if the extended XP support covers IE8 exploits?