Microsoft plans to distribute Internet Explorer 8 to computers running previous versions of IE (IE 6 or IE 7) via Automatic Updates starting from the 3rd week of April. The update will be rolled out gradually from a small user base to large number of users.
The update will be a 'high priority' update for systems running Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 and is an 'important' update for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. The final version of IE8 was distributed via automatic update recently to users still running pre-release versions of IE8, Beta 2/RC1.
Organizations can use the IE8 Blocker Toolkit to block automatic delivery of IE8. The blocking tool has to be in place by the week of April 20th. IE8 will be released to Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) in July 2009 and will be classified as an Update Rollup.
+1 IE7 should have been a required update. But hey, we'll finally get it with IE8. I still hate the browser and find it renders things much slower than Firefox 3.5 nightlies, but it's certainly a step in the right direction and isn't such a pain to develop for finally.
Uhh, why?
I hope this is a joke.
Or maybe just something from the birth of IE7.
Otherwise, it is ridiculous.
What dark age? Most developers standardise on Firefox now. Gone are the times of M$ proprietary extensions. Now we all follow open standards.
One of the quotes says:
You can't be serious... lmao.
Gotta love this chart:
Which for once arent' the fault of the browser.
I'm in Australia, and some of my clients (the ones who know nothing about PCs other than how to use Word) have had IE8 installed through Windows Automatic Update... none of my clients update their PCs manually so yeah. Weird.
What is recommended? A good, old install of 2001 IE6.
Somebody should write a worm that updates their PC. I'm tired of idiots making the internet unsafe because they want to keep their security holes wide open.
SpywareBlaster also causes the issue.
I think it is good to switch to IE8 for better standard-compliance.
I think we should just make you die and preload some brains inside your head cavity.
So say we all!
Win.
2. The IE8 installation can be blocked with the IE8 Blocker Toolkit
Stop using a computer then. It's people like you that allow for the spread of malware because of idiocy like that.
IE8 WILL NOT be getting installed on ANY of my 6 machines!!
IE7 & 8 are both junk!!
Both of them are to stupid to remember user names at sites I WANT it to remember them at and that right there is enough for me not to want it.
IE6 rulez!!
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on our XP systems.
I knew that IE6 was soooo worse ever! I used IE6 on my old Windows XP. It always crashed often, and very slow to running.
I had problem with Windows Live Spaces on IE6 before, because it was sooo slow running. Now on IE7 and are very best at speed up. I like both IE 7 and 8, because they have tab features which it is very easier for me.
Right now, I am on Vista. I am using IE8, so they are best too. I choose Vista over XP, because of supporting older video game will work on Vista. I play Star Wars Galaxies and it is very smooth on Vista.
Gameboy
A> If you don't use IE anyways, its not a security vulnerbility.
B> If you're on XP and don't have a choice to uninstall IE completely
C> Installing IE 7 or 8 on an older business machine with a very closed set of tasks and only 512 meg of ram produces a benchmarked overall reduction of speed depending on the machine ranging from 20% to 40% including bootup speed due to the complete integration of IE into explorer.
On the other side. IE 8 on Windows 7 vs XP is day and night. On Windows 7 IE 8 opens in under a second, tabed browsing is fast, and IE 8 works wonderfully. Too bad Microsoft can't take the same code for Windows XP.
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