Microsoft confirms IE 8 will ship this year


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Microsoft confirms IE 8 will ship this year

Quick update from Microsoft's Financial Analyst Meeting (FAM): Microsoft Senior Vice President of Online Services and Windows, Bill Veghte, just told attendees that Microsoft will release the final version of Internet Explorer (IE) 8 to the Web "later this year." Microsoft has tried its best not to provide a ship target for IE 8 ? like most of its Windows client family of products. Company officials did acknowledge last month that a second public beta of IE 8 is due out in August.

Microsoft has been warning Web developers to prep for IE 8, which will be more standards-compliant, to prepare now for IE 8 by adding a new tag to their sites to keep them from breaking when viewed with IE 8.

Source: All About Microsoft

I'm glad IE8 is coming along, but every so often the developers go and do something which just makes me wonder what drug they're on.

Like what?

I've not used the IE8 preview and am interested to know about any quirks it may have.

Bravo for Microsoft developing a more standards compliant web browser. I'm not afraid to give credit to Microsoft when they do great things.

However, one thing bugs me. Why did Microsoft change the UI for IE 7? It was completely unnecessary.

Will IE 8 use the same layout?

Does anyone think Microsoft changed the browser UI in order to scare non-tech people from using a web browser that has a standard UI? (Just a thought, not accusing)

Like what?

I've not used the IE8 preview and am interested to know about any quirks it may have.

Well, it's areas of the CSS spec they don't want to implement for some reason, @font-face is one (IE has supported @font-face for 10 years or so, but only one format and only theirs, the CSS spec lists other, more open formats they don't want to implement)

Maybe he's talking about the acid test... that IS kind of suspicious sounding, afterall :whistle:

http://www.webstandards.org/action/acid2/ ;)

That's the old URL (and it's broken), use http://acid2.acidtests.org/

I hope IE8 is more standards compliant. I had a hell of a time ensuring a website I'm developing looks just the same in Firefox and IE. One thing I do like about IE is that it's intelligent enough to know where a space is so I don't have to put a break in some places, but that also brings up some other problems, especially with tables when you put the end row in a new space.

I do quite like the interface though, as it was clean and simple, though the refresh button being put at the end does bother me, but not that much.

Scirwode

The reason they have to have it out this year is because they are pushing close to the end of mainstream support for XP, to release IE8 after April 2009 they would either have to cancel the XP releases or make an exception to the rules or extend mainstream support for XP.

Care to elaborate how huge? IE 7 is enough for the mainstream users.

So, just because IE7 is "enough for the mainstream users", there is NO room for improvements?

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