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?
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