• Microsoft IE 8 Beta 1 in 2008

    Microsoft IE 8 Beta 1 in 2008

    Techtree News Staff, Dec 20, 2007 1606 hrs IST

    Titled 'Acid2 Browser Test', the tests are designed to demonstrate whether a browser is able to render a Web site in a certain way or not.

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Beta one of the next iteration of Internet Explorer (IE), IE 8, will be released in the first half of 2008, Microsoft has announced. The company assured users that its new version browser has been put through necessary tests to ensure it doesn't 'break' the Web.

Titled 'Acid2 Browser Test', the tests are designed to demonstrate whether a browser is able to render a Web site in a certain way or not. In the event it is able to do so, the browser is certified as supporting of accepted Web standards.

Incidentally, Microsoft's original version IE was developed before Web standards like CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) and RSS (Really Simple Syndication) came into being. As such, older IE versions don't support current Web standards.

Faced with growing competition from open-source browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft developed its last version IE (IE 7) a shade better than predecessors in terms of support for newer Web standards.

Then again, older versions of IE refused to work with IE 7. With IE 8, Microsoft hopes to address this concern.

An IE blog posting said Microsoft's goal in developing IE 8 is to support the right set of standards with excellent implementations, and to do so without breaking the existing Web. The posting continued that the key design goal for IE 8 is compatibility with existing Web sites and Web standards supported in other browsers to provide a premium user experience.

Meanwhile, the final release of IE 8 depends on feedback received from the beta process, Microsoft has said.

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(8) Comments
sachin
,goa, on Dec 20, 2007 10:56 PM
firefox beta 3 beta 2 is already out and IE is no match.
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niji
,chennai, on Jan 01, 2008 09:23 PM
firefox is okay, but irritates when we just install an addon of 120kb , it shows performance loss considerably, and we have to always restart after every addon install And a fully loaded firefox takes a hell of time... i hope they address these issues too.. in the upcoming version.
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,nalagarh, on Dec 31, 2007 04:02 PM
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Ich Will
,Germany, on Dec 21, 2007 06:36 PM
I use IE7 with XP SP2 and it's awesome and great. Security features are very high and is very secure. But it crashes sometimes and hangs. Somehow , it's simply great. I think IE8 will only be available for Vista. I wish they create a copy for SP2.
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Deepak
,Mumbai, on Dec 21, 2007 08:27 AM
Any one know what is the Best Features in IE 8
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sonu
,bilaspur, on Dec 20, 2007 06:48 PM
Meanwhile, the final release of IE 8 depends on feedback received from the beta process, Microsoft has said
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