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IE8 achieves web standards milestone

Today Internet Explorer General Manager Dean Hachamovitch posted about an important milestone in the development of the next version of Internet Explorer, IE8.  As of last week – 12 December, to be exact – the latest build correctly renders the Acid2 browser test in IE8 standards mode.  As Dean points out, this is just one of many milestones ahead for Internet Explorer 8 and we can expect to hear more as further progress is made.

IE8 will be at MIX08, with a beta release due sometime in the first half of 2008.

If you have questions on IE8 and the team’s progress, those are best directed to the IE Team blog.


Comments

  1. Posted on: December 19, 2007 at 4:39PM  

    im not very HAppy, now happy Mac user

    or

    we have WPF :D :D :D

    we are different :D :D :D

  2. Posted on: December 19, 2007 at 4:47PM  

    It would be good if they can loosen the coupling of IE with the operating system. The problem is, if we get some problems with IE, we are left with no other choice than reinstalling the OS (in the case of Vista).I myself was a victim of this recently. If it can be added/removed/changed as a Windows Features, it would be really good and helpful.

  3. Posted on: December 19, 2007 at 4:52PM  

    @Doctor Nick

    IE 8 is Inclused in SP1 ???

  4. Posted on: December 19, 2007 at 5:44PM  

    Hey dovella:  no SP1 does not include IE8; the IE8 Beta will be a separate release in 2008.

  5. Posted on: December 19, 2007 at 7:07PM  

    This is wonderful news! As a web devloper, I am very pleased with the new level of commitment Microsoft is making to this initiative. This will save untold amounts of time and frustration, and I hope you guys stick to it. Great job, guys.

  6. Posted on: December 19, 2007 at 9:25PM  

    Well about damn time!!

  7. Posted on: December 20, 2007 at 12:56AM  

    Ok THX DOctor :D

  8. Posted on: December 20, 2007 at 10:47AM  

    That's fantastic news! It would be great to know that I can finally use a brouser that renders pages as good as Firefox (or better) and be able to use the things that can only work on IE. Do you have any idea on the release date? Summer?

  9. Posted on: December 23, 2007 at 3:05PM  

    Small Off topic

    Marry X mas and Happy New Year World

    and Happy New Vista in SP1 :D

  10. Posted on: December 24, 2007 at 9:23PM  

    i think i find a bug in IE browser. it been found in IE6 and IE7,but i dont know it's still in ie8.

    code:

    <div>

    <iframe src="a.html"></iframe>

    <iframe src="b.html"></iframe>

    </div>

    if you press Ctrl+F5,IE can be send a right request:

    Get a.html...

    Get b.html...

    but,if you press F5, IE will send a wrong request and recived 304 of Http header,It will be request:

    Get a.html...

    Get a.html...

    if our code like as:

    <div>

    <iframe src="a.html"></iframe>

    </div>

    <div>

    <iframe src="b.html"></iframe>

    </div>

    It be work good in IE.

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  1. Posted by: Windows Vista News on December 19, 2007 at 3:30PM

    Did you see this post at windowsvistablog.com