IE 8: Final Release Date

Any rumors about the release date. Just heard 2009 Q1.

Altug Atik wrote:

> Any rumors about the release date. Just heard 2009 Q1.

IE8: What's after Beta 2?
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...er-beta-2.aspx

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Nothing more? Still Q1.

"Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]" <enzodirusso@xoom.it> wrote in message
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> Altug Atik wrote:
>
>> Any rumors about the release date. Just heard 2009 Q1.
>
> IE8: What's after Beta 2?
> http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...er-beta-2.aspx
>
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> Vincenzo Di Russo
> Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional since 2003
> Windows Internet Explorer, Windows Desktop Experience & Security
> My MVP Profile: https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Vincenzo
> My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/
>

Altuð Atik wrote:
> Nothing more? Still Q1.
>

And that's for the Release Candidate only.


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Was wondering if I could format and install WinXP SP3 with IE 8. Can't wait
longer. Thanks.

"Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> Altuð Atik wrote:
>> Nothing more? Still Q1.
>>
>
> And that's for the Release Candidate only.
>
>
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> Asking a question?
> Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about,
> your OS, Service Pack level
> and the FULL contents of any error message(s)

IE8 Beta Newsgroups.

In Your Newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...texplorer.beta

In The Web Interface:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...xplorer. beta

"Altuð Atik" <altugatik@msn.com> wrote in message
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: Any rumors about the release date. Just heard 2009 Q1.

No, not even when IE8 Final is released.

When will that happen? Those who say cannot know and those who know cannot
say.
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Altuð Atik wrote:
> Was wondering if I could format and install WinXP SP3 with IE 8...

On Jan 8, 11:53*pm, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...@gmail.com> wrote:
> No, not even when IE8 Final is released.
>
> When will that happen? *Those who say cannot know and those who know cannot
> say.
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> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> AumHa VSOP & Adminhttp://aumha.net
> DTS-Lhttp://dts-l.net/
>
> Altuð Atik wrote:
> > Was wondering if I could format and install WinXP SP3 with IE 8...

There are so many things wrong with IE8 b2 that I am a surprised it
was released. For years now we've been told to do page layout using
DIV rather than TABLE. While this has worked for years in other
browsers including Firefox, if you try this with IE8b2 you will
discover that some page items won't render at all (until you force a
refresh) or will render incorrectly. To get around this problem, MS
has added a "Compatibility View" button which forces IE8 to pretend
that the DOCTYPE statement is missing.

Many people don't see a problem with this since 90% of all non-
programmers use IE but consider the problems presented to programmers
maintaining retail web sites like eBay.com and Amazon.com. From this
perspective, poor CSS compliance in IE is holding back the whole
world. On top of this, IE6 and and IE7 will be used by consumers for
many years after IE8 is released since many users never upgrade their
browsers.

Neil Rieck
Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge,
Ontario, Canada.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/

You are most than welcome to post your opinion in a new thread in
microsoft.public.internetexplorer.beta newsgroup instead of hijacking
someone else's thread here, Neil.

Neil Rieck wrote:
<snip>
> There are so many things wrong with IE8 b2 that I am a surprised it
> was released. For years now we've been told to do page layout using
> DIV rather than TABLE. While this has worked for years in other
> browsers including Firefox, if you try this with IE8b2 you will
> discover that some page items won't render at all (until you force a
> refresh) or will render incorrectly. To get around this problem, MS
> has added a "Compatibility View" button which forces IE8 to pretend
> that the DOCTYPE statement is missing.
>
> Many people don't see a problem with this since 90% of all non-
> programmers use IE but consider the problems presented to programmers
> maintaining retail web sites like eBay.com and Amazon.com. From this
> perspective, poor CSS compliance in IE is holding back the whole
> world. On top of this, IE6 and and IE7 will be used by consumers for
> many years after IE8 is released since many users never upgrade their
> browsers.