Ron Schenone

Internet Explorer 8 Will Be Released Next Year

Posted by on Nov 20, 2008 | 8 Comments

The folks over at Microsoft have announced that Internet Explorer 8 will not hit the streets until the first quarter of 2009. Beta testing continues for the popular browser and includes testing by MVP’s as well as consumers. It appears that Microsoft is taking its time to ensure that the new browser can be the best available.

In the announcement it stated:

We will release one more public update of IE8 in the first quarter of 2009, and then follow that up with the final release. Our next public release of IE (typically called a “release candidate”) indicates the end of the beta period. We want the technical community of people and organizations interested in web browsers to take this update as a strong signal that IE8 is effectively complete and done. They should expect the final product to behave as this update does. We want them to test their sites and services with IE8, make any changes they feel are necessary for the best possible customer experience using IE8, and report any critical issues (e.g., issues impacting robustness, security, backwards compatibility, or completeness with respect to planned standards work). Our plan is to deliver the final product after listening for feedback about critical issues.

We will be very selective about what changes we make between the next update and final release. We will act on the most critical issues. We will be super clear about product changes we make between the update and the final release.

I personally believe Microsoft is approaching the release of IE 8 in a responsible way. The company is attempting to iron out the bugs before the browser is released. It would appear that the company is taking seriously their attempt to not release another ‘Vista’ of any of their products.

Comments welcome.

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  • http://www.canoncamerabag.info Karlsse

    i am a firefox user more than an internet explorer user but it seems that Internet explorer 8 is very stable and it its loading time for webpages is faster too.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Roger-Schooneveld/1669328899 Roger Schooneveld

    just custom build a pc. They all run windows anyway.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1433630381 Savorian Regina Smith Couch

    I dunno…I’ve been a die hare HP fan for a long time. Even with all the upsets, it’s going to be hard for me to be completely angry at them. I forgive easily :)

  • Anonymous

    HP’s customer service is deplorable. I had bought an all-in-one printer and had no need to use the scan function for the first year. At that time, I couldn’t figure out how to make certain settings global. The manual and Help options were useless. I set up a Chat session. They told me that the warranty had expired and they were going to charge me $25(?) for the answer. I disconnected, did a Google search and found out I couldn’t do what I wanted to do (although I could do it on an older HP all-in-one I had). So they were going to charge me $25 to tell me the newer machine didn’t have the software capability a much older machine had.

    The kicker is that I wasn’t asking them to fix the machine – just to clear up poor documentation. The warranty should have had nothing to do with it.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FH2VRRUZX7KF6434DGPNJICQVY bob3160

    Hello Ron,
    I couldn’t agree more. I just purchase a new laptop and chose a Dell Inspiron.
    Since I already own 2 others and have always been happy with them, there really wasn’t any other choice for me.

  • Anonymous

    I had a Hp that crashed and the recovery disc was damged. I got a Dell recover disc and the machine came back to life but kept downloading Hp updates for the MB and proprietary diagnostics until it reverted back to a Hp about a year later.
    It could be something like how Asus started to become the outsource go to for Dell and years later there is no real Dell anymore and Asus builds the entire machine under many brand names for just about anyone that wants a Asus machine.

  • Robert Rochelle

    I used to be a real HP fan. That ended after they outsourced customer service. After a couple of really frustrating experiences I’ll have nothing to do with them anymore. I still own and use some HP cameras, scanners, & printers, but I’ve bought 3 computers, 2 all-in-one printers, and a camera since my last HP purchase. As long as their customer service stays as poor as it is there will not be another HP purchase.