[BetaNews] IE8 shipping this year, Windows 7 still on track - Overclock.net

SZayat · 07-25-08

http://www.betanews.com/article/Inte...ack/1216929103

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At Microsoft's Financial Analyst Meeting Thursday, Bill Veghte, who heads up the company's Windows and online services division, said that Windows 7 is progressing well and confirmed that Internet Explorer 8 will ship before the end of the year.

Beta 2 of IE8 is slated for release next month, with a focus on new features for consumers and IT professionals. The first beta -- released in March -- was focused largely on developers, and Microsoft said the long delay between betas was due to the heavy feedback it received.

Until Thursday, however, Microsoft had remained cagey about when IE8 would become available for the general public. Veghte demoed the updated browser to FAM attendees, noting that a final build will ship "later this year." Microsoft hasn't said whether there will be a third beta before IE8 launches.

There are now two preparatory Web sites for building anticipation around IE8, the newest being a heavily revised Internet Explorer Developer Center on MSDN. This comes in addition to the marketing Web site for users, which continues to show pictures of IE8 Beta 1.

Veghte also discussed Windows 7 on Thursday, saying that "the product is tracking very, very well." He didn't discuss any features of the new operating system, on which Microsoft has largely remained silent, but said development was looking good.

Veghte expects Windows 7 to meet Microsoft's commitment of "three years from general availability of Windows Vista." That indicates it will become available to consumers in early 2010. Microsoft began talking about Windows 7 for the first time in late May, although hasn't provided many specifics.

neonlazer · 07-25-08

Lol..that joke about M$ scrapping IE8 and helping firefox was...a joke?..i was thinking wow...they have never done something so smart...

mrtn400 · 07-25-08

MS is going to release another version of a crap web browser that emulates Firefox. Woo!

ZealotKi11er · 07-25-08

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Originally Posted by mrtn400

MS is going to release another version of a crap web browser that emulates Firefox. Woo!

Why do you say crap? I personaly dont see 1 single difference.

ElMikeTheMike · 07-25-08

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Originally Posted by ZealotKi11er

Why do you say crap? I personaly dont see 1 single difference.

It's not crap, but 99% of FF users are zealots and if you don't use what they use, you're clearly an idiot in their eyes.

Murlocke · 07-25-08

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Originally Posted by ZealotKi11er

Why do you say crap? I personaly dont see 1 single difference.

Security/adware/popup/spyware reasons.

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Originally Posted by ElMikeTheMike

It's not crap, but 99% of FF users are zealots and if you don't use what they use, you're clearly an idiot in their eyes.

Safer, more reliable, more stable, reduces chances of adware/spyware to almost 0, and has alot more features. I honestly don't see why anyone would use IE. Firefox or Opera is by far better in all aspects.

I was reformating my grandmas computer atleast once a month due to spyware and adware, I finally just put firefox as her default browser and left everything else the same. Zero problems for over a year now. Ad-aware and Spybot still detect 0 spyware/adware.

zacbrain · 07-25-08

alright more trolling by the firefox fans.

>_>

the_milk_man · 07-25-08

i am a firefox supporter and i am angry that flash can only be installed in IE

ElMikeTheMike · 07-25-08

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Originally Posted by Murlocke

Security/adware/popup/spyware reasons.

Safer, more reliable, more stable, reduces chances of adware/spyware to almost 0, and has alot more features. I honestly don't see why anyone would use IE. Firefox or Opera is by far better in all aspects.

I was reformating my grandmas computer atleast once a month due to spyware and adware, I finally just put firefox as her default browser and left everything else the same. Zero problems for over a year now. Ad-aware and Spybot still detect 0 spyware/adware.

I get no spyware/adware/popups with IE7. So as far as I'm concerned, that's all a matter of opinion, because the same can be said for IE. And your grandmother must watch a lot of pr0n.

I sometimes use FF on my Mac only because I'm not a big fan of Safari, but even that runs faster than FF. The only reason I use IE7 though, is because I like the layout better than any other browser - and that's it.

Croft · 07-25-08

Opera user here. I don't shove my preference in other people's faces. Opera is what suites my needs, and everyone has the right to choose what browser they want.

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