Tuesday, January 27th 2009
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 RC1 Released
Microsoft made public today, the first release candidate of Internet Explorer 8. Internet Explorer 8 RC 1, build number 8.0.06001.18372 is the latest version of the familiar web browser that is said to be faster, better and more secure than its predecessors. This release is compatible with both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows XP, Vista, Server 2003 and Server 2008. There is still no official release for Windows 7. For more information, please read the release notes.
DOWNLOAD: Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1
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DOWNLOAD: Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1
56 Comments on Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 RC1 Released
I deal with this every single day. It's going to be a few more years before we're free of IE6 -- hell, IE9 will probably be out by then, and the corporate intranet world will just be moving to 7.
It's understandable considering how long IE6 has been around. They got comfortable with it and didn't expect it to change. Sad though because those apps should be networking amongst themselves without requiring any version of IE.
multiple freezes and locks, other than that its not bad when its working, having problems in navigation of sites taking forever to change pages..
not doing bad in tpu, but navigating email was hell:wtf:
im back on chrome tfn:rockout:
I've never had any issues with IE7, but, even considering how recently IE7 was released - it's good to see IE8 already in-production. Thing is, MS needs to update IE for new OSes (usually it's developed alongside the OS . . . WIN7 + IE8).
But, as much as some people do have issues - I know a lot of users of IE7, FF, Opera, whatever, that don't hit the "send report" button when something goes foobar . . . how are developers supposed to know what issues are more common tha others, what issues are still floating around, what still needs to be fixed if users don't provide feedback?
So, any bitchin and griping about IE8 after the official release - I have no pitty upon those who've decided to opt-out of helping out with IE8 development by not using it as they can.