Microsoft announces IE8

[drhowarddrfine]

On the IEBlog, Microsoft (http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2007/12/05/internet-explorer-8.aspx?CommentPosted=true#commentmessage)officially announced the name of the new browser as IE8. But they won't say anything else, like when, or what improvements have been made to the worst browser on the planet.

Molly Holzschlag had an interview with Bill Gates (http://molly.com/) and she asked about IE8 and standards support. She noticed Dean Hachamovitch, IE General Manager, wasn't letting anyone talk about IE8 and he seemed more secretive about it. So how is standards support coming in IE8?

BILL GATES: In terms of standards support, (Dean will) see that it’s a glass half full. It adds a bunch of new stuff we didn’t have before, it doesn’t add everything that everybody wants us to do.

IE7 will be 10 years behind web standards in January. How far behind will IE8 be?

[Kravvitz]

Thanks for posting this here, drhowarddrfine. :)

I too am curious about how IE8 will differ from IE7.

[felgall]

At least that blog is allowing people to provide them with feedback. Whether they'll listen to our comments or not is another matter.

[gizmo]

I could care a **** about IE8, IE's track record in that department has always been bad.

[blue-eye-labs]

IE8 should be a little like this:
http://code2.deviantart.com/art/THE-NEW-IE-7-5-68371548
IE is so rubbish it makes baby Jesus cry.

[drhowarddrfine]

Whoa! (http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/2007/12/ie_8.html)