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Microsoft Drops Hints on IE8

Posted by samzenpus on from the new-and-improved dept.

benuski writes "Lost in the hype about Microsoft's new Siverlight platform, there has been some information surfacing about IE8. It will include improvements in RSS, CSS, and AJAX support, and will follow Firefox 3 in supporting microformats. Also, the developers are going to try and improve UI customization, which is one of the main criticisms of IE7."

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  1. Patches are out! by therufus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Patches are probably out already. I'm sure there are some hackers who have gotten code and already written spyware for it.

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    1. Re:Patches are out! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I think you meant "You restarted your computer. Please restart for the changes to take effect."

  2. MS losing some of its charming 'tude ? by weighn · · Score: 4, Funny

    Also, the developers are going to try and improve UI customization, which is one of the main criticisms of IE7. aw, come on. where's the preemptive UI going?
    I want to see "it looks like you're typing an email" and animated puppies running off into the distance when I turn off animations ...
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  3. Re:Enough of comparing it to Firefox by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They'd be insane to compare it to lynx -- I get better CSS compliance out of that thing than I do with IE.

    -1 Troll, +1 Inciteful?

  4. Wow, what committment! by RiskyChris · · Score: 3, Funny

    Confirming upgraded support for CSS, eh? This is almost as exciting as waiting for WinFS!

  5. Re:UI customization? by jmac1492 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I believe numbers 4 through 50 in your list are occupied by: non-broken support for XHTML, CSS 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, DOM, and the other relevant W3C standards.

    Numbers 37 and 38 are ??? and Profit!, respectively.
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  6. Re:Enough of comparing it to Firefox by anaesthetica · · Score: 5, Funny

    I like "+1 Inciteful" far better than "-1 Flamebait"...

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  7. Summary of article by cgenman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Microsoft representative: "You know that really nifty stuff the Firefox team said they're working on? Um... Yeah, we're doing all that too. And better. And with a pony. ...Ok, we lied about the pony."

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  8. Re:It wouldnt be a good comparison by Merusdraconis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, not like Opera is the most used browser on the planet or anything. Your desktop-centric thinking is rapidly becoming obsolete.

    Thanks, guys! I've just got an ad hominem, an assertive statement with no backup and a condescending rebuke in two posts! I'm going to win Slashdot Logical Fallacy Bingo for sure!

  9. Oi MS! by GFree · · Score: 2, Funny

    You better add IE support for AmigaOS you bastards!

  10. Re:I dont care... by iminplaya · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can't polish a turd.

    I don't know why not. Just lay a couple of coats of varnish and viola, polished turd, a pretty good description of Vista if I do say so myself. :-)*

    *It was a joke, okay? I actually like Vista. Best Solitaire ever.

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  11. No, IE has plenty of ui customization. by plasmacutter · · Score: 4, Funny

    There are a plethora of UI addons for ie7

    oh, you wanted voluntary ie addons! sorry, my mistake :P

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  12. O'RLY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Orly?

  13. Re:It wouldnt be a good comparison by jrieth50 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've seen Firefox punch through a concrete wall. Men have emptied entire clips at it and hit nothing but air, yet its strength and its popularity are still based in a world that is built on rules. Because of that, they will never be as strong or as fast as Opera can be.

  14. Re:It wouldnt be a good comparison by B2382F29 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why do I see a FF bloatware joke coming?

    Yo Firefox's so fat, you have to DOUBLE-click it to run.

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  15. Re:I dont care... by TeknoHog · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think varnish has a lot to do with violas ;)

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  16. Re:Extensions by razvi_98 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Talking about flash, just wait till the microsoft competing format is launched. Then IE will get a "turn off Flash" feature and will be enabled at install.