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Internet Explorer 8 Delayed Until 2009

Posted by Soulskill on from the ready-when-it's-ready dept.

Barence writes "Microsoft has confirmed that Internet Explorer 8 will not be officially released until 2009. According to a blog posting on the Internet Explorer 8 development site, a release candidate of the browser will be released in the first quarter of next year, to be followed by a final release at an unspecified date. This news comes on the same day that Google is considering bundling its Chrome browser with new PCs. Will the IE delay and Google's tactics help to steer users in Chrome's direction?"

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  1. Re:Ummm.... by cp.tar · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This is not massive news as it is Late November in 2008. Meaning if IE 8 was release it would have to be released within 6 weeks. Heck it would need at least that much time in the RC levels just to make sure things are kinda going smooth.

    Yeah, well, 2009 is a year that is going to be but a day shorter than this year. And the date of IE8's release is as of yet unspecified, which, if our past experiences with Microsoft are in any way significant, means that we have about a year before release. At best.

    Now taking bets: which will come first - IE8 or Win7?

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  2. I propose by mfh · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    A delay until 2090.

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  3. Re:Google not serious about browser by blind+biker · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    BS.

    It is exactly because Google wants to reduce IEs marketshare that they are committed to Chrome's development. Chrome started from 0 and in no time captured as much browser share as Opera, and Chrome is definitely competitive with the other browsers already!

    Your whole post is self-contradictory and it only makes sense with compromised logic.

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  4. Re:how by uassholes · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    IE does a lot of things right, which no other browser does.

    Bwaaah haaw haaaa haaa.

    Stop it, you're killing me!

    Haaaa haaa haaaaaaaw. Choke, snortle.

  5. Re:how by Kent+Recal · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well, you can spin it any way you like, it's still a word game and frankly, stupid polemics.
    Google is selling my attention span and, at worst, some demographic data about me. That is only a tiny fragment of me as a person and far from your "selling souls" speech.

    Furthermore I, as a person, am free to opt-out of google's evil soul selling practices, just like everybody else.

    I signed up to their services using fake data and an anonymous e-mail forwarder, plus my Firefox has adblock installed.
    So as far as I am concerned I get to use their services for free - without revealing any personal data and without looking at a single ad.