A First Look At Internet Explorer 8 RC1

bogaboga writes "TG Daily reports that Microsoft quietly released the first update to its IE8 beta 2 to its closest partners last week. This new version only scores a dismal 12/100 on the Acid 3 test, though the score improves significantly if one leaves the [browser] window open for at least a minute. It is marked as 'Release Candidate 1.'"

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BREAKING: Microsoft about to change IE's name

[Nicolas MONNET]

In a controversial move to restore trust in its products, Microsoft just announced that it will rename Internet Explorer 8 as "Microsoft Firefox Downloader 1.0". A spokesperson for the company, speaking on conditions of anonymity, commented that the move was the result of a market study to identify the most common task performed by users of the product.

Also, still no XHTML, you fucking shitheads? You can XML, you can do HTML, but you can't do XHTML?

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[Blakey Rat]

Standards compliance is a non-feature. Give end-users a list of browser features, ask them to rank them, and I can guarantee standards compliance will come in last. The ONLY people who care are web developers, because it makes their job slightly easier. Cry me a river. (And web developers have to QA their page anyway.) Microsoft's time is much better spent on features users actually care about.

Demanding that browser makers drop everything and work only on standards compliance is like telling Toyota they should immediately stop production of all their cars so they can make it easier for mechanics to operate on. It's ridiculous, it doesn't help any end-users (you know, the people we're here to serve), and it's a huge waste of time for Mozilla, Apple, Microsoft, and everybody else who makes a browser.

Here's a challenge for Slashdot: explain to me how standards compliance benefits the end-user of the browser.