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IE 8.1 Supports Firefox Plugins, Rendering Engine
KermodeBear writes in to note that according to Smashing Magazine, the newest version of Internet Explorer, codenamed "Eagle Eyes," supports Firefox plugins, the Gecko and Webkit rendering engines, and has scored a 71 / 100 on the Acid3 test. The article is pretty gee-whiz, and I don't entirely believe the claims that IE's JavaScript performance will trounce the others. (And note that the current Firefox, 3.0.8, scores 71 on Acid3, and Safari 3.1.2 hits 75.) No definitive date from Microsoft, but "sources" say that an IE 8.1 beta will be released in the summer.
Breaking News: April Fools joke leaked on March 31st
...it isn't April 1st yet :)
If it actually does do all that (support FF plugins, Gecko and Webkit [and I assume Trident], score competitively on Acid3 [I would assume that is at least some indication of being more standards compliant], good JS performance), that would be a pretty big Wow.
Dubbed "Eagle Eyes" because it has FireFOX in its sights.
:(
Evil bastards
ilovegeorgebush
Microsoft's Internet Explorer Development Team has teamed up with the Google Chrome Development Team to create JSE in a seemingly grand plan combat Mozilla Firefox's growing market share. The result: a JavaScript engine that outperforms all modern browsers currently available on the market.
Yes of course Microsoft will team up with Google to "combat Mozilla Firefox's growing market share". When chairs fly.
They also decided to release an OSX version again and while I was taking a shower, it fed and took my dog for a walk.
You need to supply your own pony feed, though.
So, that's what the Conficker virus does...
Coder's Stone: The programming language quick ref for iPad
Can I run IE Tab on Internet Explorer and make the world explode?
Check out the author's tagline at the end:
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I hereby turn in my Slashdot member card until it is 4/2/2009 or later in all time zones.
Thanks.
digitalunity
You can't legislate goodness. Let each to his own destiny, by will of his freely made choices.
Or a -1.
I love a good hoax as much as the next guy (the perl/python/parrot thing was great), but I dread April 1 every year now. Disabling every second news source on the planet for 24 hours leaves me with nothing to do but actual work.
This is the voice of World Control. I bring you Peace.
You can have your member card back. 4th of February has passed in all time zones I know of
He might be using MM/DD/YYYY not DD/MM/YYYY. In that case the 2nd of April 2009 has not passed yet.
And I am most likely hearing a whooosh sound...
It is already well past the fourth of February, 2009. You may keep your card.
This BS has got to stop. I'm going to go and burn some karma, but websites should not be pulling April Fools jokes a day or two early. Why?
In former Soviet Russian city of Moscow, is already April 1, so April Fools you, yanks.
Don't worry, the sound will hit you on the 2nd of April...
Just randomly mod things "funny" until you run out of points. :)
!#@%*)anks for hanging up the phone, dear.
Where is the omgponies tag?
Wow, sent an e-mail as suggested when clicking on "use classic" banner, and got a fast response that addressed my msg
To be fair, Felix, New Zealand just does not matter.
You are welcome on my lawn.
So you fell for an April Fool's joke...that's sort of the point :)
What, did you get to the bit about the server code decompiler?
If you read the whole article, it's so obvious that if you didn't get it, you probably shouldn't be on /. But then again, if you did RTFA, you probably shouldn't be on /. either.
I'm confused.
I don't therefore I'm not.
I personally prefer YY/M/SS/D/L/Y/UX/MD/Y.
Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
I may agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to face the consequences of saying it.