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IE 8.1 Supports Firefox Plugins, Rendering Engine

Posted by kdawson on from the fruits-of-competition dept.

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.

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  1. April fools... by MK_CSGuy · · Score: 5, Informative

    Nothing to see here, move along...

  2. From the comments ... by krou · · Score: 5, Informative
    RTFC, perhaps? From Smashing Magazine's editorial team, 16th comment:

    actually, it is April 1st in Kiribati already (see Link [is.gd]) and since we have readers all across the globe, it sounds quite OK for us to publish the post now. We don't have that many readers from Kiribati, but it would be unfair to publish it when it's April 2nd there ;)

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    'If Christ had tweeted the sermon on the mount, it might have lasted until nightfall.' - John Perry Barlow
  3. Re:Breaking News! by ThrowAwaySociety · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'd accept the "it's-April-1-here" argument, except that:

    1. The article is dated "By Jacob Gube, March 31st, 2009"
    2. The URL contains the string ".../2009/03/31/..."