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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.
I don't know if the new IE's ability to use two different engines (IE and Firefox) is so great. I have Netscape 8 on my machine which has the same capability, and it does neither job well, and it is ridiculously slow (bloat).
Plus it's now twice as vulnerable, since it has the built-in flaws of TWO programs/engines rather than just one.
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