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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. little bit early on the 04/01 by dargon · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yeah, little early guys, It's not yet April 1st here, in Europe sure, but since when has /. been Europe-centric :)

  2. News at 11 .. there are other parts to the world by OzPeter · · Score: 1, Redundant

    And they are not in the same timezone as the US. Let alone mentioning the International Date Line!!!!!!

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  3. Re:Breaking News! by PhxBlue · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Nope -- Baghdad is Zulu +3; or at least, it was when I was there from July of last year to this past January. And I highly doubt they've changed it since then.

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