IE 8.1 Supports Firefox Plugins, Rendering Engine

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @08:28AM 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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Re:Breaking News! by Swizec · 2009-03-31 08:46 · Score: -1, Troll

Australia had April fools start a few hours ago. I know it's not very much like Americans to think there's anyone outside america, but there is.
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