Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 21st Nov 2008 00:24 UTC
Microsoft plans to offer one more public test version of Internet Explorer 8 before releasing the final version of the updated browser, the company said late Wednesday.
The next test, essentially a "release candidate" version will come in the first quarter of 2009. That means the final release won't hit Microsoft's initial goal of finishing the browser this year. "Our next public release of IE (typically called a "release candidate") indicates the end of the beta period," general manager Dean Hachamovitch said in a blog posting, "We want the technical community of people and organizations interested in Web browsers to take this update as a strong signal that IE8 is effectively complete and done."
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Not that I use IE as my main browser, but I've been testing out version 8 beta 2 and not had any problems with it. It's even nice that most of the websites I design work in it without the need to fix CSS for IE only.
Of course I still prefer Firefox, Opera, or Safari over IE.
RE[2]: They better wait....
by Phloptical on Sat 22nd Nov 2008 00:06
in reply to "RE: They better wait...."
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Because this current beta is JUNK. Crashes often and for no apparent reason.