Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 19th Mar 2009 13:51 UTC, submitted by shaneco
About a year after the first beta (which was followed by another beta and a release candidate), Microsoft has announced the release of the final version of Internet Explorer 8, the company's newest browser. The focus of Internet Explorer 8 is better standards compliance, security, and making "common online tasks faster and easier".
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RE[3]: Not released til Noon
by lemur2 on Sat 21st Mar 2009 09:02
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starting with Windows 7 we can have a version of Windows without IE installed.
Sorry, but no. You will reportedly be able to "turn IE off" (whatever that really means) but it will not be un-installed.
Having said that ... I'd rather have IE8 on any Windows system that either IE6 or IE7, and I will recommend IE8 to Windows users who ask me.
Edited 2009-03-21 09:04 UTC
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I will agree 100% with you on this point. Before Firefox was released Microsoft said they would not release any more stand-alone versions of IE, and future versions would be "tied" to a specific version of Windows (i.e. IE7 + Longhorn, IE8 + Windows 7, etc). Once Firefox came out and started to gain market-share, Microsoft decided to reverse direction and release IE7 as a stand-alone application. Granted, it does not have everything when used with XP as it does with Vista, but Microsoft did release it as a stand-alone application. Now we have IE8, and starting with Windows 7 we can have a version of Windows without IE installed.