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Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate Now Available
SuperSite Blog —
The IE Blog reports on the release of IE 8 RC1: We're excited to make the IE8 Release Candidate available today for public download today in 25 languages for Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server customers. You can find it at http://www.microsoft.com/ie8. Please download it now and try it out. We welcome your feedback! What’s New The team will post more about all changes between Beta 2 and RC. In brief: Platform Complete. The technical community should ...
Microsoft’s IE8 Release Candidate Is Live
TechCrunch —
... The new version which comes after two public beta releases, is now considered ‘platform complete’ - the product is “effectively complete and done” writes IE General Manager Dean Hachamovitch. Unless there are major critical issues that arise, the final version of the browser should be identical. Other changes between Beta 2 and the Release Candidate include improved reliability, performance, and compatibility, as well as ‘ ...
Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 8 RC1: Promises Faster and Safer Browsing
ReadWriteWeb —
... Microsoft today announced the first (and probably only) release candidate of Internet Explorer 8. In terms of its look and feel, IE8 feels a lot like IE7, though Microsoft has made a lot of changes ...
Internet Explorer 8 RC1 is out
TechBlog —
... . From the IEBlog : The team will post more about all changes between Beta 2 and RC. In brief: We also made some changes to the user experience based on feedback. For example, based on data about how people use actually it, we made fitting more items on the Favorites bar easier. You can find lots more details about ...
Microsoft accelerates in 2009 with RC1 of IE8
Betanews —
... by default. But just how well those sites have to behave has been a moving target since the IE8 beta process. Now, one of the browser's engineers said this morning, the company is ready to call a halt to any additions to its standards compatibility, so sites' engineers are now free to start making the changes they'll have to make to ensure they can still be read. "The technical community should expect the final IE8 release to behave as the Release Candidate does," reads a blog post from team general manager Dean Hachamovitch this morning. "The IE8 product is effectively ...
Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1 now available for download
Obsessable News Feed —
... , Chrome, or whatever their favorite alternative-browser-of-the-week is? We've got some good news for you, because the popular browser is almost ready for its final release, with another peek now available at the latest version of Internet Explorer 8. ...
Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate Now Available
LiveSide - Windows Live news and interviews —
... Internet Explorer 8 has moved from beta to Release Candidate and is publically available for download today. Internet Explorer 8 RC1 is available in 25 languages for Windows Vista, XP, and Server only! ...
Will IE8 Reset The Browser Performance Bar?
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
... , with which it was bundled. Like most users, you'd be hard pressed to get me to tell you what the difference is between IE8 and its predecessor. None of its new features are glaringly obvious, though Microsoft explains that you can fit more items on the Favorites bar, and you also get ...
Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate out now
Coolest Gadgets —
... requiring browser add-ons. We also made some changes to InPrivate based on feedback from customers and partners.
Basically, IE8’s main focus is on how folks really use the web, and it aims to cater for those needs. Basically, IE8 RC is more or less the finished product, and initial reviews of it show that it has done some much needed catching up compared to IE7, but it is still not on par with the latest version of Firefox. What do you think?
Source: IE8 Blog ...
Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1
Technology - Channel Feed —
... Microsoft released its first release candidate for the Internet Explorer 8 this Monday. You may have received a notification had you installed IE8 Beta 2 on your PC. Others can download it from the ...
Internet Explorer RC1: The Technologizer Review
Technologizer —
... , which Microsoft released on Monday. Every one of them has an impact on this near-final product, which adds a few features with no counterparts in other browsers; works hard to make its emphasis on safety as tangible as possible; and, when all is said and done, seems a bit hobbled by the sheer size of the user base it’s trying to serve. Judging from this blog post by IE General Manager Dean Hachamovitch , a conversation I had with him myself last week, and–most important–the browser itself, I think Microsoft is aiming IE 8 at the teeming masses of folks out there who aren’t ...
Microsoft: Explorer 8 'Complete And Done'
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
... does," Explorer general manager Dean Hachamovitch wrote in a blog post . "The IE8 product is effectively complete and done." Some users who have downloaded the Release Candidate, however, say the browser could still use some work. Posters responding to Hachamovitch's blog reported that IE8, in its present form, has, among other things, problems rendering tables and print views, and trips over tabs in some instances. "The install of IE8 RCI has been a complete mess," wrote forum user Steve Webb. Some enterprises may also not be ready for IE8 when it finally ships. ...
IE8 RC1 for Windows 7 is live in Build 7025
D' Technology Weblog —
The current Internet Explore 8 RC1 is for Windows Vista, XP, and Windows Server 2008 only; Windows 7 users will get an updated IE8 with the next update of Windows 7,” Dean Hachamovitch. But the version is live, as you can see in the screenshot, the leaked Windows 7 Build 7025, the most recent internal build of Windows 7 was from the Release Candidate branch of the operating system, and comes with Internet Explorer 8 RC1. ...
Will IE8 Be Enough to Save Internet Explorer?
SitePoint —
... IE, meanwhile, continues to slide. Last week, Microsoft released the first release candidate of IE8, meaning that the next version of their ubiquitous browser is likely right around the corner. This is potentially make or break time for Microsoft — and for more than just the existence of IE. ...
