Tag: INTERNET-EXPLORER-8

If you had any doubt that Internet Explorer 8 beta 1 was released as a developer preview and wasn't really meant for general consumption, consider this: You can't access Windows Update using Internet Explorer 8. If you try to visit the Windows Update page, you'll get a message telling you that you need to use Internet Explorer 5 or later. Microsoft plans to add IE8 support to its software update ...

Been spending the week gearing up for SXSW and then realized that you forgot to book tickets to Austin? Worry not, Download Squad will be bringing you blow by blow coverage from SXSW Interactive over the next few days. In the meantime, sit back, relax, and check out some of the top stories from the week that was. Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 8 beta Microsoft released the first beta version ...

One of the most exciting features we were expecting from Internet Explorer 8 was compliance with web standards. Months ago, Microsoft announced that IE8 would render the Acid2 test properly. So imagine our disappointment when we installed IE8 beta 1 today only to get an image that looks like the one to the right. Unperturbed, we tried again later, and the second time was a charm. IE8 passed the ...

As expected, Microsoft has released the first public beta version of Internet Explorer 8. While IE8 superficially look a lot like Internet Explorer 7, it sports a bunch of new features including a redesigned favorites bar, automatic crash recovery, a new "WebSlices" feature that lets you subscribe to content within a web page much the way you would with an RSS feed, and some rendering engine ...

digg_url = "http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2008/03/05/internet-explorer-8-features-uncovered-public-beta-coming-today/"; Update: Internet Explorer 8 beta 1 is available for downloading now. And please let us know what you think of Microsoft's latest web browser. Microsoft has posted two new web pages related to Internet Explorer 8 beta 1. The first page outlines some of the new features ...

digg_url = "http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2008/02/24/microsoft-launches-private-beta-of-internet-explorer-8/"; Microsoft has sent out a letter to a select group of beta testers offering a chance to participate in a technical preview of Internet Explorer 8 beta 1. There's not a whole heck of a lot of information about what IE8 will look like, what features it has, or anything else. A few ...