Firefox vs. Internet Explorer, Ahead of IE8 and Firefox 3.1
For the past couple of years Internet Explorer has been on a downward spiral, albeit slow, but inching down with every passing month, with only Firefox to blame.
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2.12.2008 Firefox 3.0 goes Alpha but little word yet on IE8
Firefox 2 only launched six weeks ago, but there appear to be no plans for a Firefox 2.5 with the alpha, developer version of Firefox 3.0 just made available on Friday.
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10.12.2006 IE8 Performance vs. Google Chrome and Firefox
With Microsoft making headway towards the gold build of Internet Explorer 8, the Redmond company has to face an ugly truth. Performance-wise, with emphasis on JavaScrip performance, the software giant is getting ready to release a browser inferior to what is already available from rivals Google and Mozilla.
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27.9.2008 IE8 Beta 2 Next Month, Final IE8 by the End of 2008
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is scheduled to drop next month, with the final version of the successor of Internet Explorer 7 confirmed for availability by the end of 2008.
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29.7.2008 Memory test - Firefox 2.0.0.9 vs Firefox 3.0 b 1
Does Firefox 3.0 beta 1 do a better job of handling memory than earlier versions? In a test put Firefox 3.0 beta up against Firefox 2.0.0.9 in a series of tests.
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21.11.2007 Convert your firefox favorites and feeds into IE7 with "Firefox To IE7"
My friend blake, who runs windowscoding.com, has just posted this really useful application to his blog..
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30.7.2006 IE8: What’s After Beta 2
The announcement of IE8 Beta 2 started an important and public phase of the product development cycle getting broad public feedback.
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24.11.2008 IE8 and Trustworthy Browsing
This blog post frames our approach in IE8 for delivering trustworthy browsing. The topic is complicated enough that some context and even history (before we go into any particular feature) is important, and so some readers may find this post a bit basic as it’s written for a wide audience.
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26.6.2008 Microsoft IE8 trial coming soon
Internet Explorer 8 will be released as a beta test version later this year, according to a Microsoft source. Windows XP is apparently included in the plans for the new web browser.
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26.6.2007 Lukewarm reaction to first IE8 beta
Yesterday at the MIX '08 session, Microsoft employees Ray Ozzie, Dean Hachamovitch and a host of Microsoft partners touted the new Silverlight and IE8 betas to what could be seen (from my perspective) ..
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6.3.2008 Wanted: IE8 Beta Testers
As previously mentioned in the IE8 Beta Feedback post back in March, we have several ways to submit feedback on the IE8 Beta.
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31.7.2008 Probably Fake IE8 alpha screenshots appear on the Internet
IE8 is set to be released in mid-2008, so we can fully expect IE9 to ship with Windows 7 (formerly known as Windows Vienna).
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5.7.2007 The First Look at the IE8 Beta 1 Graphical User Interface
Expect little and you won't be disappointed. This has got to be the rule for Internet Explorer Beta 1.
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3.3.2008 Internet Explorer 8 - IE8 Beta 2 in August
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates confirmed, at the company's Tech Ed North America 2008 Developers conference on June 3, that the next development milestone of Internet Explorer 8 is
approximately a couple of months away.
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3.6.2008 Microsoft to release IE8 RC1 next week
Microsoft is currently readying the release of Internet Explorer 8 RC1 for early next week, company sources indicate.
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22.1.2009 Microsoft releases IE8 language packs
In case your favorite language isn't English and have been waiting to install a language pack for the recently released Internet Explorer 8.
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26.4.2009 IE8 RTW Compatibility View Design
The Beta version of Internet Explorer 8 shipped with a big Emulate IE7 button next to the Home button on the Command Bar.
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22.6.2009 New Beta for Windows 7 and IE8 Security Baselines
Microsoft has debuted a new Beta program via Connect focused on the Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8 Security Baselines.
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16.7.2009 How to Restore or Reopen Last Closed Tabs in IE8
There may be times that one may accidentally or forgetfully closes a web browsing tab while surfing the world wide web in Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) which has loaded important web page. Internet Explorer 8 has built-in mechanism that able to help user in “tab not found” situation, which is ability to reopen closed tabs, with support of up to 10 previously closed tabs.
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2.8.2009 Forget about IE8 – Onward to Internet Explorer 9 in Windows 7
Well, Internet Explore 8 is not even barely out the door and there has already been talk about Internet Explorer 9... The fact of the matter is that IE8 is not out the door at all.
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20.12.2007 Internet explorer 8 (IE8) RTM expected in March
On February 11, Microsoft OCE announced RTM (Release to Market) version of Internet Explorer 8 will be made available to Royalty OEMs in March 2009. Seems quite fast since RC1 seemed like it just came out.
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18.2.2009 IE8 compatibility and reliability update for Windows 7 beta
Microsoft has released an update for Internext Explorer build 8.0.7000.0, fixing many bugs that were fixed with the release of IE8 RC1 for Vista and XP.
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25.2.2009 Pwn2Own: IE8 hacked & Microsoft responds in less than 12hrs
The 3rd annual Pwn2Own contest kicked off its second day today at CanSecWest this morning. If you missed it, check out yesterday's browser carnage (with pics).
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22.3.2009 Microsoft release 2 updates for IE8 on Windows 7 RC
Microsoft has released two new updates for Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7 RC, via Windows Update.
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6.5.2009 nternet Explorer 8 (IE8) - First Consistent Signs of Life Next Month
According to Microsoft, Internet Explorer 8, the next iteration of its proprietary browser, as well as the successor of IE7, is alive and kicking and even standards compliant.
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5.2.2008 Performance test: IE8 easily doubles IE7 speed
Internet Explorer 8's speed will be better, its product manager said today, for folks who live in the real world. Tell that to the planet with the Firefox and Safari users.
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19.3.2009 Internet Explorer (IE8) RTW MUI Language Packs
MUI (Muiltingual User Interface) language packs for Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) is a set of language-specific resources that integrate exclusively with English version of IE browser, and can translate, convert and change the web browser’s user interface (UI) to be displayed in another supported language.
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6.6.2009 Microsoft Australia: Find $10,000 on the Internet using IE8
Here's an interesting way to promote your browser: The Australian division of Microsoft is running a competition in which you can 'find' $10,000 hidden somewhere on the Internet.
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17.6.2009 Internet Explorer 8 - IE8 Beta 2 Direct Download Link Without WGA
After the almost disastrous launch of IE 8 Beta 1, the second beta of IE8 (Internet Explorer has been released for free download. Various improvements, enhancements, bug fixes and some new features are added to the new version of IE8 Beta 2.
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26.10.2008 Firefox 1.0.7 Released
Firefox 1.0.7 was just released today. It's said that the only updates for this minor version change are security related.
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Latest Firefox beta passes Acid2 test, IE8 claims to pass also
After a screenshot on MSDN appeared to show an IE8 beta passing an accepted Web standards test, some came to the only conclusion they could: that the
test had to be broken...
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21.12.2007Tests: Firefox 3.1 JavaScript outpaced by Safari 4, Google Chrome
If the race to be the biggest alternative Windows Web browser to IE8 comes down to JavaScript interpreter speed, the latest Firefox will have some
catching up to do.
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13.03.2009Pwn2Own: IE8 hacked & Microsoft responds in less than 12hrs
TippingPoint's 3rd annual Pwn2Own contest has already shown significant security breaches on Apple's Safari, Mozilla's Firefox and
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8, but Google's Chrome was the only browser that made it through the first day of testing this year. One of the
contestants, Nils was able to exploit the latest Internet Explorer 8 which was released just few days back. The blogosphere and news websites picked
it up and very soon it became a hot news around. When people were worried about IE8's security, MSRC (Microsoft Security Response Center) had
already reproduced and validated the IE8 vulnerability in less than 12 hours. Microsoft is expected to release a security patch for this
vulnerability very soon.
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22.03.2009IE8 development: Microsoft should learn from Apple, Mozilla
Internet Explorer 8 is set to be Microsoft's most standards compliant browser ever. After
originally stating that IE8 would default to the same noncompliant
behavior exhibited by IE7, Microsoft
relented and plumped for
standard-by-default.
The first beta of IE8 was released in March and it
did indeed default to standards compliance. Web developers have been
clamouring for standards compliance for a long time; IE is a long way behind the competition, requiring considerable hacks and workarounds to get
pages working properly. IE8 should make things a lot better—but it will still fall far short of the standards set by Firefox, Safari, and Opera.
Some of these problems are technical, but others are cultural. Where the other browser developers are open and communicative, Microsoft is still
leaving web developers in the dark.
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16.06.2008Browser Wars ahead - IE8 vs Firefox 3.0
Charlie Anzman: Those that have been writing websites for some time remember all too well the period of time when Microsoft over took Netscape's lead
in the web browser market, by giving Internet Explorer away for free (and integrating it into the Windows Operating System).
The
problem, that went on for many years, was that the two browsers rendered web pages differently, and web designers were literally forced to create two
copies of their websites and use detection javascript to send you to the right page for the browser you were using.
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02.03.2008On second thought, IE8 will default to full Web standards
Should Microsoft choose for IE8 to follow the standards developers want or the ones they use ? It's been a tough call, and late
yesterday, the company reversed that call. Unlike IE7, IE8 will by default use "Standards mode."..
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04.03.2008IE8 faster than Firefox and Chrome? Hmmm ...
Microsoft has published a
document which examines the issues involved in carrying out benchmarking and performance analysis on browsers. Contained in this
document is a chart which suggests that IE8 is faster at rendering many of the Internet’s top 25 website (as measured by
comScore) than either either Mozilla’s Firefox or Google’s Chrome.
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12.03.2009IE8, and why fixing that pesky 'tab issue' sealed the deal
In my most recent piece, "IE8, and why it's almost my default browser", I outline a couple of factors that inhibited IE8 from holding the
default browser position on my PC. Since writing that article, due in part to some helpful Neowin members and some quality time with IE8, I have since
awarded IE8 that coveted position on my PC and have promptly thrown Google Chrome to the curb. Perhaps the most taxing of my issues was what has been
colloquially referred to as the 'tab issue'. Many users have complained of severe delays when opening new tabs in Internet Explorer.
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03.04.2009Microsoft continues to warn of IE8 lock-in for XP SP3 users
Last year when Microsoft launched Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, Jane Maliouta announced that consumers using Windows XP SP3 would be locked-in with the
IE8 if they had installed the IE8 beta prior to upgrading to SP3. Microsoft again yesterday issued that same warning to it's consumers. If you are
still one of the millions of users on Windows XP with SP3 installed, Microsoft has provided crucial steps to follow if you're ready to upgrade to
IE8 RC1. You can obtain IE8 RC1 from the links on this page. To see if you're one of the people who will have IE8 locked in, follow these steps.
Is your computer running Windows XP SP3?
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27.01.2009Support for IE8 pre-released versions extended
The IE8 beta 2 support page has been updated again and the support for IE8 pre-released versions has now been bumped to until March 31st, 2009. This
could indicate that the final product may be released during April. Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager, Internet Explorer had officially announced
earlier that there will be one more public update of IE8 in the first quarter of 2009, followed up by the final release. Currently, the IE8 Beta
testers can download the latest partner build and the rest can download the Beta 2 which is available to public. The current IE build version the
beta testers can download is 8.0.6001.18344 and the one available in the leaked Windows 7 Beta 1 is 8.0.7000.0.
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31.12.2008IE7 vs. IE8 in VSTS 2008 SP1 Load test
As we all know, IE8 is coming out soon (Beta 2 is already released) and one of the major performance changes in IE8 is opening up to 6 concurrent
connections per host, comparing to only 2 in IE7.
So, the question is: Does VSTS have IE8? And if it does, does it really open 6
connections per host?
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10.10.2008IE8 RTM expected in March
TechARP has predicted that Microsoft will reach IE8's RTM milestone in March during the last 2 weeks. TechARP expects so because Microsoft plans
to announce the final details of the IE8 RTM schedule and available language versions by March 5, 2009. The malaysian website also expects Microsoft
to determine a time frame for the public release of IE8 via Windows Update by March 8. There was a time gap of 8 weeks between IE7's RC1 and its
public release. A similar 8-weeks time limit applied to IE8's RC1 in January suggests the final build's availability around March 23 according
to TechARP.
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18.02.2009Windows 7 testers should upgrade their IE8
Though there is no IE8 release candidate for Win7, there's now another way for testers to apply critical bux fixes.
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25.02.2009New IE8 build available for program participants
Internet Explorer 8 beta participants today received a surprising e-mail about 'IE8 Partner Build' released to the IE8 Technical Beta to test
and find issues. This build represents a preview of IE8's progress and is best used to verify issues fixed since releasing Beta 2. While Microsoft
believes it to be of adequate quality for you to use, is not as extensively tested as a milestone build, so it is not meant for the general public but
only for testing purposes. Microsoft is not providing any support for this build and henceforth just like in transition from Beta 1 to Beta 2, if you
feel that Microsoft have resolved misfiled your bug, please re-activate the bug.
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11.12.2008IE8 via Automatic Update for users running IE6 or IE7
Microsoft plans to distribute Internet Explorer 8 to computers running previous versions of IE (IE 6 or IE 7) via Automatic Updates starting from the
3rd week of April. The update will be rolled out gradually from a small user base to large number of users. The update will be a 'high
priority' update for systems running Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 and is an 'important' update for Windows Vista and Windows Server
2008. The final version of IE8 was distributed via automatic update recently to users still running pre-release versions of IE8, Beta 2/RC1.
Organizations can use the IE8 Blocker Toolkit to block automatic delivery of IE8.
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11.04.2009IE8, and why it's almost my default browser
Microsoft recently released Internet Explorer 8, and while I find that it is a great piece of software, it had a few shortcomings which left Google
Chrome untouched with respects to my default browser selection. There is absolutely no doubt that IE8 is better than IE7, its predecessor. It is
faster, more robust and certainly more stable. There are also some great new features; I am quite fond of IE8's Web Slices. I utilized a web slice
for Digg's top stories and to observe some stock quotes and I found it seamless and quite enjoyable.
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31.03.2009IE8 Script Debugger - Under the Hood
Sheetal Kamat: IE8 Beta1 (download available
here) now
includes a Script debugger that is part of IE8 Developer Tools. This Script debugger was built by the JScript team and I hope you have been using it
to fix all script errors when building your web applications.
In this post I will be discuss the design of the script
debugger.
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18.03.2008IE8 - Standards Mode and IE7-Compatibility Mode
As you all know, the Internet Explorer team has been working hard to make IE8 the most standards compliant browser around. Unfortunately, not all web
sites confirm to these standards today. If you have concerns about your web site rendering correctly in IE8 standards mode, then there is some help
for you out there...
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28.08.2008Microsoft's IE architect: IE8 is what we've been building up to
FROM MIX 08 For Internet Explorer platform architect Chris Wilson, IE8 is more than just a new version. It's the realization of an effort that
began with IE7 to build the best Web browser for both developers and consumers...
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07.03.2008Microsoft to release IE8 RC1 next week
Microsoft is currently readying the release of Internet Explorer 8 RC1 for early next week, company sources indicate. In a blog posting by
Microsoft's Frank Olivier, the UX and Compatibility program manager confirms "we're about to release" IE8 RC1. Insiders indicate it might be
worth penning Monday 26th January in your calendar as the date for IE8 RC1. IE8 RC1 will not install on the current Windows 7 beta build (7000) and
it's rumored that Microsoft could be readying some new beta bits for connect testers in the coming weeks. The RC1 build will initially be offered
to Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems.
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