IE news

[CharlieChomper]

For those of you who prefer IE and are interested in what the future holds for the browser, it appears that IE8 might be the very last version of IE as you know it.

The current speculation suggests that Microsoft may be dropping the IE "engine" in favor a completely new one that still appears to be under development (although, there is some conflicting speculation and information regarding this as and it's honestly too early to comment upon this one way or another--another theory has it that the company may adopt an "engine" that actually comes from the open source community and browser project which is where Safari came from as well as what forms the base for Google's Chrome browser).

However, any changes made are still years ahead as IE8 still remains in development and beta.

[Felicity]

CC, I was actually wondering what was happening with IE8. Thanks for the update. Do you recommend I still not download it as yet?

Felicity

[CharlieChomper]

As it's still considered under development (despite a beta release), I would recommend avoiding it for now.

[Felicity]

Thanks CC! I will wait until we get further news about it from you.

Felicity

[Felicity]

*bump* Sorry I am bumping this thread CC, but I was wondering if there is any more news on IE8.

I have been getting update reminders from Microsoft about upgrading, and also my hotmail account is promoting the new upgrade to IE8, not that I am particularly interested though in it!

Felicity

[CharlieChomper]

I'm sorry I didn't respond to this sooner, but I've been extremely busy of late and didn't see this until now.

There have not been any updates made regarding it--either in terms of news nor to its status. If I see or hear anything, I'll make a point of posting it.