|
|
|
More: << prev 50 | next 50 >>
Safari 3.1 managed to beat both Firefox 3.0 and Internet Explorer 8 to the market. The alien Windows browser, thrown on the 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows Vista and Windows XP after it was migrated out of the Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard heaven, was finalized ahead of its rivals and released for download. At the same... |
19 March 2008
08:54 GMT |
 |
|
Internet Explorer 8, the successor of Internet Explorer 7, and the next iteration of the Microsoft's proprietary line of browsers is right on track to breaking the web. This because of the Redmond company's decision to support web standards by default with IE8. Ray Valdes, Gartner Research Director, and Dav... |
18 March 2008
14:42 GMT |
|
|
Mozilla tested Firefox 3.0 Beta 4, Firefox 2.0 and Internet Explorer 7 in terms of memory usage and the conclusion favors the last iteration of the open source browser over its predecessor, but also over the proprietary Microsoft product. The Redmond company, following the release of IE7, acknowledged the existence o... |
17 March 2008
13:16 GMT |
|
|
Just in case you were holding your breath for some big changes in the graphical user interface of Internet Explorer 8, it is right about time to exhale. Already behind Mozilla's Firefox 3.0 in terms of the development process, Microsoft plans nothing spectacular for the IE8 GUI. The first taste of Internet Explo... |
14 March 2008
08:21 GMT |
|
|
It is the purpose of every piece of great software to deliver a top user experience and Internet Explorer 8 makes no exception to this rule. But so far, with the freshly released build of IE8 Beta 1, user experience is the last aspect of the browser that Microsoft seems to have focused on. Of course, the evolution fr... |
13 March 2008
08:50 GMT |
|
|
Moving forward from IE7 to Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1, the evolution of Microsoft's proprietary browser is not focused exclusively under the hood, with some of the changes reverberating to the surface. The new Address Bar in IE8 Beta 1 comes to the table with both overhauled features and capabilities, as well as... |
12 March 2008
09:17 GMT |
|
|
Both Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8 offer end users the possibility of playing around with them. Essentially, IE8 Beta 1 can be transformed into IE7, while Internet Explorer 7 can masquerade as IE8. Of course that the shift from IE8 to IE7 and vice versa will happen exclusively under the hood. Do not exp... |
11 March 2008
14:08 GMT |
|
|
While moving from Internet Explorer 7 to Internet Explorer 8, the Beta 1 release of the browser made available last week, for the general public, features an almost exclusive under-the-hood evolution. With just a small part of the changes reverberating to the surface, end users are last in line to get a dedicated rel... |
11 March 2008
08:45 GMT |
|
|
Starting the past week, Microsoft made available for download the first public beta of Internet Explorer 8 (download here). The MIX08 release was preceded by a private Beta of the next iteration of Internet Explorer, and while Microsoft did emphasize that Beta 1 is a build aimed at developers, access is in no way res... |
10 March 2008
13:15 GMT |
|
|
After over a year since the release of Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 in October 2006, and then along with Windows Vista in November 2006 and January 2007, Microsoft has delivered the first beta of its next iteration of Internet Explorer. IE8 Beta 1 is a release aimed at web content de... |
10 March 2008
06:35 GMT |
|
|
In case you live under a rock, Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 is now available as a public download. Via Internet Explorer 8, designed as the successor of IE7, released all the way back in October 2006 for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista, Microsoft is finally offering the first taste of the next iteration of Internet Ex... |
7 March 2008
12:19 GMT |
|
|
Starting on March 5, 2008, Microsoft made available for download the first public beta of Internet Explorer 8. Two of the new features highlighted by Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager Internet Explorer, during his keynote address at MIX08 in Las Vegas, were Activities and WebSlices. Giving that Hachamovitch's p... |
7 March 2008
06:04 GMT |
|
|
Is Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 all that Microsoft claims it is? The first public testing milestone of IE8 went live on March 5, 2008, following the keynote address from Dean Hachamovich, IE General Manager. Hachamovich introduced what is essentially a browser aimed at web content developers and designers, but not so m... |
6 March 2008
10:24 GMT |
|
|
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 does not install on pre-release versions of Windows Vista Service Pack 1. According to Microsoft, IE8 plays well only with a handful of Windows operating systems. And just Windows. At this point in time, the Redmond company has showed no indication of plans to make IE8 cross-platform, which... |
6 March 2008
05:52 GMT |
|
|
I had a chance to ask Håkon Wium Lie, Chief Technology Officer of Opera Software, a few questions about the recent Microsoft commitment to supporting Web standards with Internet Explorer 8, about the antitrust complaint filed with the EU Commission and what are the next steps the Redmond company needs to take with IE... |
6 March 2008
04:23 GMT |
|
|
Dean Hachamovitch, IE General Manager, unveiled IE8 Beta 1 during his keynote address at MIX08. This was the first time that Internet Explorer 8 was presented to the public. Hachamovitch presented a total of eight features of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1. The first step focused on added CSS 2.1 support. According to Ha... |
5 March 2008
13:30 GMT |
|
|
The first public beta of Internet Explorer 8 is alive and kicking. Get IE8 Beta 1 right here on Softpedia. Well, you have been waiting for it for more than a year. Microsoft has successfully kept the lid closed on the work it was doing with Internet Explorer 8, more so than on the work poured into Windows Vista SP1, ... |
5 March 2008
10:31 GMT |
|
|
Internet Explorer 6 has long been the most popular choice in terms of web browsers worldwide. IE6 was still holding the lion's share of the browser market as of August 2006 with a share of over 80%, according to data made available by Net Applications. Later that year, Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2.0 began e... |
4 March 2008
13:18 GMT |
|
|
Ask not what Internet Explorer 8 will do for you, but what you can, and will have to do for Internet Explorer 8. This because IE8 will not be tailored to the existing Internet. Not even by a long shot. In fact, just the opposite, Microsoft expects the entire world wide web to adapt to Internet Explorer 8. In the maki... |
4 March 2008
05:52 GMT |
|
|
Expect little and you won't be disappointed. This has got to be the rule for Internet Explorer Beta 1. And yes, I did integrate the Beta 1 reference as a way to indicate that, at this stage in the development of the browser, anything beyond reasonable expectations won't be met. At least not when it comes do... |
3 March 2008
14:01 GMT |
|
|
Yes, Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 is out and about. Microsoft has officially confirmed that the testers have already begun joining the limited technical beta program for IE8 Beta 1. The Redmond company started sending out invitations the past week, and the first beta of the next iteration of Internet Explorer is alread... |
29 February 2008
12:55 GMT |
|
|
After spending in excess of a year cooking, Internet Explorer 8 is, finally, almost here. Microsoft has already started shipping the bits for the first beta version of Internet Explorer 8. For the time being, IE8 Beta 1 is available exclusively to a pre-selected pool of testers. The private beta is well under way wit... |
28 February 2008
12:45 GMT |
|
|
As Microsoft has just started serving the first bits of Internet Explorer Beta 1, Mozilla is making headway with the development of the fourth Beta for Firefox 3.0. Having dropped the invitations for the private testing program of IE8 Beta 1 last week, the Redmond company began shipping the browser, and you will be a... |
28 February 2008
10:35 GMT |
|
|
Welcome to Windows Internet Explorer 8. This is the message displayed initially by the installer for the next iteration of Microsoft's proprietary browser, as you can very well see from the screenshot accompanying this article. Just an anodyne proof that Internet Explorer Beta 1 is now live. At the end of the pa... |
27 February 2008
06:09 GMT |
|
|
After more than a year of dogfooding Internet Explorer 8, while at the same time keeping the lid shut tight on any details about the successor of Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft started talking the next iteration of its proprietary browser in December 2007. First, there was the hilarious confirmation of an aspect that... |
26 February 2008
12:47 GMT |
|
|
One of the features that Microsoft is cooking for the Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 is the ability of the browser to masquerade as its predecesor, Internet Explorer 7. The move is designed to permit IE8 beta 1 testers to use the browser with websites that fail to offer support for the successor of IE7. But at the same t... |
25 February 2008
13:17 GMT |
|
|
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 will be synonymous with the first build of the browser available outside of Microsoft. The Redmond company has been dogfooding early pre-alpha and alpha builds of IE8 throughout 2007, and it looks like the successor of Internet Explorer 7 has hit the Beta 1 milestone. At the end of the past... |
25 February 2008
03:02 GMT |
|
|
The first taste of Internet Explorer 8 is now just around the corner. This year's MIX08 kickoff keynote address on March 5, 2008, will feature Internet Explorer General Manager Dean Hachamovitch and the first presentation of Internet Explorer 8. Designed to replace Internet Explorer 7, IE8 is planned for availab... |
20 February 2008
11:39 GMT |
|
|
Forget about Internet Explorer 8 and Firefox 3.0 Beta 3 for a moment, because the brand-new Internet Explorer 7 is here. Essentially, the infrastructure of Internet Explorer 7, as well as its predecessor, because IE6 is also affected, will remain virtually unchanged with the exception of a small aspect. In April 2006... |
14 February 2008
10:20 GMT |
|
|
With Internet Explorer 8 and Firefox 3.0 in sight, Microsoft is preparing to initiate the final push for Internet Explorer 7. IE7 RTM'd at the end of 2006, just a few weeks ahead of Firefox 2.0. In October 2006, Microsoft dropped the final version of IE7 for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003. Internet Explo... |
12 February 2008
10:14 GMT |
|
|
Microsoft has officially confirmed that the wait for the first taste of Internet Explorer 8 is nearly over. Despite the fact that IE8 was under development throughout 2007, with the Redmond company dogfooding the browser, details on the successor of Internet Explorer 7 were scarce, to say the least. And since even at... |
12 February 2008
05:09 GMT |
|
|
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. But if you are like me, then you'll need some sort of palpable proof, and a hands-on experience in order to qualify as a consistent sign ... |
5 February 2008
11:50 GMT |
|
|
After it launched Internet Explorer 7, in October 2006, for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003, and then again in November of the same year and in January as a default component for Windows Vista, Microsoft turned its focus on Internet Explorer 8. Still, 2007 went through for the most part with absolutely no word... |
31 January 2008
12:35 GMT |
|
|
While Microsoft only managed at the end of an entire year of development for Internet Explorer 8 to promise additional details about IE7's successor at MIX08 in March, and a beta by mid 2008, Mozilla is making headway with the development of Firefox 3.0. In February, users of the open source browser will begin t... |
30 January 2008
09:24 GMT |
|
|
There are now but six weeks left until MIX08. The conference will take place between March 5 - 7, 2008, at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. Featuring keynote presentations from Microsoft Chief Executive Officer, Steve Ballmer, the General Manager in the Microsoft Developer Division, Scott Guthrie, and ... |
29 January 2008
09:16 GMT |
|
|
Internet Explorer 8 is still approximately a year before the final version will be released, in fact Microsoft has not even made available the first beta for the browser, but the successor of Internet Explorer 7 has already been taking hits. The fact that IE8 has to face an early barrage of fire is not by any means a... |
24 January 2008
07:40 GMT |
|
|
Internet Explorer 8 was officially confirmed back in 2006 as the successor of Internet Explorer 7. Microsoft was a little late with the announcement that it would go straight to IE8 from IE7 and would not make available an interim release such as Internet Explore 7.5. With the first beta for IE8 planned by mid 2008, ... |
23 January 2008
06:33 GMT |
|
|
Microsoft published the results of a survey carried out by Kelton Research, emphasizing the fact that increasing reliance on to-do lists is a worldwide organizational habit. The first question that comes to mind is of course what's on Microsoft's own to-do list. The Redmond company is focusing on delivering... |
15 January 2008
04:23 GMT |
|
|
Are Firefox 2.0 and 3.0 sufficient to cure the Internet Explorer cancer? Well... According to statistics made available by Net Applications, Firefox accounted for a consistent jump in audience in 2007. Mozilla's open source browser increased its market share from 13.70% in January 2007 to 16.80% at the end of De... |
8 January 2008
10:10 GMT |
|
|
On December 19th 2007, Microsoft, through Dean Hachamovitch, IE General Manager, announced what he referred to as a milestone in the development of Internet Explorer 8. The successor of Internet Explorer 7 managed to render the Acid2 Face correctly with the browser running in IE8 standards mode. For Microsoft, IE8 pa... |
27 December 2007
11:23 GMT |
|
|
For the past year, Microsoft has been hard at work building Internet Explorer 8. Following the release of Internet Explorer 7, back in October 2006, for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003, the company shifted its attention on Vista and Vista SP1, but with IE8 in the focus of the IE team. IE8 was taken out of the ... |
21 December 2007
10:14 GMT |
|
|
If you want to thank someone over at Microsoft over the breaking of the deafening silence that surrounded Internet Explorer 8 throughout 2007, that man is Chairman Bill Gates. At the beginning of December, Gates approached the subject of IE8 during a Mix-n-Mash event held at the Microsoft campus. The company's c... |
21 December 2007
06:27 GMT |
|
|
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. Currently, the browser designed as the successor of Internet Explorer 7 is available exclusively and internally over at Microsoft. And th... |
20 December 2007
10:41 GMT |
|
|
This is it! The Internet Explorer 8 Genie is out of the bottle. Microsoft has officially confirmed the fact that it is dogfooding early development milestones of the browser. But at the same time, The Redmond company has done much more. It has actually managed to let the users halve a sneak peak into the efforts pou... |
20 December 2007
09:38 GMT |
|
|
All right, this is it! Believe it or not but Internet Explorer 8 lives. Microsoft offered official confirmation that the next version of its proprietary browser is alive and kicking, and kicking hard for that matter. Dean Hachamovitch, IE General Manager, revealed that the Redmond company has been hard at work for th... |
20 December 2007
02:45 GMT |
|
|
Following the availability of Internet Explorer 7 in October 2006 for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003, and together with Vista in November 2006 and January 2007, Microsoft debuted work on the next version of its proprietary browser. But at the same time, the Redmond company remained almost completely mute rega... |
6 December 2007
08:06 GMT |
|
|
Microsoft is gearing up to let the Internet Explorer 8 genie out of the bottle. Like all things connected to the Windows platform, the future version of Internet Explorer, along with products such as Windows Vista Service pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows 7, fall under the strict Windows Omerta, imposed b... |
3 December 2007
11:26 GMT |
|
|
Following the introduction of Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 in October 2006, and then in November 2006 and January 2007, concomitantly with the business and consumer launches of Windows Vista, Microsoft debuted the next stage into the evolution of IE. At this point in time, early buil... |
30 November 2007
03:17 GMT |
|
|
Microsoft is nothing more than a simple spectator at Mozilla's Firefox spectacle of releases. A new version of the open source browser is now available for download. Mozilla has delivered Firefox 2.0.0.10, a stability update announced as early as last week. Firefox 2.0.0.10 can be grabbed immediately via this li... |
27 November 2007
02:55 GMT |
|
|
Internet Explorer, Microsoft's proprietary has been an indispensable accessory for the Windows operating system since 1995, when Microsoft made available Windows 95. Back in 1995 the Redmond company was offering Internet Explorer 1.0 version 4.40.308. Over 12 years later, Internet Explorer 7 build 7.00.6000.1638... |
16 November 2007
12:52 GMT |
|
|
|
|
