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Internet Explorer 8

Cross posted from my comment at the IE Blog:

I must say I'm carefully optimistic about IE8. No thanks to the IE Blog though.

At the moment, the most informational information about IE8 is to be found at molly.com:

In the transcript of Molly H's discussion with Billy G there is mention of a new engine.

However, I doubt that the IE team could have built a new rendering engine from scratch in just over a year. Or is that why they've been so quiet - they just haven't had the time to post because they've been too busy rewriting Trident from scratch? We can always hope.

The fact that Molly just said what I've heard so far is to my liking about IE8 also adds to my optimism.

Thanfully though, I won't need to care much either way:

• If IE8 gets it right, I won't need to care because it will render my websites like all the other browsers.
• If IE8 gets it wrong, I'll be too fed up with IE to even think about caring.

Labels: browsers, internet explorer

Posted by David Naylor at 11:33