Fast on the heels of yesterday's announcement, they have a beta version out:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/ie8/getitnow.mspx
Apparently it does install on top of IE 7 (isn't that bright) but there is a way to switch to IE 7 rendering mode.
They have some interesting new features in here with these "slices" and "activities" bits. Not sure what I think about those... Activities seems much like what Opera's had for ages with the ability to right-click on selected text and go directly to services like dictionary, encyclopedia or translations. Slices seem to be just a microformat - this implementation is kind of interesting.
Edit: Is it just me or does anyone else hate how browsers all insist on installing their own bookmarks? Irritating. Have to remove them every time. I must admit that Opera is a bad culprit with this, installing a huge library of bookmarks. At least they don't put it back in when you upgrade.
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AyntRyte posted this at 04:12—6th March 2008.
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I got it earlier and wasted about 15 minutes before I got bored with it
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caffinephil posted this at 10:40—6th March 2008.
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I hate that too Megan. I wouldn't mind an option on install that asked if I wanted them, an option to remove them all simply rather than deleting one at a time or I'd even settle for them all to be grouped in one folder.
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Greg K posted this at 12:48—6th March 2008.
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Interesting, check out the memory requirements:
Windows Vista: 512Megs
Windows XP: 64Megs
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Hafsoh posted this at 07:39—11th March 2008.
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Even if IE10 will be released, i will prefer firefox lol..
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Megan posted this at 16:02—11th March 2008.
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Yeah, but we have to test in IE, that's the important thing. I hope they will keep us up to date on the timelines for IE 8 and keep releasing beta versions so we can fix anything that needs it well ahead of the release.
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JeevesBond posted this at 11:21—12th March 2008.
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Naturally, no IE release would be complete without some Embrace, Extend, Extinguish tactics built-in. Methinks this is IE6 all over again.
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web-creation posted this at 05:01—18th April 2008.
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Hmm, now if only they can convince people to upgrade from IE5 we'd be set.
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