{"id":1395,"date":"2009-03-19T22:17:54","date_gmt":"2009-03-19T22:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/03\/microsoft-releases-windows-internet-explorer-8.htm"},"modified":"2009-04-02T18:02:46","modified_gmt":"2009-04-02T18:02:46","slug":"microsoft-releases-windows-internet-explorer-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/03\/microsoft-releases-windows-internet-explorer-8.htm","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft releases Windows Internet Explorer 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/ie8.jpg?w=700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer 8 logo\" \/>At this week&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/2009.visitmix.com\/\">MIX09<\/a> conference, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/Presspass\/press\/2009\/mar09\/03-18IE8AvailablePR.mspx\">Microsoft announced the availability of Internet Explorer 8<\/a>, which features new tools and better support for web standards (full details are available in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/presspass\/newsroom\/windows\/factsheets\/IE8FS.mspx\">Microsoft&#8217;s Windows Internet Explorer 8 fact sheet<\/a>).  I&#8217;ve been using IE8 on my main computer for a few months now and, although far too many sites need to run in compatibility mode (including this one&#8230; which is supposed to be standards compliant), it seems to be a vast improvement on earlier versions of IE (and I&#8217;m looking forward to the day when I no longer need to support the various quirks of IE6).<\/p>\n<p>Rather than just repeating news that&#8217;s available all over the web, I wanted to highlight some resources that are available relating to IE8:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/presspass\/newsroom\/windows\/factsheets\/IE8FS.mspx\">Windows Internet Explorer 8 fact sheet<\/a>: overview of the features and benefits of the new browser.<\/li>\n<li>An <a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/library\/cc985339.aspx\">Internet Explorer 8 deployment guide<\/a> is available on the TechNet website (along with the <a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/library\/cc817437.aspx\">Internet Explorer Administration Kit 8<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>For organisations who <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/ie\/archive\/2009\/01\/06\/ie8-blocker-toolkit-available-today.aspx\">want to prevent automatic updates to IE8, a blocker is available<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/downloads\/details.aspx?FamilyId=24DA89E9-B581-47B0-B45E-492DD6DA2971&#038;displaylang=en\">Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit v5<\/a> is available for organisations looking to test their web applications with IE8.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For those running the Windows 7 beta, it&#8217;s worth noting that <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/ie\/archive\/2009\/01\/10\/ie8-in-windows-7-beta.aspx\">the version of IE8 included in the Windows 7 beta is not the same as the version available for earlier operating systems<\/a> (it includes Windows 7-specific features).  I don&#8217;t have any specific information for Windows 7 users, but would expect the Windows 7 release candidate to include the final version of IE 8 (with the additional Windows 7 functionality).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/ie8\">Internet Explorer 8 is available for download from the Microsoft website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At this week&#8217;s MIX09 conference, Microsoft announced the availability of Internet Explorer 8, which features new tools and better support for web standards (full details are available in Microsoft&#8217;s Windows Internet Explorer 8 fact sheet). 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