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What to expect in Internet Explorer 8
News Here, you can see that although Microsoft's own home page views correctly, Google.com and even Download.com both get the Compatibility View treatment as indicated by the presence of the broken-page icon.
[January 28, 2009, 15:24]
Internet Explorer
Downloads Internet Explorer 8 adds accelerators to provide instant access to information like maps, web searches, translations, email, blogging, and more; faster performance; a smart address bar; improved privacy protection; and Compatibility View for...
[March 19, 2009, 16:18]
Microsoft reveals early plans for IE8
News Microsoft will continue to prioritise security and ease of use in the forthcoming Internet Explorer 8 and will seek to improve web development with current standards compatibility, according to the company.
[May 4, 2007, 9:43]
IE8: Another Application Compatibility Platform
Blog One additional "platform" that you may not have considered is the security and application compatibility restrictions that have introduced as part of the update Microsoft's Internet Explorer - IE8. Security and Compatibility in Internet Explorer 7...
[October 12, 2009, 11:18]
Netscape parades security features
News Many Web sites have been built to work with IE, so supporting the engine maximises compatibility. The Netscape browser was once ubiquitous, but it was marginalised after Microsoft introduced Internet Explorer in the mid-1990s.
[May 19, 2005, 9:30]
Type and travel: Web-based word processors review
Reviews Compatibility Internet Explorer 6, Firefox 1.0.6+, Mozilla 1.4 +; Windows, Mac Internet Explorer 6, Firefox 1.5; Windows, Mac Internet Explorer 6, Firefox 1.5; Windows, Mac Or if you're curious about Microsoft's next steps, you can test-drive a Web...
[November 28, 2006, 11:01]
Old code in Windows is security threat
News Even before Windows XP came out, Microsoft said it would sacrifice compatibility in some circumstances to increase performance. Adding in backward compatibility only increases complexity, he added. With a lot of the more recent code, people are...
[June 10, 2002, 9:34]
Microsoft issues six 'critical', two 'important' patches
News For all supported editions of Office Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel Viewer 2003, Office Excel 2007, Office Compatibility Pack, Office Excel Viewer, Office 2004 for Mac, Office 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac...
[December 10, 2008, 13:37]
Adobe tool compares browsers side by side
News Now with Adobe BrowserLab, designers have a simple solution that enables comprehensive browser compatibility testing in just a matter of minutes, leaving web designers with more time to be creative and deliver the high-impact sites customers are...
[June 4, 2009, 9:43]
Mozilla: Final Firefox 3 beta is faster and lighter
News The company has claimed that security, stability and web compatibility have been improved, and suggested that Firefox 3, which is based on the new Gecko 1.9 web-rendering platform, will be the fastest-ever version of the browser.
[April 3, 2008, 13:09]
Mozilla testing point updates
News The testing process is to make sure the updates don't introduce any compatibility problems, he said. Firefox has risen in popularity in recent years as a viable alternative to Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
[September 15, 2005, 9:40]
Users hidden by the fog of browser wars
Leader The market is surprisingly vigorous, with IE, Safari, Firefox and Opera all promoting their own particular mix of performance, features, speed and compatibility. The introduction of Internet Explorer 8 beta 2 marks another round in the browser wars.
[August 28, 2008, 16:39]
Internet Explorer 8: screenshot gallery review
Reviews Internet Explorer 8 therefore offers a Compatibility View that reverts to the IE7 rendering engine. Installing Internet Explorer 8. Following a reboot.the Internet Explorer 8 interface is broadly similar to its predecessor's.
[March 19, 2009, 13:15]
IE8 release candidate expected for Monday
Blog This is because the version of IE8 in Windows 7 Beta is somewhat older than the Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate (IE8 RC1) that we're about to release for Windows Vista and Windows XP," wrote Frank Olivier, the team's UX and Compatibility...
[January 23, 2009, 12:15]
Users warn of problems with IE8 Beta 2
News Nor does the built-in compatibility feature within IE8 Beta 2 correct the glitch. One day after Microsoft released the second public beta for Internet Explorer 8, users have reported issues with its installation and sites and services that are...
[August 29, 2008, 9:53]
W3C releases draft of HTML 5
News Successfully rendering Acid2 is an important landmark for IE8, as it highlights the interoperability, standards compliance and backwards compatibility that we're committed to for this release," said a Microsoft spokesperson.
[January 25, 2008, 13:59]
Microsoft launches Internet Explorer 8
News A "compatibility view" mode has also been added. An Application Compatibility Toolkit is also available, to let organisations check IE8 for potential compatibility issues with their deployed applications.
[March 19, 2009, 3:00]
Microsoft rolls out record Patch Tuesday fixes
News Other affected software includes Office Excel Viewer; Office Word Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats; Works 8.5 and 9.0; and Office SharePoint Server. Microsoft has released 10 security updates fixing...
[June 10, 2009, 8:37]
iPhone 3G hits London
News I like the Exchange compatibility too," he added. Asked whether he would use the Exchange compatibility, he said he would, but he would still not use the device as his official work phone. Lydia also said she would not be trying to make use of the...
[July 11, 2008, 10:31]
Sugar lumps more features into e-m@iler
News Like the original, this is an answerphone with text email and hands-free features; it now includes Web browsing, a reader for credit and debit cards with embedded chips, and Sinclair ZX Spectrum games compatibility.
[February 6, 2002, 16:29]
