IE8 Beta 2 coming soon, Are your websites ready?
Microsoft is getting ready for a 3rd quarter launch for IE8 beta 2 and this time its being aimed at the general consumers. Microsoft wants web developers to prepare their sites for the broad adoption of IE8 and its new standards mode.
Consistent with our efforts to promote further interoperability across the Web, Microsoft will be releasing Internet Explorer 8 to render content in its most standards-compliant way by default. Giving top priority to Web standards interoperability allows us to help web developers and designers drive toward the ideal of ?write once, run anywhere?, freeing up more time to innovate rather than modify content for different browsers. This commitment also addresses several development and design pain points from previous Internet Explorer releases.
However, browsing with this default setting may cause content written for previous versions of Internet Explorer to display differently than intended. This creates a call to action for site owners to ensure their content will continue to display seamlessly in Internet Explorer 8. As such, we have provided a meta-tag usable on a per-page or per-site level to maintain backwards compatibility with Internet Explorer 7.
Source: MSDN Blog
I’ve noticed that when I try to use ieSpell to correct writings on web pages I get a notice that Internet Explorer has to shut down, and when it restarts whatever was written has disappeared. Also, I use a Microsoft Natural Ergonimic 4000 keyboard which includes a Zoom feature. Since installing IE8 hte response to the Zoom button is exactly backward. It has been said that IE8 Beta 2 will be along in August, and the month is nearly done. When will Beta 2 actually be released? Another thing is that Windows Live OneCare safety scanner will no longer download. Is this likely to be corrected with Beta 2?
on August 21, 2008
only thing to do is wait and see. but dun keep your hopes up on ie8 yet. still a load of bugs in it
on August 23, 2008