Internet Explorer 8 beta 2 in August
Last week, Microsoft’s Tony Chor, Group Program Manager for Internet explorer, announced that Microsoft will be releasing Beta 2 of Internet Explorer 8 this August.
“In addition to the features for developers we showed in IE8 Beta 1, we’ve been working on great new features for consumers and IT professionals (as well as doing even more cool stuff for developers). I’m happy to announce that we’re on track to deliver IE8 Beta 2 this August when you’ll get a chance to see what we’ve been up to in these areas. Furthermore, in order to help us get even more feedback for this global product, we’ll be releasing Beta 2 in over twenty languages within a month of the initial release. This is a big step up from the three languages we released for beta 1 and much more than we ever did during IE7.”
The list of languages/locales that is being planned on for beta 2 includes: Arabic, Chinese (Hong Kong), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Swedish.
At the Tech Ed IT Pro 2008 in Orlando Microsoft also announced some features that will be added to IE8 that will benefit the IT Pro community:
Slipstream Support in Internet Explorer 8
With Internet Explorer 8 and Windows Vista you’ll be able to “Slipstream” Internet Explorer 8 into a Vista image so that when you deploy Vista it already contains Internet Explorer 8. To slipstream IE8 only takes 10-15 minute per image. You’ll also be able to slipstream IE8 cumulative updates so that you are shipping the most up to date and secure image.
Security in Internet Explorer 8
From phishing scams to sites which install malware, the web can be a dangerous place to be. Who hasn’t had to jump across the keyboard/mouse to stop a friend or loved one visiting a phishing site or installing a piece of suspicious software? What happens when that person doesn’t have their tech-savvy friend watching over their shoulder? Rather than cover those features here, Microsoft already posted information about some of the ways they’re helping your users browse more safely:
Since Microsoft released Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 last March they’ve had over two million downloads.
You can still download IE8 Beta 1 from the Microsoft Web site.
If you decide to give it a try (it can be uninstalled), also get the security update listed under “Highlights” in this newsletter.
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shantanu
Shantanu is a technology Enthusiast. He writes about Microsoft products & has been a Microsoft MVP in Windows Expert - IT Pro since 2007.
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