December 5, 2007 2:53 PM PST
Gates: Next IE to be IE8
Bill Gates confirmed that Microsoft will call its next browser Internet Explorer 8, though Microsoft isn't sharing much else, such as the obvious questions: When will it arrive and what features will it have?
The confirmation came during his speech at the "Mix and Mash" conference taking place this week in Redmond, Wash. In a posting on the IE blog, Microsoft general manager Dean Hachamovitch jokes about some of the names Microsoft ruled out, such as "IE 7+1" and "IEVIII."
But, seriously, folks don't care about the name. They care about features and timing. Hachamovitch pleads for more time.
"You will hear a lot more from us soon on this blog and in other places," he said. "In the meantime, please don't mistake silence for inaction."
During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried has changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. These days, most of her attention is focused on Microsoft. E-mail Ina. 
sense from a branding point of view. That being said it doesn't
matter what they call it as long as they make web standards
compliant.
or is it just a poor way to copy Apple with the use of Roman numerals for numbers as in Mac OS 10 (Mac OS X)..
In that case I would just call it a big patch with a pretty new skin.
& by that you mean fixing the disgrace that is the worlds worst
browser & barely worthy for viewing webpages.
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- by katmandue June 14, 2009 6:38 AM PDT
- IE 8 stinks don't download and install.
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