Last December, Microsoft’s Windows Internet Explorer group announced that Internet Explorer 8, the next iteration of its Web browser, would be standards compliant, interoperable and backward compatible when it’s released in the second half of 2008. The group announced that IE8 has rendered correctly in Acid2, a complex Web page design. That the browser passed the test wasn’t big news. That Microsoft was embracing the standards compliant and interoperability features marked a concession by the company that proprietary development of one of its key products may be nearing an end.
And how long will this last? Until the EU stops harassing them or until they find a different way to thwart 3rd party innovation? Only time will tell.
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Microsoft Loosens Fist With New, Open IE8
Posted by: Brad King March 4, 2008 01:15 PMLast December, Microsoft’s Windows Internet Explorer group announced that Internet Explorer 8, the next iteration of its Web browser, would be standards compliant, interoperable and backward compatible when it’s released in the second half of 2008. The group announced that IE8 has rendered correctly in Acid2, a complex Web page design. That the browser passed the test wasn’t big news. That Microsoft was embracing the standards compliant and interoperability features marked a concession by the company that proprietary development of one of its key products may be nearing an end.