IE8 May Be End of the Line For Internet Explorer 380
snydeq writes "InfoWorld's Randall Kennedy reports on rumors that IE8 may be Internet Explorer's swan song: 'IE8 is the last version of the Internet Explorer Web browser,' Kennedy writes. 'It seems that Microsoft is preparing to throw in the towel on its Internet Explorer engine once and for all.' And what will replace it? Some are still claiming that Microsoft will go with WebKit, which is used by Safari and Chrome. The WebKit story, Kennedy contends, could be a feint and that Microsoft will instead adopt Gazelle, Microsoft Research's brand-new engine that thinks like an OS. 'This new engine will supposedly be more secure than Firefox or even Chrome, making copious use of sandboxing to keep its myriad plug-ins isolated and the overall browser process model protected.'" The sticking point will be what Microsoft does about compatibility for ActiveX apps.
Last Post! (Score:3, Funny)
Oh wait...
Nope, not webkit... (Score:5, Funny)
...they're going to buy Mozilla. Mark my words. :P
Thinks like an os, eh? (Score:5, Funny)
Given their history, this could be pretty funny.
Re:Misleading headline, and ActiveX (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Thinks like an os, eh? (Score:2, Funny)
They're doing it for the lulz.
Re:Thinks like an os, eh? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Nope, not webkit... (Score:5, Funny)
Those fucking weasels. At least they didn't call it LOLcat.
Re:Nope, not webkit... (Score:1, Funny)
iScat?
Re:Misleading headline, and ActiveX (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, especially since the emancipation proclamation was nearly 130 years ago.
Re:Misleading headline, and ActiveX (Score:5, Funny)
ActiveX applications have no more "connections" than any other Win32 app.
But I was looking at ActiveX's facebook page and it had like a million friends in common with Windows - isn't that a deep connection?
Re:Please kill ActiveX (Score:5, Funny)
How can you kill that which does not live?
By using sudo: ...
sudo kill -9
Re:Misleading headline, and ActiveX (Score:4, Funny)
ActiveX applications have no more "connections" than any other Win32 app.
But I was looking at ActiveX's facebook page and it had like a million friends in common with Windows - isn't that a deep connection?
You're probably thinking of eHarmony.
Re:Please kill ActiveX (Score:5, Funny)
You've clearly never tried to kill a zombie process.
Re:Misleading headline, and ActiveX (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Please kill ActiveX (Score:5, Funny)
> > How can you kill that which does not live?
> By using sudo: ...
> sudo kill -9
Nope. A process that isn't alive is a zombie. And kill -9 won't kill a zombie. We need a grenade_launcher command. After all, to quote the old Quake manual:
"Thou can not kill that with doth not live. But you can blow it to chunky kibbles."
Moore's Law makes some problems easy, yay. :) (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Misleading headline, and ActiveX (Score:4, Funny)
Yeah, but it's also in an "it's complicated" with Trojans. Kind of a problem, really.
Re:Misleading headline, and ActiveX (Score:5, Funny)
A better technical explanation would be that ActiveX can lick Windows' bellybutton from the inside.
Re:Misleading headline, and ActiveX (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Misleading headline, and ActiveX (Score:3, Funny)
OMG! Java is tightly integrated to the OS!
Yanno, spilling coffee on your computer is generally _not_ a good thing.
Re:Misleading headline, and ActiveX (Score:5, Funny)