IE 8.1 Supports Firefox Plugins, Rendering Engine

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Posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @04:28PM from the fruits-of-competition dept.

KermodeBear writes in to note that according to Smashing Magazine, the newest version of Internet Explorer, codenamed "Eagle Eyes," supports Firefox plugins, the Gecko and Webkit rendering engines, and has scored a 71 / 100 on the Acid3 test. The article is pretty gee-whiz, and I don't entirely believe the claims that IE's JavaScript performance will trounce the others. (And note that the current Firefox, 3.0.8, scores 71 on Acid3, and Safari 3.1.2 hits 75.) No definitive date from Microsoft, but "sources" say that an IE 8.1 beta will be released in the summer.

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Breaking News! (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @04:31PM (#27407327)

Breaking News: April Fools joke leaked on March 31st

Come on... (Score:5, Funny)

by spacefight ( 577141 ) writes: on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @04:33PM (#27407367)

...it isn't April 1st yet :)

Wow, if true. (Score:3, Funny)

by CannonballHead ( 842625 ) writes: on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @04:33PM (#27407369)

If it actually does do all that (support FF plugins, Gecko and Webkit [and I assume Trident], score competitively on Acid3 [I would assume that is at least some indication of being more standards compliant], good JS performance), that would be a pretty big Wow.

"Eagle Eyes" (Score:5, Funny)

by ilovegeorgebush ( 923173 ) * writes: on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @04:33PM (#27407379) Homepage

Dubbed "Eagle Eyes" because it has FireFOX in its sights.

Evil bastards :(

April Fool a day early (Score:5, Funny)

by Yvan256 ( 722131 ) writes: on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @04:34PM (#27407397) Homepage Journal

Microsoft's Internet Explorer Development Team has teamed up with the Google Chrome Development Team to create JSE in a seemingly grand plan combat Mozilla Firefox's growing market share. The result: a JavaScript engine that outperforms all modern browsers currently available on the market.
Yes of course Microsoft will team up with Google to "combat Mozilla Firefox's growing market share". When chairs fly.

IE 8.1 really rocks (Score:5, Funny)

by INeededALogin ( 771371 ) writes: on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @04:37PM (#27407451) Journal

They also decided to release an OSX version again and while I was taking a shower, it fed and took my dog for a walk.

It comes with free ponies, too. (Score:3, Funny)

by Trillan ( 597339 ) writes: on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @04:38PM (#27407465) Homepage Journal

You need to supply your own pony feed, though.

Okay (Score:5, Funny)

by slapout ( 93640 ) writes: on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @04:39PM (#27407471)

So, that's what the Conficker virus does...

Re:Breaking News! (Score:3, Funny)

by mickwd ( 196449 ) writes: on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @04:41PM (#27407519)

Yep....unless someone other than IE8.1 has been scoring on Acid :D

Re:Come on... (Score:3, Funny)

by compro01 ( 777531 ) writes: on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @04:44PM (#27407563)

It is in not-soviet-anymore Russia.

IETab for IE 8.1 (Score:5, Funny)

by mistapotta ( 941143 ) writes: on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @04:52PM (#27407691)

Can I run IE Tab [mozilla.org] on Internet Explorer and make the world explode?

Re:Don't forget to vote! (Score:5, Funny)

by morgan_greywolf ( 835522 ) writes: on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @04:54PM (#27407725) Homepage Journal

Check out the author's tagline at the end:
Jacob Gube is a professional contemporary dancer for the New York City Dance Company. An avid Steve Jobs follower(/stalker)*, you can find him in the local Star Bucks with his Mac Book Air developing .NET applications. Follow him on Twitterâ¦ if you really must.
*Seriously Steve, was that restraining order necessary? I was only trying to give you a hug. In retrospect, I shouldâ(TM)ve not done that naked.

Re:Don't forget to vote! (Score:5, Funny)

by digitalunity ( 19107 ) writes: <digitalunity@yDALIahoo.com minus painter> on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @05:03PM (#27407843) Homepage

I hereby turn in my Slashdot member card until it is 4/2/2009 or later in all time zones.
Thanks.
digitalunity

Re:Don't forget to vote! (Score:5, Funny)

by eddy the lip ( 20794 ) writes: on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @05:06PM (#27407897)

Or a -1.
I love a good hoax as much as the next guy (the perl/python/parrot thing was great), but I dread April 1 every year now. Disabling every second news source on the planet for 24 hours leaves me with nothing to do but actual work.

Re:Breaking News! (Score:4, Funny)

by master5o1 ( 1068594 ) writes: on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @05:11PM (#27407943) Homepage

I thought baghdad was on American time since the fall of Saddam?

Re:Don't forget to vote! (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @05:14PM (#27407995)

You can have your member card back. 4th of February has passed in all time zones I know of

Re:Don't forget to vote! (Score:3, Funny)

by BlackSnake112 ( 912158 ) writes: on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @05:21PM (#27408095)

He might be using MM/DD/YYYY not DD/MM/YYYY. In that case the 2nd of April 2009 has not passed yet.
And I am most likely hearing a whooosh sound...

Re:Don't forget to vote! (Score:5, Funny)

by MooUK ( 905450 ) writes: on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @05:21PM (#27408097)

It is already well past the fourth of February, 2009. You may keep your card.

Happy Conflicker Day! (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @05:24PM (#27408149)

This BS has got to stop. I'm going to go and burn some karma, but websites should not be pulling April Fools jokes a day or two early. Why?
In former Soviet Russian city of Moscow, is already April 1, so April Fools you, yanks.

Re:Don't forget to vote! (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @05:33PM (#27408321)

Don't worry, the sound will hit you on the 2nd of April...

Re:Breaking News! (Score:5, Funny)

by PhxBlue ( 562201 ) writes: on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @06:15PM (#27408851) Homepage Journal

In that case, would you go for the "Spanish Inquisition" argument? No one expects that.

Re:They gave me mod points for April 1st (Score:3, Funny)

by PhxBlue ( 562201 ) writes: on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @06:17PM (#27408891) Homepage Journal

Just randomly mod things "funny" until you run out of points. :)

Re:Don't forget to vote! (Score:5, Funny)

by AvitarX ( 172628 ) writes: <(me) (at) (brandywinehundred.org)> on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @06:49PM (#27409309) Journal

Where is the omgponies tag?

Re:Don't forget to vote! (Score:5, Funny)

by PopeRatzo ( 965947 ) * writes: on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @06:50PM (#27409321) Journal

To be fair, Felix, New Zealand just does not matter.

Re:Don't forget to vote! (Score:4, Funny)

by atraintocry ( 1183485 ) writes: on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @06:54PM (#27409363)

So you fell for an April Fool's joke...that's sort of the point :)

Re:Don't forget to vote! (Score:3, Funny)

by Max Littlemore ( 1001285 ) writes: on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @07:03PM (#27409495)

The humor in this article was not obvious that I ended up thinking it was true. Haha I was fooled!
What, did you get to the bit about the server code decompiler?
If you read the whole article, it's so obvious that if you didn't get it, you probably shouldn't be on /. But then again, if you did RTFA, you probably shouldn't be on /. either.
I'm confused.

Re:Don't forget to vote! (Score:3, Funny)

by MadnessASAP ( 1052274 ) writes: <madnessasap@gmail.com> on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @09:01PM (#27410779)

I personally prefer YY/M/SS/D/L/Y/UX/MD/Y.
Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.

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Breaking News! (Score:5, Funny)

Come on... (Score:5, Funny)

Wow, if true. (Score:3, Funny)

"Eagle Eyes" (Score:5, Funny)

April Fool a day early (Score:5, Funny)

IE 8.1 really rocks (Score:5, Funny)

It comes with free ponies, too. (Score:3, Funny)

Okay (Score:5, Funny)

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IETab for IE 8.1 (Score:5, Funny)

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Happy Conflicker Day! (Score:3, Funny)

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