Internet Explorer Makes Desperate Overture To Become Default Browser: I almost feel sorry for it. After months of futile entreaties to upgrade to its latest version, web browser Internet Explorer made a last-ditch proposal to become local man Jeremy Drewing’s primary Internet application Monday.
Internet Explorer 8 and Acid2: A Milestone: There’s a screencap on this page of a build of IE8 passing the fairly brutal Acid2 test. Last week, we achieved an important milestone that should interest web developers. IE8 now renders the “Acid2 Face” correctly in IE8 standards mode. Kind of exciting,…
Microsoft removes ActiveX activation warning from IE: The Eolas debacle has apparently ended. Microsoft paid them off and hopes to update all IE versions by April 2008. For an undisclosed sum, the software maker has licensed the patented technology in question from Eolas, allowing it to modify IE6…