Jimmy 2004
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System Name | Jimmy 2004's PC |
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Processor | S754 AMD Athlon64 3200+ @ 2640MHz |
Motherboard | ASUS K8N |
Cooling | AC Freezer 64 Pro + Zalman VF1000 + 5x120mm Antec TriCool Case Fans |
Memory | 1GB Kingston PC3200 (2x512MB) |
Video Card(s) | Saphire 256MB X800 GTO @ 450MHz/560MHz (Core/Memory) |
Storage | 500GB Western Digital SATA II + 80GB Maxtor DiamondMax SATA |
Display(s) | Digimate 17" TFT (1280x1024) |
Case | Antec P182 |
Audio Device(s) | Audigy 4 + Creative Inspire T7900 7.1 Speakers |
Power Supply | Corsair HX520W |
Software | Windows XP Home |
Microsoft has revealed that it is planning to release the initial beta of Internet Explorer 8 in the first half of next year. According to the developers, the new browser has passed the Acid2 Browser Test from the Web Standards Project, a test which both IE 7 and Firefox fail (although Opera passes). Microsoft is also focusing on making sure that IE 8 displays all current web pages correctly, an issue which plagued IE 7 during the first few months after its release. In his IE blog, one of Microsoft's general managers, Dean Hachamovitch, said the following:
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Microsoft has given no indication of when it expects to release the final version of IE 8, instead commenting that its launch date will depend upon the feedback received during the beta process.The key goal is interoperability. As a developer, I'd prefer to not have to write the same site multiple times for different browsers. Standards are a (critical!) means to this end, and we focus on the standards that will help actual, real-world interoperability the most. As a consumer and a developer, I expect stuff to just work, and I also expect backwards compatibility. When I get a new version of my current browser, I expect all the sites that worked before will still work.
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