Microsoft released to a group of choose testers on December ten a brand new check create of World-wide-web Explorer (IE) eight.The new build is for “technical beta” participants only and is not available to the public. According to the note sent to testers:“We are releasing the IE8 Partner Develop to the IE8 Technical Beta for you to help us check and find issues. This create represents a preview of our progress and is best used to verify issues fixed since releasing Beta 2. While we believe it to be of adequate quality for you to use, is not as extensively tested as a milestone construct,
Windows 7 Professional, so it is not meant for the general public but only for testing purposes.”The new IE 8 develop is numbered eight.0.6001.18343,
Office 2010 Professional Plus, testers said.Microsoft officials declined to detail what is new in the December 10 interim construct,
Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007, beyond general bug fixes.Update: Here is a PDF of the ReadMe that details what is new in the latest tech develop.IE 8 officials confirmed last month that the final version of IE eight is not going to be released to the Web this year. Instead,
Windows 7 Home Premium, Microsoft is planning on one more public test build,
Office 2010 Professional Plus, due in the first quarter of 2009, before the final release.Microsoft officials said last week that they are planning on adding more compatibility-enhancement features to IE eight with the next check develop. But it sounds as if the December 10 develop does not include the “Compatibility View” tweaks and that it won;t debut until the near-final public Release Candidate next year.