Since getting Internet Explorer 7 out the door in October 2006, Microsoft has kept mostly silent on the topic of its successor. That changed today, as Microsoft made a couple of significant announcements about IE8.

Better interoperability and support for web standards are high priorities for the IE8 team, according to IE general manager Dean Hachamovitch.

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The only reason why I still use IE is to test our websites for interoperability and compatibility. And some websites still uses proprietary protocols that needs IE to view it.

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Just as he was the first to talk about IE7, Bill Gates kept the tradition alive and discussed IE8 at the Mix ‘n Mash event here on campus yesterday. Bill was talking to some bloggers about IE.Next and called it IE8, the same way we do here in the IE team hallway.

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Whatever you call it, it is still IE with bugs and security holes.

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