December 5, 2007 2:53 PM PST

Gates: Next IE to be IE8

Bill Gates confirmed that Microsoft will call its next browser Internet Explorer 8, though Microsoft isn't sharing much else, such as the obvious questions: When will it arrive and what features will it have?

The confirmation came during his speech at the "Mix and Mash" conference taking place this week in Redmond, Wash. In a posting on the IE blog, Microsoft general manager Dean Hachamovitch jokes about some of the names Microsoft ruled out, such as "IE 7+1" and "IEVIII."

But, seriously, folks don't care about the name. They care about features and timing. Hachamovitch pleads for more time.

"You will hear a lot more from us soon on this blog and in other places," he said. "In the meantime, please don't mistake silence for inaction."

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Wow, the originality machine
by AppleRocks1963 December 5, 2007 3:43 PM PST
in Redmond never stops pumping out 'new' products and 'new' names, does it?
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IEVIII....
by XoneDaGnome December 5, 2007 4:03 PM PST
Would be right title.. that way when I just glance at it.. It looks EVIL!!!!
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What about IE7?
by Skroob December 5, 2007 4:55 PM PST
I would worry about ironing out the kinks in IE7 before devoting $$$ and programmer time on the next version. That is, unless the new version addresses the problem.
In that case I would just call it a big patch with a pretty new skin.
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by greenengineseo December 6, 2007 12:15 PM PST
Since they are calling it 8. Most likely will be minor improvements. Word is they are focused on a new search engine so they are probably saving up the really cool names for that initiative lol.

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