Like Neowin, I;m hearing from my sources that Microsoft is planning to create available for download later nowadays, June 23, its 3rd technical preview (i.e., pre-beta) of Web Explorer 9.Back in March, the IE 9 staff committed to providing developers with updates to its IE 9 code every eight weeks. The staff delivered its initial developer preview in March, 2010, and created a public commitment to supplying much more support for rising HTML5, CSS3 and SVG2 standards using the item. One of the most latest developer preview was released to the Internet in early Might possibly. These previews, obtainable from Microsoft;s IE 9 test drive web page,
Windows 7 Serial, have permitted developers to measure Microsoft;s progress on efficiency and standards-compliance, because it refines the following version of its browser.It seems like nowadays;s tech preview will probably be a lot more of the same. I asked Microsoft officials for comment as to their strategies earlier this week and got a no comment.Right here;s what I;m additional thinking about than today;s tech preview, but. According to blogger Francisco Martin (that has had a pretty great track document with his internal specifics concerning the Softies; schedules), this IE 9 tech preview might possibly be the last. Martin says Microsoft could release an real Beta one of IE nine in August — assuming no push backs in the recent schedule.If August really is when Microsoft will deliver a very first beta of IE nine, I;d think that would mean we;ll see more of what the user interface for its subsequent browser will look like. It also means IE nine really could be released to the Web in 2011, as my sources have said previously is the goal.Microsoft supposedly isn;t planning to release Windows 8/Windows v.Next until 2012, based on the rumors I;ve heard. If that really does end up being the ship date, the gap between the next version of IE and Windows is going to be even lengthier than it was with IE 8 and
Windows 7.Microsoft officials have declined repeatedly to provide official information and facts about the beta or ultimate ship targets for IE nine and/or Windows 8.Meanwhile, while around the topic of betas and previews, I;ve heard from some with the invited testers of
Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 that they are now able to download the Beta bits. A public beta of SP1 for
Windows 7/WS 2008 R2 is slated for July, the Softies have said. I hear it;s timed to hit around mid-July, the same time Microsoft is holding its Worldwide Partner Conference.