Because Microsoft produced readily available to testers the world wide web Explorer (IE) nine developer preview in mid-March, there have already been about 700,000 downloads of it,
Office Pro Plus 2010, based on a supply close to the scenario, who asked to not be identified.IE Common Manager Dean Hachamovitch, with whom I had a brief phone conversation on April seven, would not comment around the precise quantity of IE 9 downloads to date. But he did verify there continues to be positive reception for Microsoft;s subsequent release of IE — a release which will feature HTML 5 support, a new, speedier JavaScript engine and a host of other features.The first preview was released in U.S. English only,
Office Pro Plus 2007 Key, Hachamovitch noted. The top five biggest downloaders (by country) were the U.S., Brazil, India, the U.K. and Germany (in descending order),
Office Ultimate 2007, he said. The majority (50 percent) of testers are hammering about the preview;s speed and performance benchmarks,
Office 2010 Home And Business Key, Hachamovitch said. Another 27 percent have been focusing about the Microsoft-provided graphics-centric tests, he said, while 22 percent have already been putting the HTML 5 capabilities of the preview through its paces.The top three areas of bug reports received by the team so far have been in graphics/SVG, overall compatibility and Trident (the rendering engine)/Cascading Style Sheets,
Purchase Office 2007, based on Hachamovitch. The team is working to close as many of these as possible, he said, and has submitted 100 W3C tests related to IE 9 and focused on turning around that feedback quickly, as well.In March, Microsoft committed to providing a new test build of IE 9 every eight weeks. The team is still on track to reach that goal, with an IE nine Developer Preview 2 release due out in mid-May. In spite of some testers; requests for nightly builds, Microsoft isn;t going that route, Hachamovitch said, preferring to focus on delivering regular builds that are solid and installable.Hachamovitch wouldn;t say much about Preview 2, other than to say it would provide testers with “more of what;s in preview 1,” in terms of speed, performance and benchmark tests. It still won;t include the new IE 9 UI. He said the preview following 2 will “add a few more interesting things,” but wouldn;t get any more specific.The IE team is still not sharing a delivery timetable for the beta or final version of IE nine. Hachamovitch did squelch rumors I;ve seen and heard today that Microsoft might be working on an interim version of IE 8 that it would deliver before IE nine. He said there is no such release in the works.