IE's Death Imminent

[kitepilot at kitepilot.com]

The name is irrelevant.
It's still Micro$haft...
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Bishmer Sekaran writes: 

> Joe wrote:
>> It's still on the edge of being a rumor (though more are starting to
>> confirm it), but it seems like IE8 is going to be the last IE ever. M$
>> is looking to replace IE with Gazelle, a new browser they are writing
>> from the ground up. Some are reporting that it will use Webkit for
>> rendering, but that hasn't been confirmed (and I personally don't think
>> it's too likely). 
>>
>> http://apcmag.com/microsoft-to-drop-internet-explorer-for-gazelle.htm 
>>
>> It all sounds very nice, but they also did the whole "ground up" rewrite
>> with vista, and we all know how well THAT turned out. In any event,
>> while I have my doubts about it being much of an improvement in the end,
>> I look forward to a world without IE!! 
>>
>> -Joe
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> Are they really going to abandon the Internet Exploder name for 
> "Gazelle"? It sounds more likely that "Gazelle" is just a codename for 
> the project that will be marketed as IE9.
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