It is so hard to get high-resolution lossless screenshots of unreleased software these days. In the meantime, this extremely compressed JPEG of the Internet Explorer 8 installation window will have to do. This is apparently what beta testers will be getting in the first release, as (super excited) Mithun Dhar kindly shows showed us.
The only difference between this screen and the previous IE7 Beta install experience is in fact just the number. That means either someone was smart enough not to reinvent the wheel, or just lazy. Meanwhile this good new for Windows XP users because it looks like Internet Explorer 8 will still be supported.
Unless that’s one convincing retrospective Windows Vista visual style.
26 Comments
EelcoV
…That means either someone was smart enough not to reinvent the wheel, or just lazy. Meanwhile this good new for Windows XP users because it looks like Internet Explorer 8 will still be supported. Unless ….
Or someone who had photoshopped the screen from version 7…
Max
Amazing ! :p
Edootjuh
Kinda old (weeks) news and hardly any exciting, but at least it’s an update
kip
Dunno about IE8, but that third column on your new site redesign sure is nice
Matt Sharpe
EelcoV: thats what I was thinking
Long Zheng
In case you guys missed the clue, the screenshot came from a Microsoft employee.
Eric R
I hear we’re getting a copy at MIX. Of the BETA, I’d assume.
tino
OT: The new web site design really looks very nice, Mr. Zeng. Well done. (I will not mention, that it is really hard (if not impossible) to find an official MSFT website/weblog which takes content AND design that seriously.)
Chehab Adel
I don’t know about you ppl, but I feel the new design crowded.Maybe because this is a blog and the display of comments and long paragraphs to the right and the left make me dizzy or something.
The design itself is great but maybe u can change the ratios between things I dunno.
Matt S.
I actually tend to like this new design.. You dont see mean non-header, main-sidebar type layouts.. Its nice. Well done Long.
Aydin
It’s fake. look at number 8 on right side and number 8 is one pixle in higher position than other words before it.
Andre F.
@Aydin
Zoom in and check again. It’s on the same height as the rest of the letters.
bernard
meh, I also don’t like the new page design, three columns IS way too crowded, but ur icon sure is nice!
Orion
LiveSide has a non fuzzy installer screenshot just for you
[img]http://www.liveside.net/Images/screenshots/Wave%203/IE8.png[/img]
“Long its non-fuzzy just for you”
source:http://www.liveside.net/blogs/opinion/archive/2008/03/01/what-s -on-the-cards-for-mix08.aspx
dhan
Long found your reference here :p
http://www.liveside.net/Images/screenshots/Wave%203/IE8.png
Orion
Why is my comment “awaiting moderation”
Fred
It’s “Lo”. Not Low.
Chris
dhan I posted that image after Long linked this one. They aren’t from the same origin.
kiran
It’s exactly IE 7 installation screen just with number 7 changed to 8.
Malmer
Why the new design? The old istartedsomething was possibly one of the best looking sites like, ever. Now it is just an other blog.
fr
I have to say I prefered the old design too, the pictures along the top were nice, and it looked a lot less crowded, now it looks a little corporate and boring
surilamin
I’m sorry to say this (no need to publish this comment), but I liked your old site design much better. I’m sure you put some work into making this one, but your old layout was just much better.
Kevin
Who cares what that looks like STILL BETA when will it not be beta so it can be downloaded BETA SUCKS remember when VCR’s showed up BETA lost and VHS won
sabita
internet explorer explorer8 is the new version
LAURIE MOXON
Now when I open websites the small screen size comes up and I have to restore up to get full screen.
How do I fix it to come up as a full screen?
I am not sure whether I have IE 7 or IE 8
kmp
hbn
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