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MAR 2008 6
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The Internet Explorer team released the developer's beta version of IE8 this morning on their IEBlog.
One of the main concerns for developers was whether or not Microsoft would improve interoperability with other major browsers (ie: Safari and Firefox) in their latest release. The IE team addressed those concerns directly with their first announcement about IE8:
"Our goal is to deliver complete, full CSS 2.1 support in the final IE8 product. IE8 Beta 1 for developers delivers better interoperability with other major browsers, addressing major pain points (e.g. floats and margins) from previous IE releases. We're not finished - there's much more to come in Beta 2."
 Shortly after the release, it was confirmed that IE8 passed the Acid2 test. Acid2 is an image that, when rendered correctly by a browser, confirms that the browser follows W3C HTML and CSS 2.0 specifications.
It's too soon to know for sure, but so far IE8 is shaping up to be a good thing for developers, web standards and Microsoft.
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