Jun
26Internet Explorer 8: Not Recognized by Microsoft Update!

In testing Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, I came across a funny bug to the system: Microsoft doesn't recognize it as a supported browser for doing automatic updates! One feature of the browser is that you can set it to emulate IE7. With this in place, it does work to get the updates, but it seems pretty darned funny that the newer (and more standards-compliant) browser isn't seen as being 'approved'.

Here are some pictures of the IE8 error screen. Also, there's a picture of a page from Yahoo!'s Upcoming site showing that their maps don't render correctly. IE8 is not exacly ready for prime time, but hopefully it will be soon.