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IE8 not being pushed? Only if you work in PR.

Posted on April 29, 2009April 29, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on IE8 not being pushed? Only if you work in PR.

IE8, still not ready for everyone to use due to compatibility issues with many websites out there. Microsoft says, “We are not pushing IE8 out there yet.” Everyone breaths a sigh of relief.

At least until today. If you run updates, you should take a close look at the high priority updates. Yeah the ones that get pushed down through Automatic Updates. You will see IE8 there. Sounds like a push to me. Yet Microsoft is still claiming that they are not pushing it out.

Now I don’t know about you, but if I saw it in the Optional Software updates, I would believe them, but with it in High Priority? Come on, we all know that usually we just let the high priority updates get installed, because they are usually the most critical of the updates, and if you are set up to autoupdate, it will get pushed down and installed unless you are set up to check what updates have been downloaded for install.

To use a phrase from a segment on a sports show I listen to.. Microsoft, Who Ya Crappin?

Computers, Rants, Software Tags:Automatic Updates, Browsers, Internet Explorer, Microsoft. IE8, Patches, Software, updates, Web

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