IE.Next has a new name…. IE8
Written by on December 5th, 2007 in Ajax News.
After hundreds of man months, the marketing team behind IE has come up with a name (which has been holding back the product). They looked at:
- IE 7+1
- IE VIII
- IE 1000 (think binary)
- IE Eight!
- iIE
- IE for Web 2.0 (Service Pack 2)
- IE Desktop Online Web Browser Live Professional Ultimate Edition for the Internet (the marketing team really pushed for this one
- Ie2.079 (we might still use this for the Math Major Edition)
and ended up with IE8. They also let people know that silence != inaction:
Of course, some people care about other aspects of IE8 much more than they care about the name. As I’ve walked different people through the plan, I’ve gotten “Does it have feature X?” “When is the beta?” “When does it release” and even the more thoughtful “What are you trying to accomplish with this release?”
You will hear a lot more from us soon on this blog and in other places. In the meantime, please don’t mistake silence for inaction.
Dean Hachamovitch
General Manager
Source: Ajaxian
Original Article: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ajaxian/~3/195823361/ienext-has-a-new-name-ie8