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Wave Releases
Microsoft will release Internet Explorer 8 in three language waves. Here's a table that summarizes the release waves and the languages they support.
Release Waves |
Languages |
Launch Date |
Wave 0 (RTM) |
Arabic, Chinese (Hong Kong), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), |
March 19, 2009 |
Wave 1 |
Bosnia (Cyrillic), Bosnian (Latin), Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Estonian, |
Week of April 20, 2009 |
Wave 2 |
Albanian, Assamese, Basque, Bengali (Bangladesh), Bengali (India), |
Week of June 1, 2009 |
IE8 Release Schedule
Microsoft will make Internet Explorer 8 available through the Microsoft Download Center, Windows Update and Automatic Updates. Here are their latest release schedule based on those three options :
Sources |
Release Waves |
Release Date |
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Microsoft Download Center |
Wave 0 |
March 19, 2009 |
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Wave 1 |
Week of April 20, 2009 |
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Wave 2 |
Week of June 1, 2009 |
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Windows Update |
Wave 0 |
Week of March 23 (for Beta / RC users) |
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Wave 1 |
Week of May 18, 2009 |
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Wave 2 |
TBD |
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Automatic Updates |
Wave 0 |
April 27, 2009 |
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Wave 1 |
May 5, 2009 |
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Wave 2 |
June 24, 2009 |
Note : You can now download Internet Explorer via the official Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 page.
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