: It was eventually succeeded by version 8.0.7601 , which shipped with Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1). Key Performance and Architecture Features
It represents the last "pure" version of the Internet Explorer that won the first browser war. It shipped with the most beloved operating system of the 21st century (Windows 7). For developers, it is the bane of their existence (the "legacy IE8 requirement"). For IT pros, it is the stable platform upon which the financial and governmental web ran for a decade. Internet Explorer 8 Version 8.0.7600
| Attribute | IE8 8.0.7600 | |-----------|--------------| | OS | Windows 7 RTM (no SP1) | | Release | Oct 2009 | | CSS3 | Partial (no rounded corners, gradients) | | HTML5 | Almost none | | JS engine | JScript (slow, ES3 mostly) | | TLS max | 1.0 | | Phishing protection | SmartScreen (old, outdated lists) | | Modern usage | Do not use for web browsing | : It was eventually succeeded by version 8
When Windows 7 launched on October 22, 2009, the browser market was a very different battlefield. Internet Explorer still held a dominant market share, but its supremacy was being aggressively challenged by Mozilla Firefox, and a new contender had just entered the ring: Google Chrome. For developers, it is the bane of their
The number is not a random build number assigned solely to the browser; it is the core build number of Windows 7 RTM (Release to Manufacturing) .