向大家提供一封来自微软内线的邮件,这封邮件主要向员工描述了微软发布Internet Explorer 8 Beta1的消息.
目前IE8的文件还处于锁定状态,只有很少一部分人能拿到,但既然连下载地址都出现了,估计IE8不会离我们太远.另外,简体中文破天荒地成为IE8 Beta1的基准语言,这种情况非常少见.
闲话不多说,看邮件吧.
We have closed on the languages we’ll ship for Beta 1. In addition to English, we’ll also ship German, Hebrew, and Simplified Chinese. Briefly, the reasons are as follows:
· German: Enables testing of maximum string lengths in our UI. German strings are an average of 25% longer than the equivalent English string.
· Hebrew: Shipping a language that reads right to left is important to getting that scenario right. We have a test resource fluent in Hebrew on the Intl test team.
· Simplified Chinese: Double-byte character sets are another area we need to make sure we have great coverage on. In addition, IE Marketing is working with partners in China on projects to be announced at Mix08. China is 2nd only to the US in total PCs, and represents the fastest-growing market for PCs, Windows and FireFox growth.
We expect that these localized releases will be roughly 4 weeks after the release of the English build (exact dates will be part of the Beta plan xxx owns). » More: IE8 Beta1版本包含四种语言 简体中文成为基准语言 含下载地址
