AOL 8.0 runs on Microsoft's IE, not Mozilla
C|Net | at | by Mike
America Online has quietly released a preview version of its next-generation AOL 8.0 software. The preview version, offered to beta testers this week, is not a drastic shift in appearance and use from AOL 7.0. Since the new version is in beta, AOL 8.0 will likely undergo more changes and additions as the fall release date draws closer. The AOL 8.0 beta comes bundled with Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser. Over the past year, AOL has waded further away from using IE as the default browser in its various online services and has warmed up to its Netscape Communications subsidiary instead. AOL's Lennon declined to say whether Netscape will come bundled in future beta versions.