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[IE8] Global constants via defineProperty ... Illusion!

I do not want to spend a single word about Internet Explorer 8 Object.defineProperty implementation, which works only with DOM prototypes and the super global window but not with user defined objects , as __defineGetter__ and __defineSetter__ do since ages : Standards are an important factor to ensure browser interoperability for the Web developer (n.d. oh, really?!??!?!!!!) . The accessor property syntax has only recently begun standardization (you guys have a weird concept of the time ... or the meaning of "recent" in IT therms ...) . As such, many browsers support an older, legacy syntax ... (n.d. which at least has dignity to work with every kind of object ... ) Anyway, few things are better than nothing, so welcome to Object.defineProperty! Let IE8 behaves like every other or change every other to respect new M$ standard? This was the first question when I thought about this new global function: does it mean we finally have a way to emulate __defineGetter__ and setter in...

IE8 RC1 - Faster SunSpider? It does not matter!

Just a quick post about IE.Next - SunSpider could score a bit better (not compared with other browsers) but the render speed, css direct/text visualization, plus events propagation, is about 2 times slower than beta 2 and 7 Guys ... just 3 words: what the hell!