Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Released
Posted by Chris B. Kerndter on März 20, 2009, under General.
A few weeks ago I wrote about not supporting the IE6 any more. Now Microssoft has finally released the IE8.The 8th release of the Internet Explorer is said to support CSS 2.1 which is shown by the ACID2-test. Unfortunately the ACID3-test shows how far the IE8 is still behind standards.
Certainly the IE8 is a step in the right direction and will save developers a lot of work, but time will show if the adoption of the new Microsoft Browser will take as long as it did for the IE7.
You can download the new Intenet Explorer 8 here
Microsoft praises the IE8 as the fastest available Browser, which seems a bit unbelievable as the earlier Microsoft browsers are all rather at the end of any benchmark lists. But i believe it will not take long before up-to-date benchmark tests will show the true speed or lag of the IE8.
The question remains if the new Microsoft Browser will be able to regain any of the dwindling market shares, which are -as the graphic shows- in firm hands of Firefox, Opera, Safari and Chrome.
Market shares of the 5 most common browsers
(Source: Webmasterpro Webanalyse)
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