Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 8
Microsoft released their newest build of Internet Explorer today, IE8. Whenever there is a new web browser released to the public and officially out of ‘beta’ testing, there seems to be a lot of hype to follow. Typically the most common concerns or questions about a new browser always fall into two categories: speed and security. With the release of IE8 there is a new topic: compatibility.
Security
A web browser’s security is always a hot topic of discussion. As more and more businesses take their storefronts online, hackers are becoming even more clever to defraud the end user. IE8 was supposed to be leaps and bounds ahead of other browsers in the marketplace. However, it was the first browser to be hacked at the 2009 CanSecWest Conference. This particular vulnerability has since been patched. Mind you, IE8 is a secure browser, just be careful in viewing sites and purchasing goods online – with any web browser.
Speed
IE8 is actually the fastest web browser in the Internet Explorer family, as it should be. Microsoft wouldn’t want to digress in this category. But Microsoft is claiming it’s the fastest browser currently available. Based on my personal testing, it seems just as fast as Mozilla’s Firefox and Google’s Chrome, but I can’t tell if it’s any faster. I’ll leave this one to benchmark testing …
Compatibility
IE8′s skin looks similar to IE7 on the outside, but is definitely different under the hood. So much so, that some websites optimized for IE7 don’t render or display properly in Microsoft’s newest browser release. There is hope though. Built into IE8 is a new feature called “Compatibility View” that will render sites just as IE7 would have. Compatibility view will also remember which sites the user has selected to view in this mode for future visits. This should prevent compatibility issues from hampering the user experience too much.
Will this latest release keep Microsoft at the top of the browser war? Who knows? Only time will tell.
Tags: browsers
July 30th, 2009 at 9:44 am
Internet Explorer 8 is more stable than IE 7 that is why i like it. I always experience freezing browser window in IE 7.
August 23rd, 2009 at 11:24 pm
Internet Explorer 8 is as stable as Opera and Firefox. it does not crash a lot like IE7.
September 2nd, 2009 at 12:01 am
i am pretty much satisfied about the features and stability of Internet Explorer 8. it is much better than IE6 or IE7.
September 11th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Internet Explorer 8 seems to be the best browser for me. I can open more than 20 windows simultaneously without crashing. IE7 and IE6 is unstable that if you open more than windows at a time it just freezes or causes the blue screen.
October 7th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
I’ve had over 10,000 IE 8.0 users have their computers crash and or no longer can access their financial institute & or educational institutes website after being forced to upgrade to IE 8.0 in Vista.
Mozilla Firefox is by far the very best web browser on the market Period!
I’ve been doing computers since 1983 and also build, repair, and troubleshoot computers and next to Windows ME, Internet Explorer 8.0 is the worse software Microsoft has ever come out with.
With Mozilla Firefox Windows Vista is AWESOME, but if you use Internet Explorer in Vista you will always have issues.
If you like IE 8.0 and have not had problems YOU WILL.
Without Question. Guaranteed….
November 2nd, 2009 at 1:43 am
i love Internet Explorer 8 because it is so much stable that the previous versions of IE. IE7 sometimes freezes and causes blue screens on my PC.
January 10th, 2010 at 1:37 am
Internet Explorer 8 is really good. This browser is very very stable and i have been using it for quite a while without blue screens or crashes.
February 5th, 2010 at 4:50 am
i am a firefox user more than an internet explorer user but it seems that Internet explorer 8 is very stable and it its loading time for webpages is faster too.
April 6th, 2010 at 11:26 pm
Very nice, gives me a lot of inspiration being right in the midst of a redesign. It’s all in the details and comment forms are definitely overlooked more often than not. Time well spent on this post.
April 28th, 2010 at 2:42 pm
Internet Explorer 8 is very good because it is as stable as Opera. I hate the previous versions of IE like IE6 because it hangs frequently. “
April 28th, 2010 at 9:31 pm
Internet Explorer 8 is very good because it is as stable as Opera. I hate the previous versions of IE like IE6 because it hangs frequently. ~
May 6th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
Internet Explorer 8 have been my most used browser this year, it is definitely stable and fast loading too. “