2009-05-24 14:05:47

Greetings all!
I'm still here, but in the process of moving, so posting has been a little slow.

So, I have been checking out Internet Explorer 8 in more detail, I honestly have never seen a worse browser in my life.

They have corrected none of the old standards compliance issues or bugs, and added a slew more.

The XSS Protect feature is nice, but thats where it ends.

ActiveX is still a huge issue.
Hackers love the idea of being able to execute executable files on a victims computer.

Also, IE8 is by far the slowest browser I have used in my life.

Personally, I think the slowness of IE8 is the best thing that can happen to web developers. IE in general is losing its market share rapidly, and a newer, slower version will just help seal the deal.

The balance of power has started tipping toward FireFox lately,



IE's market share has been dropping as FireFox's market share has been going up this year:



Just looking at the data, it seems that at least two percent of users have faithfully switched to FireFox this year alone. That may not seem like a lot, but with 2billion people online, 2% is still 4,000,0000 users.

If we keep up this trend, there will reach a critical point where IE no longer has a massively controlling share, and web developers will stop supporting such a shitty browser.

Eventually, the IE team will have to make a shift towards standards compliance to regain any market share.

Keep up the good work!

Information from w3schools (Browser Statistics)