So I’ll admit, I havn’t installed IE8 yet. Why? I’m just not a big fan of Microsoft! I havn’t yet had a new web design client yet either since the release of IE8, so I’ve had no reason to test in it. Now granted, I have heard good things about the new IE8 and I read some early reviews that looked promising. To a web developer like myself, the most promising aspect of IE8 is going to be the better W3C standards support. Anyone who has done serious web design knows how awfully Microsoft has failed in this arena in the past (IE6 and earlier). Sure there’s a lot of other cool new features that I’ve read about too, but it’s going to seriously take a lot to ween me away from Firefox. Why? It’s fast. It’s lightweight (memory consumption). It’s extensible (add-ons). It has better standards support. Shall I continue? I could, but I don’t think I need to.
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