Internet Explorer 8 isn't coming, it's here!
Prepare to rejigger your website code.
Microsoft has officially moved IE 8 out of Beta and into full release. You can download it yourself, or just wait for them to push it onto your PC. That's right, they plan to push IE 8 through Automatic Updates, just like they did for IE 7.
With the latest version of IE, Microsoft is hoping to reverse the market share loss they've experienced over the past several years. As recently as 2004, IE had 94% of the browser market (!!), but at the start of 2009, most measures had them slipping below 70%.
There are some potentially nifty features in IE 8, and it purports to be IE's most standards-compliant version (insert joke here), but judging by the beta release, it's pretty bloated and not all that fast.
Time will tell whether they've tuned it up enough to stem the flow of users to their competitors.
Have you played with IE 8 in beta? Have you downloaded the actual release already this afternoon? Let us know your thoughts.
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Since Google Chrome came out of BETA a few months ago, I have found this to be my browser of choice. Maybe it's because I'm in Google Analytics, iGoogle, Google Reader, Google Adwords, etc. that it seems to be so lean and fast. Overall, it is one of those products that became an instant favorite for me.
I'm all for innovation though and hope that IE brings something more to the table than just ripping off what FireFox and Chrome have upped the ante with.