Two and a half years in development and it’s finally here. I am test driving it now and putting it through its paces on this site and all seems faster and as expected.
So why upgrade? Here are a couple of reasons given by Microsoft.
Microsoft claims that IE8:
- is almost 50% faster than other browsers at page loading
- offers quicker browsing with Accelerators
- allows websites designed for older browsers to be “fixed” using the Compatibility View button
- helps you keep up to date with news and other information with Web Slices, and
- blocks two to four times the amount of malware caught by rival browsers
I have had problems with Firefox and Google’s Chrome. Nothing to get too excited about, but I’m willing to give Microsoft’s version a try.
