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Internet Explorer 8 is [almost] here

Hold the front page. IE8 is upon us.

You can now download and use IE8 for windows any time you like.

But what does this mean for your browsing, your system o your website?

What will IE8 mean to me?

If the difference between IE6 and IE7 is anything to go by, the differences in IE7 and IE8 will make the web design community breathe a huge sigh of relief.

The impact isn't likely to be that significant, although how much did we really realise about just how poor IE6 was until Firefox, Safari and Opera came along?

We will still get some interesting interpretations of the box model (the way browsers interpret sizes of elements in css and display them), it is likely to be fairly slow, it will still do annoying security related things when switching between web and local resources and will probably be the target of every browser hijacker and browser helper object bloatware add on known to man.

Am I a cynic? Probably, but the other guys like Firefox, Opera and Safari have shown us how we can get so much more from companies with a fraction of the resources available to Miscrosoft.

Microsoft do some really great things but they do drop the ball with some really important products and issues that lets them down occasionally.

What would be really cool in the new IE

I don't want a lot. Some better developer tools (like the excellent FireBug available for Firefox) would be nice.

What shoul I be concerned about with the new version of Internet Explorer and my web site?

Don't panic. IE8 willtake time to filter through to the die-hard IE fans. 

There will be a few issues with layout, but I can't see CSS support in IE8 being as different from IE7 as some people may suggest.

There are some simple fixes available to set IE8 to use something called IE7 compatibility mode. Yo should check with your admin, developer or designer to see how this may help you deal with IE8 and your web site.

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Posted on 18/03/2009 by Webmaster

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