Introducing Internet Explorer 8
By Kyle
March welcomed in the new Internet Explorer 8. After 2½ years of development IE8 has gained a few new tricks up its sleeve, such as improved speed, numerous security and safety additions, and better tabs where if one crashes, the others won't crash with it. Other new features such as Accelerators allow you to quickly get a map of an address, or translate parts of a page as you browse.
One of the best features for us at NBM is IE8's full support for web standards. Web standards ensure that if a page sticks to them, it will display correctly on any modern browser. Many high profile websites are embracing web standards, such as Facebook and Twitter. This means designers and developers can start designing highly functional websites with more creative layouts. There's just one slight problem, Internet Explorer 6.
IE6, released back in 2001, has poor support for web standards. Developers often have to work around its countless bugs and limitations, wasting time and hampering innovation. Unfortunately 20% of all web surfers still use IE6. Many of these users are businesses which are forced to use IE6 due to various reasons. As you can see, developers are left with a dilemma. Drop support for IE6 and alienate 20% of their users, or struggle on.
Bring Down IE6 has set out to resolve the current stalemate by encouraging users to upgrade from IE6 to a modern browser of their choice. Also, all hope is not lost for businesses or Windows 2000 users stuck with IE6. Firefox can be run side-by-side with IE6, so you can have support for your intranet applications (in IE6), and browse the web in all its glory using Firefox.
We would encourage everyone to get involved and "Bring Down IE6"?. Try out the new Internet Explorer 8 if you haven't already (there's download links below), or if you're stuck with IE6 or Windows 2000 try downloading Firefox.
Internet Explorer 8 - Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/default.aspx
Bring Down IE6
http://www.bringdownie6.com/
Mozilla Firefox
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox
Tags: Internet Explorer, Microsoft, Browser
