IE 8: Getting Better
    Ever since Netscape died (Did it die on its own or was it murder? Verdicts welcome 
  at 
[email protected]), 
  IE has been the standard in browsers. IE worked fine for me, but security worries 
  and the desire for something new led me to Firefox.
  
  Unlike some, I don't find Firefox fun or particularly cool. It is, however, 
  very good -- and through add-ons, nicely extensible. Foxmarks is great for keeping 
  bookmarks, and the browser blocks ads awfully well (it does crash a lot, though; 
  should I blame XP or Mozilla?). But there's nothing truly killer about Firefox.
So does IE 8 have the juice? According to one 
  early report, IE is getting better with version 8, including tighter security 
  and thumbnails for tabs. But like Firefox, it's no revolution. 
And from what I can see (and hear from Redmond Report readers), Chrome is tight 
  and fast, but not yet an overthrow of the status quo. Has Google shown all of 
  its Chrome cards, or is there more to come? Initial impressions and further 
  Chrome, IE and Firefox thoughts readily accepted at [email protected].
 
	
Posted by Doug Barney on September 15, 2008