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Is IE8 really fat and slow?

In sharp contrast to certain dimwitted bloggers out there, no one can ever accuse Ed Bott of "false misunderstanding." The guy grabs on to a topic and shakes it until it squeaks, and for this reason, he'll always be the voice of reason in our industry. The topic du jour: Reports that IE...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-27-2009
Why Internet Explorer 8 disappoints web developers

Jake Goldman has written up a lengthy post using three examples of how Microsoft continues to disappoint web developers with IE 8. I think this is an important part of the overall discussion around this browser, and about browsers in general, and of course the wider uber-topic under which it all sits...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-23-2009
Internet Explorer 8 is now available

Just a heads-up: As promised, the final version of IE 8 just went live . It's good for virtually all modern Windows versions (XP and up) but not for Windows 7 Beta, of course.

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-19-2009
Windows Internet Explorer 8 Compatibility View List

Or, to use a more controversial headline which I'm sure you'll see elsewhere: Internet Explorer 8 natively incompatible with over 3,000 web sites Microsoft has provided a list of web sites (in super-convenient Excel format) that haven't taken as little as 10 minutes of time to make sure they...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-19-2009
Microsoft Delivers Internet Explorer 8

This was supposed to be announced today, but someone (Walt Mossberg, based on my RSS feeds, but I could be wrong) broke the NDA, so Microsoft allowed reviewers to start posting earlier. Here's my take on the news from WinInfo : Microsoft will release its newest web browser, Internet Explorer 8, today...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-19-2009
Microsoft: IE 8 is often faster than Firefox, Chrome or Safari

Sorry, benchmark followers. Not that it actually matters--in real world usage, all of these products actually perform similarly--but it turns out that the darling of Web browser benchmarks really isn't Safari. Or Chrome. Or even Firefox. It's IE 8 : Measuring Browser Performance: Understanding...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-12-2009
Internet Explorer 8 is removable in new interim Windows 7 build

Hm. It looks like Microsoft is taking steps to ensure it can comply with EU regulators just in case: I've heard from a few people via email that IE 8 is now fully removable in the latest leaked interim build of Windows 7 (Build 7048). I downloaded the build last night and hope to check this out soon...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-04-2009
Apple Safari 4 Beta

So this looks really interesting to me, though I will recall that Google Chrome did as well and now I barely use that. Still, something to at least look at. Ladies and gentlemen, in typical humble Apple understatement : Apple Announces Safari 4—The World’s Fastest & Most Innovative Browser Apple...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 02-24-2009
Mozilla jumps the shark

When a company like Opera complains about Microsoft, I sort of get it. No one uses this browser on PCs, and no one ever will. (Indeed, Opera was the last "major" browser maker to stop trying to charge for its product, despite the fact that every single OS has come with a free Web browser preinstalled...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 02-10-2009
Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate Now Available

The IE Blog reports on the release of IE 8 RC1 : We're excited to make the IE8 Release Candidate available today for public download today in 25 languages for Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server customers. You can find it at http://www.microsoft.com/ie8 . Please download it now and try...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 01-26-2009

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