Review: Internet Explorer 8 improves with age
Review – Chicago (IL) – A little over a month ago we were able to publish some information and benchmarks on Microsoft’s first Internet Explorer 8 RC1 (IE8) build – that was released to the firm’s closest partners. This week, however, Microsoft released a public build of the RC1 browser and our initial question was: If the build number is higher, has the performance also improved? Let’s find out.
If we look back at the past year and the dramatic improvements in browser technology we have seen recently, then we still believe Microsoft has been run over by a train, one the company had no idea was coming. The current market share losses Microsoft is experiencing can be directly tied to much better browsers released by Mozilla, Google and Apple – especially when it comes to speed. IE is presently at a substantial disadvantage, and while Microsoft continuously accelerated IE8 since the first beta release in March of 2008, the company also realizes its rivals are playing in an entirely different league.