Internet Explorer 8 was released last week and I would recommend that anyone using older versions of IE upgrade immediately.
Go to the main Microsoft website at www.microsoft.com to start the download. In essence the main reason to do the upgrade is ensure that you have all the latest bug fixes and security updates installed, and also the fact that IE8 is more standards compliant than ever before.
Why does standards compliance matter? It now means that more web sites should look like their designers intended them to. I have already seen some benefits in layout on websites that I am involved with, simply because the pages render better. No more adapting your HTML and CSS to suit your browser – theoretically..
For those of you using Firefox, Safari, Chrome etc – well you probably don’t care anyway!!
I’m a Firefox user but I’m probably one of those who care more about their browser being secure than just fast. So I’d find it hard to switch away from Firefox with the Noscript plugin but if IE8 was actually more secure…..
On the other hand I see that Chrome was the last man standing at the Pwn2Own 2009 event So if, objectively, it’s design architecture turns out to be less prone to being compromised than the others, I’d go with it.
By: granthamtech on 24 March 2009
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