Internet Explorer 8 has been released
Microsoft announced the launch of InterÂnet ExplorÂer 8 yesÂterÂday; I urge everyÂone to downÂload it as soon as posÂsiÂble, and to encourÂage their friends to do likeÂwise — espeÂcialÂly if their friends are using IE6. It’s great that we have anothÂer stanÂdards-comÂpliÂant browsÂer on the marÂket, and I hope that adopÂtion is swift.
What I would realÂly like to see from Microsoft now is a series of iterÂaÂtive releasÂes introÂducÂing new stanÂdards; rather than waitÂing three years for IE9, I would much rather wait one year for IE8.1. GenÂerÂal manÂagÂer, Dean Hachamovitch, has statÂed that there is a comÂmitÂment on their side as long as test suites exist, so I call on all browsÂer makÂers and stanÂdards bodÂies to work togethÂer to achieve that.