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IE 8 users downgrading to IE 7
According to InfoWorld IE 8 users aren’t for very long.
As of 8:00 am Monday, IE8 — released Thursday — held 1.86% of the browser market, down from a high of 2.59% on Sunday, according to market watcher Net Applications. The most likely reason for the decline is that early adopters of IE8 are switching back to the more familiar, and –at this point — reliable Explorer 7 browser.
I was never even able to download IE 8 when I tried Thursday, server timeouts, I guess it’s all as well, because I’d probably be in that .73% downgrading. I’ve actually tried IE 8 on Windows 7 beta and I wasn’t all that impressed, just looked like IE with a couple of new buttons. The whole web slice thing drove me crazy too. Every time you would highlight the little button would pop up and be overall annoying.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Released
IE 8 is set to be released today, it can be downloaded from here. Here are some of the new features of IE 8.
- Smart Address Bar.
- Tab Groups.
- Redesigned “New Tab†Page.
- Reopen Last Browsing Session.
- Enhanced Find On Page.
Windows 7 may allow IE8 to be disabled
Don’t like IE then you might be able to ditch it in Windows 7, a leaked beta has the feature to turn off IE8. Some speculated it because of the whole EU thing. The 7048 build of the beta has this feature, although not available in the public beta it’s easy enough to find on your favorite torrent site.
Source: CNet News – Microsoft may let Windows 7 users turn browser off
Microsoft’s Browser Slipping Market Share
IE has been losing market share for a long time but in the last three months it’s dropped nearly a percentage point a month. IE has dropped from %69.77 in November to %67.55 in January. Firefox grew from %20.78 to %21.53 in the same time. Safari and Chrome have also enjoyed good growth in the past few months. It looks like consumers are finally get wise to Microsoft and realizing their is an alternative either in browser or OS all together.
IE patch released: Please Update
Microsoft has rushed out a patch to fix a serious zero-day exploit that was discovered last week. After urging users to stop using Internet Explorer they released the patch to fix it. It should be coming through automatic updates and others can download it from here.
