Is Internet Explorer 8 a flop?

[pokerfan]

IE 8's Poor Reception Not a Good Sign For Microsoft
JR Raphael, PC World

The honeymoon appears to be over for Internet Explorer 8 -- and it wasn't much of a honeymoon to begin with, either. Just days after the browser's big debut, its market share has fallen a full 28 percent from its peak. Alternative browsers, meanwhile, have held steady ground, losing no significant number of users to Microsoft's new offering.

IE 8 By The Numbers

IE 8 managed to break the 2 percent mark within a day of its release last Thursday, according to tracking data by analytics firm Net Applications. It grew slowly over the weekend, topping out at 2.59 percent of the overall browser market at 3 a.m. (EDT) Sunday. From there, things started heading downhill.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/161805/ie8_browser.html?tk=rss_news

I heart my Firefox:

[ixion]

1. Like every other M$ offering: it is lame.

and M$ blows.

[LiberalPersona]

2. Could this be the beginning of the end

of IE's reign? One can only hope.

[vow66]

3. The Pwn2Own trifecta: Safari, IE 8, and Firefox exploited on day 1

The Pwn2Own trifecta: Safari, IE 8, and Firefox exploited on day 1
http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/the-pwn2own-trifecta-safari-ie-8-and-firefox-exploited-on-day
That didn't take long. One day into the Pwn2Own hacking competition at CanSecWest and already Apple, Microsoft, and Mozilla have been sent packing to their respective labs to work on security issues in their browsers. In a repeat performance, Charlie Miller pocketed a $5,000 cash prize and a fully-patched MacBook by splitting it wide, and gaining full control of the device after a user clicked on his malicious link.


Safari hole exploited in seconds at security conference
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10199652-83.html
The security expert who won $10,000 hacking a MacBook Air in less than two minutes last year won $5,000 on Wednesday by exploiting a hole in Safari in 10 seconds or so.

Charlie Miller, principal security analyst at Independent Security Evaluators, used a MacBook running the latest version of the Mac OS as part of a contest at the CanSecWest security conference called "Pwn2Own," which is hacker slang for gaining control of a computer.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

4. if the last 7 are any indication

well, yeah

[customerserviceguy]

5. I won't even use IE7

it sucks hard enuf.

[madrchsod]

6. i`m using chrome now

the latest version of the fox sucks. i may go back to opera or sea monkey for my other browser

internet explorer? what`s that....:rofl:

[CatholicEdHead]

7. I will use it the way I use IE 7

That is only on the sites that require it and do not work for Firefox on Vista. On my XP machine you can add only WindowsUpdate.

[Blue Belle]

8. I hate it...

I can't download PDF files for school. It sucks.