Internet Explorer 8 already loses market share

**Sasori** · 03-24-2009, 08:27 AM

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 appears to be losing market share, even though the browser has been on the market for less than a week. 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. Explorer 8 includes a number of new tools, like a feature called Web slices that lets users grab dynamic content such as stock quotes or auction results from third party sites, that, while potentially useful, may take some time getting used to.

Additionally, Explorer 8 uses default support for some new Web publishing standards that are not supported by a number of major Web publishers. As a result, some IE8 users have reported problems viewing some sites. “After downloading IE8 I cannot print any card from American Greetings. The message I get is, ‘An error occurred during the operation,’” a user named Bob complained last week on Microsoft’s IE8 forum. Some IE8 adopters reported that even pages built with Microsoft’s own Web publishing software, Microsoft Publisher, failed to render properly in the new browser. “I created my company’s Web site using the MS Publisher 2007 template. After upgrading IE7 to IE8 my menu tabs and many important images no longer show,” wrote a user named Phil Wheeler.

Source: InfoWeek

Opera rules!

**menderouv** · 03-24-2009, 09:55 AM

watch out for the pirated copy in nearby alley...hehe

**cYberLORD** · 03-27-2009, 12:42 AM

Salamat sa inof Bro.......

**handsoff241** · 03-27-2009, 12:49 AM

no wonder im comfortably stuck with firefox

**locker_kyo** · 03-29-2009, 09:48 PM

stick to firefox lng gyud ko

hehehehe

**acronis** · 03-30-2009, 11:07 PM

never been a fan of internet explorer..... backup rani nako....

**dangelndisguise** · 03-30-2009, 11:38 PM

firefox mn pud ni ako..
kay mas dali ka ko browse..
ay da.. masolve ra na nila.. iupgrade or ngita na sila way..

**GOSPELofROCH** · 03-30-2009, 11:41 PM

firefox! lolz hehehehehe

**Vortex_xxx** · 03-30-2009, 11:44 PM

ninetailed fox....aw...firefox diay ako gamit...

**progmetal** · 03-31-2009, 07:59 PM

chrome gihapon ko!

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