So this weekend much to my surprise IE8 was pushed out to my computer. I don’t mind that it happened I was meaning to try it out but it was pushed a few months ahead of what I though it would be. So after a few days with it I am having trouble seeing what is different about IE8 and IE 7 other than it is trying very hard to help me surf not how I want to. The second thing I thought I would see is the ability to take a tab and make it into a new window, I though some browser out there already did that. I also find it funny that after years of not wanting to comply with W3C standards they decided to become more compatible and when running in IE compatibility they display a torn page (see below)
So, does this torn page mean that they are actually admitting that IE pages are in some way broken or am I reading to much into it. THe other confusing feature is the inprivate feature why would I need to brows in private on my computer I can also see that feature as a problem for business use.
Overall I like IE8 it is a bit slicker than IE 7 and if it ever stops detecting everything as torn page it will be nice to work with. Considering how quickly they forced IE8 n users I wonder if they will even wait a month when IE8.1 comes out this summer.
Well there is some food for thought hope it didn’t give you indigestion.