Internet Explorer 8
Would you recommend using this upgrade of IE?
Asked by: Sam Baldwin
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July 28th, 2010 at 8:50 pm
If you’ve got automatic updates enabled, I don’t think you’ll have much choice, Sam! IE8 had some bad press when it first came out but it seems to work alright now.
July 29th, 2010 at 9:06 am
Many expert commentators in the IT industry consider that the best thing people can do to improve their online security is to stop using IE6, which is outdated and has never followed the agreed international standards for web pages, to the extent that many websites have had to insert sections of code specifically to deal with its idiosyncrasies. It was introduced in 2001 and has already passed its sell-by date.
Microsoft will stop issuing security updates for IE6 within a few years and a number of major websites, including Google and YouTube, have now announced that they no longer support it. There’s a detailed account of IE6′s shortcomings at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_6.
Newer browsers are much better in all respects. The ones to consider are IE8, Firefox and Google Chrome. All are free.
Firefox has my vote because of the large number of free add-ons to enhance its functionality, such as AdBlock Plus to eliminate all those annoying adverts on web pages.