Upgrade to Internet Explorer 8

If you’re using Windows have you upgraded to the latest version of Internet Explorer?

Internet Explorer version 8 brings a whole range of new features, while also addressing some of the problems that earlier versions of the software had.
You can download it from this page on the Microsoft Ireland site.

Is it easier for developers to work with?

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5 Comments

Darren May 15, 2009 at 13:20
To answer your question, Internet explorer 8 loads of cool, built in features to help make web developers lives easier!!!
Things like –
- On the fly HTML and CSS debugging
- JScript Debugger
- In Built W3.org Validator
- Power tools: Screen re-size, Colour picker and rulers
- Ability to render for IE6, IE7, IE8 mode to test your sites backward compatability.
- And many more…..
Just hit Shift F12 to bring up the Developer Tools and try it yourself
Or check out –
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd565628(VS.85).aspx
Michele Neylon May 15, 2009 at 13:41

Darren
Thanks for the information. Since I use a Mac I can’t try it for myself 🙂
Michele
Ben Chapman May 15, 2009 at 14:55

Funny how they’re only implementing this stuff now. Firefox has had this for quite a while. Also I hope its standards compliant because thats ALWAYS a problem with MSIE!
Michele Neylon May 17, 2009 at 13:22

Ben
From what I can gather IE8 is built around standards, which makes a nice change 🙂
Michele
Parker Lundgren May 19, 2009 at 01:22

Not using IE8 because my pop up blocker also blocks banner ads. Ands its something that IE8 inconveniently does not do. Plus the blocker software disables right clicking in IE8. It always worked perfectly in 7.