The internet has been a buzz with the recent release of Internet Explorer 8. I find myself peculiarly excited, not that I’m quite the fan of Windows but the fact that IE8 is closer then any previous release of Internet Explorer to be Internet standards compliant. As web designers know very well, the inconvenience of implementing dirty css tricks into their code to create a website that renders properly on a Internet Explorer, a non standards compliant browser.
However sadly Internet Explorer doesn’t yet quite fully support CSS3, a new version of the common cascading stylesheets language. Although it still remains good news that Microsoft has realised the importance of internet standards and made a decision to steer their browser development towards Internet Standard compatibility.
Microsoft’s new browser offering comes equiped with a few new features, such as increased compatibility with mobile devices which is a field Microsoft is keen to target. Unfortunatly there has been no mention of HTML 5 support which will be included in the upcomming release of Firefox 3.5, HTML 5 is a new version of the familiar html language which now includes support for various open source media types, hence removing the need for sluggish flash based video.
The browser war has intensified, we all know our sides, let the best browser win!
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