Microsoft recently released Internet Explorer 8.  This version of their popular web browser comes with numerous new features and enhancements over its older brethren.  One of the big enhancements the IE team at Microsoft has made is increased performance across the board, allowing pages to render faster and scripts on the page to run faster and more accurately.  More information about the new browser’s features can be found in its wikipedia article.

One of the most exciting changes from my point of view as a developer is the much closer adherence to web standards.  This allows more rapid development and less work dealing with differences between browsers.  This benefit is passed on to the end user through nicer interfaces with less code clutter, which means faster downloading of web pages and faster response time while on the page.

We strongly recommend upgrading to a browser that closely follows web standards.

If you’re already using the latest version of Firefox, Safari, Opera or Chrome, that’s great!  You’re all set.

If you’re using a browser from the Internet Explorer family, we suggest heading over to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web page and upgrading to IE8.