ByronM - 9:08 pm on Mar 7, 2008 (gmt 0)

Ok, can someone fill me in? Didn't IE7 just come out? They are already replacing something they released in October of 06 and forced on Feb 12 08? Why? What is so important about IE8 that they couldn't just patch into IE7? Two questions:

1. Firefox 2 was release Oct 2006 as well. Are you saying you don't want firefox 3 shortly?

1. what's so bad about IE7 that IE 8 has to come out so soon?

Competition for Standards Compliance for a change. Good Thing [TM]

2. why should we continue to use IE when they keep replacing it and breaking sites?

Not sure what your talking about. Every browser has broken something in all their release glories. No one is perfect. IE7 added some much needed functionality to what is an IE6 core. IE8 is a much needed rendering update/compliance/compatibility update and incorporates many of the features that Firefox is adopting from its own core partners.

FireFox all the way for me.

I like firefox, but there is no reason to hold firefox to a lower standard than its competition. I'm not SOLD on IE8 either, but i don't find it a BAD thing like yourself.