IE8 Users Revert to IE7
When a new browser launches, it’s natural for there to be a huge surge in users. Basically everyone downloads it to try it out and then they go back to what they were using before. These are the people who never planned on switching from Firefox to Chrome or IE to Firefox and were just curious to see what it was like on the other side.
That said, it’s rare, at least for browsers, to see users reverting back to an older version just after the updated verison launches. According to InformationWeek, Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 seems to be losing market share, even though the browser has been on the market for less than a week.
Backing up the report, IW posted some numbers from Net Applications: as of 8:00 am Monday, IE8 held 1.86 percent of the browser market, down from a high of 2.59 percent on Sunday.
While comfort is always a factor (just this morning we were talking about downgrading from Windows ME to Win98 back in the day) InformationWeek also points to the the fact that Explorer 8 uses default support for some new web publishing standards that aren't supported by a number of major publishers. As a result, someusers have complained that they cannot view certain sites.
Some IE8 adopters reported that even pages built with Microsoft's own Web publishing software, Microsoft Publisher, failed to render properly in the new browser. Yikes.
Check out the full report on InformationWeek here.
Did you any of you guys upgrade/switch to IE8 or did you stick with Internet Explorer 7 or your current browser? If you did stick with what you had before let us know why!
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IE8 is bluddy slow.
How do I revert back?
IE8 is stupidly slow.. it came in with windows updates (i thought why not? worth a try). I never use ie anyway, just firefox. But wow.. talk about a major speed difference
I'm a firefox man, but when i have to use internet explorer, i still use IE6. 7 and 8 are just too bloated, like vista.. the interface doesn't feel 'light' any more.
I use Firefox at work but the wife has always been an IE user. So at home we had IE7, Upgraded to IE8 but found it slow and had problems with pages loading. It also kept coming up with not connect to the internet. I have now downloaded Firefox at home. I won't be using IE from now on.
i downloaded IE8 the day it was released, installed it and had no probs with it so far.
infact i have found it faster and more reliable than IE7, it has some nice features and it hasnt failed to load any web page as yet.
IE8 tabbed browsing is a right pain in the butt.. sooo slooow. In IE7 I'd open a new tab and type in my top search box immediately and get results. With IE8..I open a tab...'WAIT' then 'WAIT' some more.. Then search! I've reverted back to IE7 and tabbed browsing is good again!
There is something wrong with IE8!!