02-22-2010, 03:37 PM
<!--quoteo(post=350581:date=Feb 22 2010, 02:12 AM:name=john p)<div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE (john p @ Feb 22 2010, 02:12 AM) <a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=350581\"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotecI don't disagree that IE8 was a much needed improvement over IE6 and IE7 in terms of standards compliance, but there are still issues, and standards compliance is not the only dimension. For example, IE8's JavaScript engine is still horrendously slow compared to that of any other browser on the market currently, and is still subject to the same memory leaks and problems that existed in previous versions. This dramatically impacts performance of any non-trivial JavaScript application (which is the majority web sites, now). Let's also not forget other dimensions like number of critical security holes found per second, being a hotbed for malware/spyware, etc.Yes, hopefully IE9 will address some of this. The sad part is that most IE users are still using IE7 or lower (almost 60%), and will probably continue doing so for some time...<!--QuoteEnd</div><!--QuoteEEndYeah IE8 has major issues with JavaScript... I have a sliding menu script that run perfectly on other browser, but on IE8 its slow as hell <img src=\"style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/confused.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":confused:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"confused.gif\" /> At least it can work at 30%... its better than 5% or 0% (wich is the case of IE7) ahahhhah I prefer to develop for IE users in the first time since they have a huge % in the makert.... We cannot just ignore them and place a message on our sites saying : "Hey, your browser is a turd, do download Firefox". When it works with IE8, it will work mostly everywhere.