Internet Explorer 8 Hits Initial Road Blocks

[dwarakesh]

It's been just a week since Internet Explorer 8 was launched and it's time for the initial bug reports to filter in.

The IE8 is undoubtedly one of the most feature packed browsers out there. Moreover, initial reviews of the browser have left users impressed. However, according to latest data, post the initial hype, a sizable number of users have quietly switched back to the browsers of their choice, in many cases, past versions of IE seem to be more attractive for a good number of users.

As for the bugs noticed, these include issues related to printing from websites, image related issues and the fact that it takes almost 4GB of disk space. IE8 was released last Thursday and by Sunday, it had managed to garner a 2.59 percent market share that has since then fell steadily to reach 1.86 percent by Monday. Most dedicated IE users seem to have downgraded to the now reliable and stable IE7.

The overall market share captured by IE, however, stands at 67 percent, followed by Firefox with 22 percent. While that might sound substantially higher, IE has been steadily losing ground to Firefox over the years and IE8 was Microsoft's trump card to prevent the share from sliding further. Microsoft seems to have gotten it right as far as the features are concerned, but, as of now, it seems people are still in the "getting used to it" mode. And to be honest, some of the features of the browser are a tad difficult to adjust to, even for an advanced user.

source: techtree