Not a boon to mankind, but I didn't expect it to be. I don't visit that many sites and have a high degree of confidence in my system security, so I'll try it until I'm tired of it.

It's meaningless to compare WEEKDAY and WEEKEND statistics for IE8 adoption versus Firefox. IE is hugely more popular on weekdays due to corporate use, then Firefox gains share on weekends when users are at home. IE8 adoption will tick up on Monday again.

again, i wanted to see the correlation between IE8 and windows itself,

so i intentionally went to some known sites that have very bad malware, and high security threat spyware,

and again too no surprise, IE 8 failed,and the threats also attacked windows aswell....again.
windows became infected, and the test of IE8 was verified, the link between IE8 and windows still exists,

restored the base image, ran the same tests with firefox, opera, and chrome, all browsers were destroyed in one way or another, but windows was not infected at all,

why does IE8 have so many connections to windows files, when will Microsoft wake up, all browsers should be isolated from the operating system at all times,

IE8 is faster, it is better, yes,yes,yes, but it is fundamentally flawed, any browser that has the capability of taking down an operating system is a no go, no matter how good it is,

my opinion, IE8 can kill windows just as easy as it's predecessors, if IE is attacked from threats, then those threats will also attack Explorer, which is of course what gives you your desktop, as well as many other functions, without explorer running correctly, the whole system becomes unstable,

for the record, IE 8 x64 bit on windows x64 of course, lasted a lot longer, the x64 bit edition of IE was very hard to take down, (but i assume this is because most threats are programmed in 32bit code, and can not run in a 64bit environment, which is also why windows x64 editions are not vulnerable to most viruses, as again most viruses are programmed for 32bit environments only)
although this trend is starting to change,

The slowness in my case (XP SP2 and Vista Business) appears to have been caused by the "immunization" from SpywareBlaster and SpyBot. Undoing the immunization cured the problem.
Wasn't worth the effort to update to IE8.

I have no problems with IE8 on Vista. It runs fast as the light, tabs open instantly and the responsiveness is great.
Some people have got problems with IE8 due poorly written antivirus they have installed, which block some parts of IE8 installation.

IE8 is a step into the right direction as Vista was. I do like Vista and strongly believe the driver problems will be resolved over time. The trend is towards standard compliance and open interface information. If that is the case you don't rely on a spefic implementation anymore and compete on the merits. Microsoft does not have to develop their own browser, they can outsource development to open source like Netscape has done, like Google did with Chrome and Android. Outsourcing the Windows technology backbone (Win32, DirectX, IE etc.) to open source could lead to the Apple success model. You concentrate on user experience, branding and usability, not on the technology stack. The Apple kernel is open source, Webkit is open source and still no competition of MacOSX.

I just uninstalled IE8 and went back to IE7. IE8 took longer to open up, and made system bootup slower. It also used more memory. I originally installed it because I thought cross-site-scripting protection would be good, but it is not ready yet.

Make IE8 faster:
Disable SpywareBlaster's settings
Java plugin 2 SSV Helper - disable
Remove all restricted sites (Security tab of IE Options)
Privacy tab > Sites - remove all.
You may not want to do this, but these are the main things making IE8 very slow for some.

I try IE8 on my Main Computer and my Notebook computer. I took IE8 off my notebook in a hour..I saw that when I click to go on the Internet with the New IE8..on my NoteBook..it took longer to open up..maybe 10 to 15 sec longer or more..now on my main computer which is also running XP home, open up the Internet almost the same speed as IE7..but as I use it for a few days..I found out that I couldn't open some web pages..took IE8 off and put back IE7, I was able to open them same web pages.

IE7 in the office? I wish we had upgraded to that already - we are on IE6

just because people dont want it doesnt mean it wont be forced down their throats over time with new os launches, software update requests, and a barrage of microsoft banners which this site is none to short on itself. as long as IE6 dies, i'll be a much happier person for it. The worlds salvation does not lie in the hands of IE8, that's for sure

The uptake isn't as slow as it is when you install it on a 64 bit machine... I'll stick with FF.
If they can somehow fix that in the next bug fix, I'll use it again.

I can't think of a single case in all the innumerable product launches, markets Microsoft has entered, any instance where it has merited preference, consideration based on engineering prowess, technological superiority alone. Microsoft's overall record in endeavors outside of its core business is dismal. IE enjoys predominance among browsers only as vestige of the predatorial, take-no-prisoners instinct of the bygone Bill Gates era.

The fact is,there's nothing Microsoft could possibly do to stanch the hemorrhaging of IE's market share because in a marketplace of genuine competition, in an arena where only the quality of the products, services you promote determines your success, Microsoft will always be an also-ran.

really? not one... well judging by your comment that doesn't surprise me

Have you ever owned or used a Zune? It makes the ipoop look like a child's toy and sound even worse. Vista is a fine os just got pushed to main stream too fast due to demand. "Get a mac" only if i wanted to pretend to be cool and not know how to use a computer and have an apple light so girls know i'm working on my next novel...
Get a pc and grow up. We all can't be Toys r Us kids forever. leave the macs for grandmas and 13ry olds...... Even a 4 year old can become Pc..... Take an actor to be come mac.

got no gripes with zune but itunes is a better music player for my money and my iphone kicks the crap out of a zune with the software integration it's got with the mac os and webs mobile me

McAfee users are slow to install it because of McAfees known issues with the Beta versions.

Mcafee antivirus is the worst antivirus ever created because it depends on IE engine

Wow - IE8 adoption has tailed off after 4 days. Let's see now, as the story already points out, no businesses are going to be going mad to roll this out today. So that leaves the consumer users. Now, has IE8 been rolled out yet on the Microsoft Update site ? No, it hasn't yet. Right. So that means the only ones who'll be using it so far are consumers who were actually looking for its release. Most of those will have already downloaded it. So, I guess the percentage isn't likely to change much now until folks start getting it automatically. Now I'm sure the writers would have worked that out for themselves. So I guess it must mean there's nothing else to write about just now.

Oh please......I'm just becoming aware that there was even an IE8. Of course I would install. It goes with my windows.

Why isn't IE8 part of Windows Update? This would make adoption quicker. Here's a newsflash: Most everyday users cound't tell you what version of IE they are on and don't care. On my personal sites I still get a lot of hits from IE6!

For the same reason IE7 wasn't at time of release.

Presumably so that the early adopters can find any major issues with the product before it is forced upon users.

That's weird...I don't recall any update ever being "forced" on me...

True. They do the same w/ Service Packs.

@Niro: you know what I mean. It's selected by default. I know you can deselect it, but that's beyond the capabilities of most normal users.

it will be released via WU to the end of april

question, not related to topic, Scott M. Fulton, III ... why do you use the third part in your name? i didn't think anybody really did that =P

I like to use Esq. on occasion :)

he likes to be as verbose as possible. that said ... did he actually write this short article???

i call shenanigans.

I've been running Windows 7 Beta for 35 or so days now with no problems. It includes a beta version of IE8 and it runs great. I've had no problems with it.

However, downloading the final released version of IE8 from Microsoft and installing it at home on a Windows XP Pro box produced problems. For whatever reason it launches iexplore.exe twice. I think IE7 may do this too but I cannot remember. Also it's noticably slower than IE7 is. I ended up removing IE8 and reverting back to IE7 on my home PC. Firefox is my main browser anyway but the wife likes to use IE7 and didn't like IE8 after about 30 minutes of use.

try opening more tabs.... and taking a peek at processes, its what IE8 does, if a page, plugin etc kills IE, just that tab dies, like Chrome

iexplore 1) gui/other
iexplore 2) the first tab/current window
etc, all different processes

if its slower than IE7 was, look at my comment below and think if anything may of been applied previously that would cause issues

I has some minor IE8 issues in Win7. MS released some optional updates that fixed the porblem. Run Win Update and look for them.

"But as users left home to return to work this Monday, IE8 usage took a dive below the 2.0% mark by mid-morning as users in their offices returned to IE7-based computers."

Story summed up in one sentence there.

I believe it peaked at 2.59, but still ... Meanwhile in Europe:
http://davidnaylor.org/b...king-ie7-in-europe.html

Why don't we wait 6 months and then see what the market share is? Current numbers are totally irrelevant.

lol, slow uptake, its been out less than a week... its not even that 'public' to those not looking, many will see IE8 via Windows Update at some point and hopefully update, there is no reason not to (at least for the home user)

i've got to say IE8 is fast and pretty solid, has some nice features as well, as a strictly firefox user IE8 has had me using it off/on since its release, for an every day browser its pretty much perfect and i'm fairly sure that is the goal. even if you don't use IE, update anyway and be that much more secure in the long run, yes, believe it or not you're pretty safe using IE on Windows these days, more so than another OS

i did run into one problem of 'slow loading/delay' using IE8 at first, turns out it was the protective list of restricted sites added previously by SpyBot S&D that caused the delay, not sure why IE7 wasn't a problem but, at least it was an easy fix