Will IE8 revive the IE brand?

[freenetter]

What do you think? Reckon Internet Explorer 8 will once again make IE the dominant browser out there? Or is it too late for Microsoft to take some market share back from Mozilla's Firefox and Google's Chrome?

[Smith6612]

I chose the second choice, the more secure and lightweight one. Basically, if Microsoft can develop an engine that is suitable for loads of plug-ins, have a faster engine and make it very secure, IE8 can stand a chance against Firefox. I haven't used the betas so I don't know how it copes with IE7.

[sunils]

I dont think IE8 will do good unless it is made lightweight like mozilla. IE7 and IE8 looks similar for me. With same problems. Since its a beta version, lets hope for the best from microsoft.

[Spartan Erik]

I don't think it has a chance unless it is overhauled and built from scratch. Microsoft's policy of adding-on-to-existing-things doesn't make things better.

I find myself using chrome more often because of its responsiveness.. it just needs extensions and I'm set

[alexandgruntz]

It does have a cool anti-phishing feature (it greys out all of the URL except for the actual domain), but those who went to Firefox stays with Firefox unless there's a true killer feature.

[Noodles8]

I voted #2. That said, unless it blows me away, I wont be getting rid of my FF.

[adamlinux]

I vote #1, it was bad before and with the addition of cloud computing to it, it will be even worse than before. Please people, do yourself a favor and use Firefox.

[freenetter]

I reckon IE8 has a chance - I do love Firefox but HATE the slow startup times (Over 30 seconds for me!!!) - I have tried all the different methods suggested on the net to speed up FF's startup, to no avail. Now I use Chrome more often. ^_^

[compwhizii]

No, please use firefox, I voted #1

[cased]

I still use IE6. Never had any problems.