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IE 8, Get the Facts …
By Mike | June 19, 2009
Microsoft put up this “Get the Facts” page about IE8 recently: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/get-the-facts/browser-comparison.aspx
The gist of it is that Internet Explorer 8 is the most standards compliant web browser. Go ahead and check it out.
IE8 IS a much better browser than IE6 or IE7. I’ve had to take a lot of my Internet explorer hacks out to get IE8 working properly, which is great news. I highly recommend IE8 over any previous version of Internet Explorer. In fact, i would go as far as saying that IE8 is Microsoft’s first usable web browser.
But, is it more standards compliant than the others? Check out the screen shots below of the Acid Test Results.
Internet Explorer 8 (20/100):
Firefox (72/100):
Google Chrome (100/100, link test fail):
Safari 4 (100/100, no fails):
The Acid tests aren’t the end-all, be-all of standards compatibility. But they one benchmark for testing standards. Sorry Microsoft, IE8 is a great improvement over your previous browsers, but its still not the best.
I’m writing this post from Safari 4, giving it a spin for a couple of days to see how I like it 
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