Your last "UPDATE" statement about people uninstalling IE8 is obviously incorrect and belies the facts (see http://marketshare.hitslink.com). If you looked at the charts instead of rehashing spin, its obvious the usage is greater on the weekend than on weekdays. If it goes down from Sunday to Monday is not sign of lack of adaption. Its a sign people need to go to work.

As far as IE8 goes, I personally have not noticed it being faster or slower. Speed really is not a big factor. Key thing is whether the page displays correctly. Microsoft have finally started following web standards (IE8 finally passes ACID2) which should be worthy of mentioning.

In summary, this article is really a cheap hit piece and deserves the negative comments it received.

Your last "UPDATE" statement about people uninstalling IE8 is obviously incorrect and belies the facts (see http://marketshare.hitslink.com). If you looked at the charts instead of rehashing spin, its obvious the usage is greater on the weekend than on weekdays. If it goes down from Sunday to Monday is not sign of lack of adaption. Its a sign people need to go to work.

As far as IE8 goes, I personally have not noticed it being faster or slower. Speed really is not a big factor. Key thing is whether the page displays correctly. Microsoft have finally started following web standards (IE8 finally passes ACID2) which should be worthy of mentioning.

In summary, this article is really a cheap hit piece and deserves the negative comments it received.

I would like to point out that the author of this article (Mr Philip Elmer-DeWitt) is not reporting anything. What he has done here is report what others are reporting. He himself says "I have not tested Internet Explorer 8…"

I seriously doubt if he has ever used Windows Vista either!

I would take anything reported by him with a grain of salt.

How can any author appear to be knowledgeable without doing any research of his own.

This is obviously the work of a slanted reported/columnist/whatever. Before taking anything seriously from him, I would advise you to check with your friend, acquaintances and knowledgeable sources before arriving at an opinion about Microsoft, Windows Vista and IE 8.

ex ped: Thanks, Deon, for weighing in. You're only the 109th reader to make that point.

I would like to point out that the author of this article (Mr Philip Elmer-DeWitt) is not reporting anything. What he has done here is report what others are reporting. He himself says "I have not tested Internet Explorer 8…"

I seriously doubt if he has ever used Windows Vista either!

I would take anything reported by him with a grain of salt.

How can any author appear to be knowledgeable without doing any research of his own.

This is obviously the work of a slanted reported/columnist/whatever. Before taking anything seriously from him, I would advise you to check with your friend, acquaintances and knowledgeable sources before arriving at an opinion about Microsoft, Windows Vista and IE 8.

ex ped: Thanks, Deon, for weighing in. You're only the 109th reader to make that point.

Oh? And you designed one better than microsoft?

I didn't think so.

Please sit down with the rest of the closed minded and keep your one dimensional comments to yourself.

You probably wouldn't know a decent OS if it jumped up and bit you on the ass.

If you took care of your OS like you should with anything else you own, IE: house, car, etc., you would have no room to complain.

I have had the same install of XP since '04 and have had no infections and no failures of equipment.

decent: de-cent -adjective:

suitable; appropriate

Example: She did not have a decent coat for the cold winter.

Not a fanboy as I agree vista wasn't so great for custom computers.

But that's just it: CUSTOM computers.

Worked great on prebuilt brands like dell and sony. But I'm not a prebuilt type of guy when it comes to my home computer.

I've seen 7. looks ok. alot like vista but I'm sure there have been improvements.

That being said I've been using IE8 ever since the first beta came out and there's hardly anything wrong with it.*

*Nothing that I can notice.

I strongly encourage you to go and download IE8 and use it for a few months with an open, unbiased opinion and see if you don't like it just as well. Especially before you go and review something you haven't even SEEN yet.

Oh? And you designed one better than microsoft?

I didn't think so.

Please sit down with the rest of the closed minded and keep your one dimensional comments to yourself.

You probably wouldn't know a decent OS if it jumped up and bit you on the ass.

If you took care of your OS like you should with anything else you own, IE: house, car, etc., you would have no room to complain.

I have had the same install of XP since '04 and have had no infections and no failures of equipment.

decent: de-cent -adjective:

suitable; appropriate

Example: She did not have a decent coat for the cold winter.

Not a fanboy as I agree vista wasn't so great for custom computers.

But that's just it: CUSTOM computers.

Worked great on prebuilt brands like dell and sony. But I'm not a prebuilt type of guy when it comes to my home computer.

I've seen 7. looks ok. alot like vista but I'm sure there have been improvements.

That being said I've been using IE8 ever since the first beta came out and there's hardly anything wrong with it.*

*Nothing that I can notice.

I strongly encourage you to go and download IE8 and use it for a few months with an open, unbiased opinion and see if you don't like it just as well. Especially before you go and review something you haven't even SEEN yet.

And just so you know, the whole Microsoft-bashing thing just isn't cool anymore.

And just so you know, the whole Microsoft-bashing thing just isn't cool anymore.