Science and Technology comment: IE8 is a road opener, not a Terminator"

The latest Microsoft browser IE8, which has long been expected by many Internet users, was officially released in the United States on the 19th (Internet Explorer 8 Simplified Chinese download ). The new version of the browser has significant performance improvements in many aspects, and will undoubtedly play a positive role for Microsoft to maintain its current position in the browser market. However, IE8 can only be another "Pioneer" in the browser market. It cannot be the "Terminator" to defeat all competitors ".

"Security" is currently the most important aspect of browser performance. Microsoft believes that the security of IE8 can be greatly improved, providing a series of powerful security protection measures, and its ability to intercept malware is two to four times that of other browsers in the market.

"Quick" is another significant improvement of IE8. In particular, its new feature named "accelerator" was praised by some users. However, in the face of rigorous professional evaluation, IE8 is far less famous. Internet Explorer 8 is faster than the old version, but it is still a browser that runs slowly on the market, according to the US Computer World Weekly.

"More secure, not the safest; faster, not the fastest ." This is almost an industry comments on Internet Explorer 8. However, with the unique appeal of Microsoft's brand name and its long-standing monopoly in browser marketing, all problems have not been solved by the enthusiasm of fans: within 8 hours of official download, the number of IE8 downloads has exceeded 12 million, exceeding the record of last June downloads within 24 hours after the new version of its rival Firefox browser was released in 8 million.

By the end of February this year, Microsoft Internet Explorer had a share of 67.5% in the browser market. Objectively speaking, Internet Explorer has greatly promoted the popularity of the Internet, making the browser market booming. With the sales bundling with Windows operating systems, IE broke the once infinite landscape browser and laid its dominant position. However, even so, IE has never reached the market share of the most brilliant online scenes. The biggest benefit of IE seems to be that it has introduced fierce competition into the browser market.

In this sense, the launch of IE8 is expected to lead to more intense competition in the browser market. It will not become the "Terminator" in the browser market, but a "Road opener ", inspire many competitors to keep moving toward a browser with better development performance.

1. Mozilla cannot be without Google
2. Microsoft boast that IE8 is faster than Firefox and Chrome