IE8 shares reduced to 1.86%, a large number of users returned to IE7

As of on Monday, the share of IE8 dropped from 2.59% of Sunday's highest peak to 1.86%. it is reported that it may be because a large number of old users have rolled back to IE7. many users think that IE8 is not as good as IE7, and it is not as stable as the latter.

IE8 has many new features, such as the "webpage slicing" function, which can obtain stock quotations and other dynamic content. These new features seem very useful, but users need to get used to them for a while.

In addition, because IE8 uses the default settings to support some new web page standards, many web pages cannot be browsed normally. even if you use Microsoft's web development software Microsoft Publisher to publish a Web page, you may have problems browsing it with IE8. some users complained that after the upgrade from IE7 to IE8, menu items and images on some webpages cannot be displayed.

However, it is not all bad news for Microsoft, and some users are satisfied with the use of IE8.

Microsoft needs IE8 to inject a strong shot into its browser competitiveness. according to Net Applications, a market research company, its browser market share has fallen from 75% to 67% in the past year. microsoft's market is being eroded by Apple Safari and Mozilla Firefox.

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