With Internet Explorer 8 Microsoft wants the loss of market share to rivals like Firefox, Opera, Chrome and Safari stop. The Redmond have their browser to fundamentally renovated. Whether that's enough of the test shows.
The recent history of the webbrowser is quickly told: After the victory over the end of the nineties, Netscape, Microsoft has the development of Internet Explorer or less set. Mozilla has this innovation gap in recent years with complete success. The market shares of the open-source software is growing steadily.

Competitive threat to Microsoft now, but also by Google and Apple. Both Chrome and Safari are quick steps further and is currently on offer each other in the battle for the fastest JavaScript processing. As with Opera, another innovative players, the market is currently low, but that could change in future.

Although one could meanwhile another impression, but Microsoft also has moved out of the browser development to be adopted. After several preliminary versions are now in the final of the Internet Explorer 8 at the door. ZDNet has viewed the software.

The test is based on a version that, according to Microsoft only marginally from the RTM build is different. The Final is now available for Windows XP, Vista and the server counterpart to download.