Comments on: IE8 showing how serious it is about security

By: mrclay

mrclay — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:20:42 +0000

Security is the #1 priority for most IE users as paranoia runs deep (it should) and they’ve never even heard of canvas. An active XSS filter is a good baby step even if it’s only somewhat effective because someone needs to take steps to protect users from these attacks. I also won’t be surprised if they start tightening up the markup they accept, particularly regarding event hooks and script elements.

By: zeno

zeno — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:27:50 +0000

I’d prefer the IE8 team to be less “serious” about security and more focused on full CSS/CSS3 support for god’s sake!

By: richtaur

richtaur — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:49:16 +0000

I can’t take IE seriously *at all*, in any incarnation. They’ve so consistently been behind the times and missed the point that it’s basically an ongoing joke. After I finish a web application in Firefox, I check the other browsers. It almost always looks/works great in Opera and Safari, and is completely destroyed in IE6/7. Boo!

By: Nosredna

Nosredna — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:20:00 +0000

I’ve been reading their blog, and I love that they are serious about security, but it’s really hard for me to take IE8 seriously unless it improves substantially off the first beta. I actually had to REMOVE my DocType for IE8 to get google’s canvas emulator library working.

Where is the native Canvas support? Every other major browser has that. Doesn’t Microsoft have thousands of developers? If I were king of Microsoft, I’d decree that if there’s a feature in all 3 of the other major browsers, it should be mandatory for IE8.

IE doesn’t even have to run in multiple OS’s like the other browsers do. How is it possible that Opera kicking its ass?

The security stuff is great. The built-in debugger is nice. But IE8 still feels like a browser that is trying to catch up and doesn’t make the grade yet.

Opera, FF, and especially Safari now all seem to be dictating the terms of the competition. Safari has extraa clout since it is innovating with CSS so quickly and since it’s the browser that drives AIR and iPhone.