Here's the buzz

By and large, we found that Internet Explorer 8 performed well, and beat out Firefox 3.0.7 in the majority of our time trials. Browser Showdown: Internet Explorer 8 vs. Firefox, PC World, 5/19/09

Browser comparison chart

Here are even more ways Internet Explorer 8 is taking the competition head-on:


Internet Explorer 8

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Security

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Internet Explorer 8 takes the cake with better phishing and malware protection, as well as protection from emerging threats.

Privacy

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InPrivate Browsing and InPrivate Filtering help Internet Explorer 8 claim privacy victory.

Ease of Use

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Features like Accelerators, Web Slices and Visual Search Suggestions make Internet Explorer 8 easiest to use.

Web Standards

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It's a tie. Internet Explorer 8 passes more of the World Wide Web Consortium's CSS 2.1 test cases than any other browser, but Firefox 3 has more support for some evolving standards.

Developer Tools

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Of course Internet Explorer 8 wins this one. There's no need to install tools separately, and it offers better features like JavaScript profiling.

Reliability

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Only Internet Explorer 8 has both tab isolation and crash recovery features; Firefox and Chrome have one or the other.

Customizability

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Sure, Firefox may win in sheer number of add-ons, but many of the customizations you'd want to download for Firefox are already a part of Internet Explorer 8 – right out of the box.

Compatibility

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Internet Explorer 8 is more compatible with more sites on the Internet than any other browser.

Manageability

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Neither Firefox nor Chrome provide guidance or enterprise tools. That's just not nice.

Performance

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Knowing the top speed of a car doesn't tell you how fast you can drive in rush hour. To actually see the difference in page loads between all three browsers, you need slow-motion video. This one’s also a tie.

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