It only seems a short while ago that Internet Explorer version 7 appeared. But it actually was made public in November 2006. My own experience is that this version of the browser has crashed more frequently than any of the previous versions. Go on, FireFox fans - tell me “I told you so!”

Rejoice - IE8 is now on the horizon! Beta 2 is due out in August this year. Given their history of missed deadlines, Microsoft have declined to say when IE8 will finally ship.

Beta testers of IE8 have already warned website owners that they need to start preparing now for any problems that the more standards-compliant browser could cause. There’s even a new Meta Tag which can be inserted into the headers of a website which will force the IE8 browser to emulate IE7, and thus head off any incompatibility issues.

Don’t panic yet, {FIRSTNAME}. We’ve all seen these Microsoft special Meta Tags come and go! You’ll find a brief summary of the latest IE8 news here:

addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marketingsparks.com%2Fnew-ie8-website-incompatibility-possible%2F'; addthis_title = 'New+IE8+-+Website+Incompatibility+Possible%3F+'; addthis_pub = '';