IE 8 VS Firefox 3

I think it is going to be a tight race this time around. When Firefox first started to really gain traction, Microsoft was still sitting on the defunct Internet Explorer 6 and really needed Mozilla to come up and bite them into a motivated frenzy for the good of Internet Explorer users.

Today however, with Firefox 2.x and version 3 just around the corner, along with IE 8 working through its testing stages, things are about to get interesting. I think for the first time with either browser, we are going to be seeing ideas and features that are long over due. Better security, a better line of communication with the users of these browsers and of course, timely release schedules.

While I still believe that IE8 is heavily in testing stages at this point, I have had an oportunity to use Firefox 3Beta for sometime now. I have kept up with its various updates during the testing period and I must say - it is certainly more stable that the previous release. Well, at least for my operating system (Linux). However I still cannot bring myself to accept the butchering of address window and the complete eyesore autocompleted titles instead of allowing me to skim through URLs as they once had.

Who knows, perhaps IE8 will learn from this bone headed move and one-up Firefox this time around. Because I will tell you one thing, IE7 sure one-uped Firefox 2.x with RSS feeds, that is for sure. Relying on the weak LiveBookmarks or even worse, asking me to use Google FeedReader - please. The browsers of 2008 ought to be further ahead than that. RSS feeds should be cleanly integrated, like with Opera.