Absolutely false! Your lack of knowledge is showing. IE8 has more vulnerabilities than all other browsers combined. It's javascript engine alone is 10x slower than Firefox.
I think you should use Firefox instead of IE7 or IE8. Firefox is safer and faster! Or, you can use Google Chrome. It's simple and doesn't crash (usually) like Firefox.
Is the same drhowarddrfine that I see bashing on Microsoft all over the major webmaster forums? If so, all your comments should be taken with less than a grain of salt, as you're obviously biased.
It's not about showing,just open lot of tabs and firefox usually crashes more then IE.Firefox atleast crashes once for me in a week and I have reported each one of the crashes to mozilla but I don't know what they are doing,still the same crashes in the future windows,and indeed the Internet Explorer team is much better then firefox ones,they try to solve each problem reported to them. Once I reported a report on MS connnect and the Internet Explorer team member looked into it personally which was really much appreciating.
Dr howard is a microsoft hater. IE 8 is the best browser out there. Whatever flaws they find in IE they are there in allt he other open source browsers too. Its just that Microsoft is behind it so they are trying to get publicity by hitting the brand "Microsoft:" because it captures greater visibility and mind share. I hate firefox and chrome interfaces. Give me IE any time.
The addition of Developer tools and accelerators in IE8 has made it much better then FF. Many guys don't know about the addon gallery which is available for Internet Explorer,just check it out here http://www.ieaddons.com/en/ I am sure this would change your views from now on.
And here's a toast to the millions of us who never have such problems. LOL! The IE team doesn't even listen to web developers and you think they take a personal interest in you?! IE is 11 years behind all other browsers in modern web technology and you think they fix bugs on a daily basis?! Get real. They hired Molly Holzschlag to help with this and she quit out of frustration. A couple weeks ago, she went to work for Opera and talks of Microsoft and their so-called "commitments" to the user. LOL.
So what does that make you? In my case, I tell the truth and back it with facts. In your case, you're nothing but talk. See the links in my sig. I've got a million of 'em. Says who? Microsoft? lol. Find someone else. IE8 will continue to be the worst browser on the planet. Known, provable and verifiable. You reeeaallly don't know what you're talking about. Read my links unless they're way over your head.
You're trying to compare IE Dev Tool to Firebug?! You're kidding! And ArsTechnica, among others, shows how IEs javascript engine is 10x slower than Chrome, Opera and Firefox. You reeeallly don't know what you're talking about. Then look at how many of those same add-ons were available on FF and Opera years ago, plus how skimpy the toolset is compared to FF and Opera. It's difficult to write add ons for IE because you need the Windows SDK plus compiled languages to write anything. With Firefox, you only need javascript. Simple.
Kinda sucks when I try to tell people to go from IE to FF but, people still think IE is the only browser since it came with their Windows machine.