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Is it worth updating to ie8 yet?

Our general rule is to leave major product releases for three months to let the early adopters deal with the problems. Given Internet Explorer 8 was released in mid-March 2009 it’s probably a bit early to recommend an upgrade at the beginning of May 2009.

That said, we haven’t heard of major problems with IE8 so it may be worth trying. The only concern is some sitesand computer programs designed for IE6 and 7 may have problems, so you should check any business critical programs before upgrading.

A good testing strategy is to install Firefox, Opera or Safari, set them as the default browser and see if this affects the websites and programs you use.

So it may be worthwhile giving it a go. Just remember to back up your important data before starting the upgrade.

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