Why So Serious Microsoft?

Microsoft has put together a nice page comparing some popular web browsers. Microsoft has long dominated the browser market but is loosing ground at an alarming rate. Microsoft is pitting Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer in an epic battle (that would be sarcasm). Can you guess who takes home the gold (and silver and bronze for that matter)? IE8 wins flat out in 7 of 10 categories and ties for first in the other three.

Now I haven't used IE8 yet. I've been using Chrome since it was released and am loving the new features and speed that Chrome 2.0 brought us. Before that I was using Firefox 3.0. I haven't used Internet Explorer since IE6. That said I am interested in the features that have been spotlighted in IE8 and have been suggesting that people download the newest IE to help hungry Americans. I will get around to trying out IE8 sometime soon and writing up my own review.

But come on Microsoft. Your own review is just insanely biased. Not that I would expect an honest review from any company anywhere, it's just almost laughably biased in this case. Also Microsoft is spotlighting Google's Chrome browser which has almost no hold on the browser market share. Is this a smart move? I think so, most people on the Internet understand that IE is not the only web browser out there. Microsoft is being (a little) proactive and not reactive in the case of Chrome. Just don't let your hubris kill you Microsoft.

Microsoft browser war.

Chrome.

Firefox.

IE8.