[CWIZO]

"That last point is very important, given that IE8 is still the world’s most popular browser."

Note that this is really not true. If you look at various[1] global browsers stats pages, you'll notice that NetApplications (where the author is getting his's numbers from) is the only one that puts IE at the top. If you look at the other, and based on my own stats, this just isnn't the case, and IE8 is not the most popular browser in the world, not by far.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers#Sum...

[camus]

I trust what google says about browser usage over any other stat counter.If they still think IE8 is popular it must be, even if it pisses off webdevs.

[CWIZO]

Where did Google say that IE8 is popular still?