Speed...Check.
HTML 5 Support...Check.
Ready for prime time...Not so fast.

We're now able to see IE 9 in its most basic form, but it's by no means even close to being ready...or proving to aide in the slow death of IE 6. Yes our old friend, IE 6, aka the browser that is of course the default in Windows XP, and has been around since 2001...and Windows XP unfortunately still makes up a huge part of the marketplace thanks to corporate America. We're stuck with the IE 6 thorn until large scale IT networks buck up and move to Windows 7...and that isn't happening anytime soon.

IE 9 is basically being touted as a tool for web developers like your friends here at webcuro to see where IE is headed. It's still in its most basic form: no address bar, no tabs, no navigation. Nada. But...it's at least a sign that Microsoft is desperately wanting to still be a major player in the browser world and will continue to try and improve towards new ground for browsers and continue to up the ante on Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera.

In the end, we're here to build web sites that look and work correctly across all browsers. IE 6 and IE 7 serve as reminders that there's not a one shoe fits all approach...but IE 9 looks to set the bar high and help us carry out the newer ways to embed video and crunch through JavaScript. We're keeping and ear the grindstone and we think you should too...IE isn't going anywhere.