From www.gigaom.com

Last week, Internet Explorer 9 was released and while Firefox 4 is due to be officially launched today, you can already download it from the Mozilla FTP site. Luckily, so far, we haven’t seen any major issues with the new browsers, but there have been reports that some widely-used tools will need to be updated.

With that in mind, here is a short list of tests you’ll want to make when a new browser becomes available.

• Test your website(s). Make sure that layout and interactive functions operate correctly, including content management systems, contact and feedback forms, styles and links.
• Test your collaboration tools. …read more
  

Viable alternatives to Internet Explorer attributed to the decay of IE’s market share…

BBC News…

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) web browser, now accounts for less than 60% of the market, down from 95% at its peak in 2003, according to new figures.

Latest statistics, from measurement firm Net Applications, show that IE has 59.9% of the market, with Firefox gaining on it, with 24.5%.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10095730.stm

CNET News…

Microsoft’s browser market share continued to fall in April, with Internet Explorer now in use for fewer than three in five Web connections.

IE’s share of the market in April was 59.95, down from 60.65 percent in March, according to Net Applications. Google’s Chrome grabbed the lion’s share of that, …read more