Internet Explorer 8 was released March 19, 2009 and what an exciting browser it was supposed to be. It was going to be faster, allow you to browse privately, it was going to be be XHTML compliant, and it was going to be more secure. All those fun things, right? Sadly, IE8 was faster, had a private mode, it was XHMTL compliant, and more secure than the older IE browsers.

The Problem

You must be wondering what the problem is right? Well, there wasn’t really a problem with the browser. There was a problem with your code, wasn’t there? You coded around IE6 & IE7 bugs. You made your site look lovely in those 2 browsers, and now that IE8 is out, your site looks broken again, doesn’t it?

What are you supposed to do about it?

The Solution(s)

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I’m always looking for economical ways of getting pretty visuals for my sites. Techradar put together a great list of sites that will help you into some nice visuals for you web sites.

There comes a time in your life when you need to admit you’re not perfect. You may be the best damn web developer in the world (me), and you may know your stuff like the curves on a pretty woman. But you don’t always remember everything you need to know – all the time – and you know it!

The people at Smashing Magazine were kind enough to remind us that we’re not perfect, and that even though we are the best at what we do – we still need some help at times.

That’s why I’m proud to share with you the 45 Incredibly Useful Web Design Checklists and Questionaires from Smashing Magazine.

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