Internet Explorer 8 (IE 8) is nearing the finish line, with a March release to manufacturing looking like a distinct possibility. But is IE 8 - or, more accurately - Web site developers and owners - really ready? I don't think so :-( Here is a list of the 2400 sites that will display automatically in non-standards mode if/when an IE 8 user decides to download and install the Compatibility View list. The Compatibility View list 'surprisingly' includes some major sites - Apple.com, CNN.com, eBay, Facebook, Google.com, NYTimes.com - even Microsoft.com (!) - and lots, lots more. That said, there are a lot of sites I visit that aren't on the list. And more often than not, they fail to render correctly with IE 8. So, what's going to happen when IE 8 goes final and non-techie users have it pushed to them or get new PCs with IE 8 preloaded? I wouldn't be surprised to see further losses in IE market share.  Now I install Firefox to all my customers. MSIE is vulnerable, lame and dead.