First, you can all enjoy the official 1.0 release of ASP.NET MVC by downloading it from the Microsoft Download Center.

I must say that I’m not really thrilled about it, because I’m already enjoyng an excellent MVC framework for ASP.NET called ProMesh.NET. It’s lightweight, open source and a perfect match with the open source ORM CoolStorage.NET. Both projects will become part of the Vici Project collection of free tools.

Of course I’ll try out ASP.NET MVC, but I must say I expect it to be “too much, too heavy”. I like it to be no-nonsense and lightweight.

Second… The horror of Internet Explorer continues… Microsoft released the 8.0 version of their web browser. As a real opposer to Internet Explorer I will not install it to use as my daily web browser, but I need it to test my web applications. You want to download it and install it out of free will, please visit the Internet Explorer homepage.

On the IEBlog, there is an article about IE8 and it’s Compatibility Mode. Main subject is of course the problems and differences it brings with it.

So, head over to the blog post and get your knowledge up to date. Spare yourself a few minutes/hours/days/… of frustration already!

No word of the load/startup time of Firefox 3.1 itself. That’s always the thing IE users complain about if I try to hook them onto Firefox.

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