I am more excited about the new Release of Firefox 3 Tuesday than IE 8 Beta 2 in August.

After losing its battle to buy Yahoo, let’s put that behind us and focus on what Microsoft does well, and how they have changed the way for all of us to be more productive.

Although Beta 2 of Internet Explorer (IE) 8 isn’t due out until some time in August, Microsoft is cautioning Web site owners now that they need to be prepping now for possible problems the new, more standards-compliant browser may cause.

Microsoft introduced a new tag, “IE+EmulateIE7″, which it is counting on to head off some of the incompatibilities the company is anticipating could occur, based on feedback it received from IE 8 Beta 1 testers.

Microsoft reminded site owners, many of whom had designed their sites to display correctly in less-standards-compliant, prior versions of IE — that they need to “get ready” for IE 8 so that their content will “continue to display seamlessly.”

I am not going to be critical here, but this seems costly for many companies that are not up to more standard-complaint web sites. There will be a cost and it could hurt sites that are in the eCommerce side of things.

Tech Jaws is ready and fully compliant with the new stardards of today.

What are your thoughts? Are you ready for IE 8?