I downloaded IE 8 down to my Virtual Machine, to checkout what the fuss was about. I wanted to see this IE 7 emulation, and just general improvements to the UI. As I was playing around, I clicked on the Windows Update option in IE 8. When I went there, I saw the following page.. which I find funny, and intriguing.

Never ever write applications that depend on the version of a browser. This is the internet.