“The whole [movement] system that we have now is pretty cool,” explains animator Jeremy Bryant. “We've got directional walks in all eight directions, as well as directional runs. I'd say the motion set is probably the best we've ever had, in terms of how fluid it is.”

Taken right from Elder Scrolls Website
This may already be old news, but I know many people were concerned about this and this is the first real confirmation I've seen.

Awesome, didn't really bother me but still cool.

Yeah you can see the strafing is a lot better from the gameplay demos.

glad to hear that, thing that annoyed me most was my character looking like he was ice skating whenever i was in third person.

thank CHRIST. I just made a thread annoyed with this very subject form OB and Fallout..

THANKS FOR THIS. I feel SO much better right now.. UNLOCK DAMN YOU STEAM SKYRIM... UNLOOOCCCKKK!!!!

About time. It's been three games.. nearly a decade.

Nice! Does anyone know of any videos that show this in action?

does this mean we will actually be able to run down stairs instead of falling down the stairs?