Ie 8

[crokett]

Anybody using this? I installed it so I could test my wife's website with it, just in case but I actually like it. MS has done a very nice job with it. It is fast - faster than IE7. Tabs support is a little better and when you open a new tab it displays your most recent/visited pages in the new page so you can visit them if you like. It also has a mode similar to Chrome's incognito mode aka 'porn mode' where it doesn't track history, etc of the sites you visit.

[BerniePA]

Using it? Nah!! I tried it, found it extremely slow. I tried to go back to ie7 and it wouldn't let me, so I went to Firefox instead and I am very happy with that -- now that is FAST!!

[dbhost]

Nope. Microsoft doesn't provide IE for Linux... Even if they did, I wouldn't use it...

[cwithboat]

I notice that there are some sites (i.e.,Yahoo) which have disclaimers indicating they have not adapted to IE8 as yet.

[RayintheUK]

I notice that there are some sites (i.e.,Yahoo) which have disclaimers indicating they have not adapted to IE8 as yet.

Yes, there's code available for web users to copy to their site/pages to make them display "correctly" in IE8 - how arrogant is that? Translation:

We've already invented several "improvements" that don't comply with accepted web standards, which you need to add more software to your servers to read, but we know you'll do it because we're the biggest. Now, we're so big that we don't care about any sort of compatibility, backwards or otherwise. Love, Microsoft.

Incredible!

Ray.

[crokett]

Actually, IE8 has a compatibility mode so it will display older websites properly. I am not saying it is the end-all I am just saying I was surprised and there are a couple features I wish Firefox had.

[RayintheUK]

Actually, IE8 has a compatibility mode so it will display older websites properly. I am not saying it is the end-all I am just saying I was surprised and there are a couple features I wish Firefox had.

I appreciate what your saying, David (and that there are some additions), but there's no need to have a "compatibility mode" - just design it so that it complies to the accepted WWW standards. As far as I can tell, the compatibility mode reverts the browser to version 7, doesn't it? I don't see why 8 has to go off on its own path at all - oh, wait, it's Microsoft.

A friend of mine has had to insert code on all her site pages in order for them to display, in IE8, as they were designed to with all other browsers. That's just not right, especially if others who "upgrade" to IE8 are not aware of this "improvement."

I use Firefox and test in Chrome, Safari and Opera. Now, I have to accept that there will be an ever-increasing number of visitors (who have upgraded to IE8) for whom my pages will not look correct - is that acceptable? I don't think so. What's the point of having a standard when this sort of cavalier programming exists, unless I've got hold of completely the wrong end of the stick?

Ray

[BobSch]

I'm not using any version of IE until Uncle Bill and company can make a browser that works with the common standards of web design instead of trying to force their's down everyone's throat. And I don't visit sites that require IE to show up properly.

Happy Foxfire user, me.

[John Hunter]

I have been beta testing it, has some neat features. When I first started it would lock up daily but has gotten much better.

[crokett]

I'm not using any version of IE until Uncle Bill and company can make a browser that works with the common standards of web design instead of trying to force their's down everyone's throat. And I don't visit sites that require IE to show up properly.

Happy Foxfire user, me.

As good as Firefox is (I use it) it doesn't work with all the common standards either. It does a better job than IE does, but it isn't perfect. I deal with standards every day in my job and like to say that if it weren't for standards I would not have a job.

[mschrank]

I notice that there are some sites (i.e.,Yahoo) which have disclaimers indicating they have not adapted to IE8 as yet.

Other way around, actually. I couldn't find a disclaimer, but I do see this on at the top of the Yahoo homepage:

Yahoo! recommends upgrading to the NEW, safer Internet Explorer 8 - FREE

and they provide a download link.

Side rant:
You know, everybody loves to bash on Microsoft. Often times, it's for good reason. But more often than not, it's simply because they are the biggest and an easy target. Down deep, even the naysayers have to admit that "uncle bill" and his company moved personal computing forward quicker that would have happened otherwise.

It's kind of like how citizens of lot of other countries like to bash on the U.S. Yet they want to live here.

[JoeyGee]

Not to dredge up a dead topic, but I figured I would share my IE8 story. I have been using it for several weeks, and I noticed what I thought to be an annoying bug. I often use the recent sites visted list in the drop down box from the address bar. Every time I went to the top item (the most recent page in the address bar) it would just delete the entry.

What the heck? I just noticed (after several weeks) that there is a delete X on the farr right, JUST under where the down arrow is. If you hit the down arrow,and move down to select the item, you can delete it. I know it's a minor thing, but it's kinda really annoying. I guess most "bugs" er, I mean "features" are.

Other than that, I like IE8.

[mschrank]

Not to dredge up a dead topic, but I figured I would share my IE8 story. I have been using it for several weeks, and I noticed what I thought to be an annoying bug. I often use the recent sites visted list in the drop down box from the address bar. Every time I went to the top item (the most recent page in the address bar) it would just delete the entry.

What the heck? I just noticed (after several weeks) that there is a delete X on the farr right, JUST under where the down arrow is. If you hit the down arrow,and move down to select the item, you can delete it. I know it's a minor thing, but it's kinda really annoying. I guess most "bugs" er, I mean "features" are.

Other than that, I like IE8.

There's a more complete and organized list of recently visited sites: Click the "Favorites" button near the upper left portion of the screen and select the History tab.

[JoeyGee]

Yep, I know about the history, but that's a few too many clicks when I just want to quickly hit a commonly used site that I don't have in my favorites. I was just ranting about something that bugged me. I just think it's a dumb place to put the delete button.