IE8 Beta 2

nathanlawliet · 08-28-2008, 07:47 PM

It's out, and so far reviews are good. While they say it's not as good as Firefox 3, it's got a new feature where you can view all your tabs at once as small thumbnails (haven't tried it yet) and tabs that are related to each other (I guess the same website) have colors. Nothing they can't do in Firefox, but something to download.

Internet Explorer 8 Download Page

Space Toast · 08-28-2008, 07:49 PM

Sweet, Still have to say im a FFX guy. never really liked IE but they did a nice job.

nathanlawliet · 08-29-2008, 04:01 AM

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Originally Posted by ZuneNerd

Sweet, Still have to say im a FFX guy. never really liked IE but they did a nice job.

I agree, besides with the "they did a nice job" part. I only have it because it's a update, which means it's something to do.

EDIT: I JUST launched IE 8 Beta 2, and it froze on me. Forget this crap.

Netrix · 08-29-2008, 08:10 AM

I installed it, but I did not restart my laptop yet, so it is still IE7. I will say what I think of it when I get around to restarting.

creative zune · 08-29-2008, 08:15 AM

ummm i jus downloaded it .......and its "OK i guess" but firefix is still what i use .....

Locke · 08-29-2008, 01:09 PM

Eh, I probably won't install it yet. Normally I wouldn't care what happened to IE, but there are some sites here on campus that are IE only, so if I want to say, access Career Services, I need a fully functional IE without having to worry about problems or incompatibilities.

ljtj28 · 09-01-2008, 01:10 PM

I've now been using it for 2 days and it's nice I can say. I have only had a few crashes (one from Netflix which is incompatible with IE8) but besides that it's been great. When a web site does crash it doesn't bring down the whole browser session. Usually it hangs up on that tab for a few seconds and then it will close and restart that tab only.

It's very hard to judge performance because most things happen so fast but I can say IE8 isn't slow.

I'm very pleased with it so far.

nathanlawliet · 09-01-2008, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ljtj28

I've now been using it for 2 days and it's nice I can say. I have only had a few crashes (one from Netflix which is incompatible with IE8) but besides that it's been great. When a web site does crash it doesn't bring down the whole browser session. Usually it hangs up on that tab for a few seconds and then it will close and restart that tab only.

It's very hard to judge performance because most things happen so fast but I can say IE8 isn't slow.

I'm very pleased with it so far.

I've had it but like everyone else, I use the superior Mozilla Firefox 3.0

SilentWalrus · 09-01-2008, 04:33 PM

I use the FAR superior Firefox 3 as well.
Because it's AMAZING.

Locke · 09-01-2008, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by SilentWalrus

I use the FAR superior Firefox 3 as well.
Because it's AMAZING.

With the "Amazing Bar" they stole from Opera?

Firefox is superior to IE, I'll admit though. However, I find it funny that IE handles tabs better than Firefox (you've got to install an add-on just to get basic features like Open Tabs Relative) and now IE's got'em all beat with this sweet "crash only in one tab thing." I've had a few websites that end up killing my browser at times, and while Opera can pick up right where it left off, not having it die at all would be nice. So, IE gets a definite plus in that. Opera is still epic win though.

Space Toast · 09-01-2008, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by nathanlawliet

I've had it but like everyone else, I use the superior Mozilla Firefox 3.0

Agreed and as well with Silent Walrus.

Netrix · 09-01-2008, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ZuneNerd

Agreed and as well with Silent Walrus.

Hopefully it is stabler than before. Firefox crashed on my girlfriend three times in one hour. She did not have Firefox 3, though.

I tried IE8 Beta 2, and for some reason, Zune Boards does not display properly. When using compatibility mode, though, it looks like normal.

nathanlawliet · 09-05-2008, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Netrix

Hopefully it is stabler than before. Firefox crashed on my girlfriend three times in one hour. She did not have Firefox 3, though.

I tried IE8 Beta 2, and for some reason, Zune Boards does not display properly. When using compatibility mode, though, it looks like normal.

It could've been an ad-on she got (if she got one) that caused it.

Netrix · 09-05-2008, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by nathanlawliet

It could've been an ad-on she got (if she got one) that caused it.

She has none. It was on a clean install. She was just looking at pictures...

nathanlawliet · 09-05-2008, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Netrix

She has none. It was on a clean install. She was just looking at pictures...

Perhaps a virus?

Cloud Strife · 09-05-2008, 08:04 PM

I doubt it, just looking at pics...

EndUnknown · 09-05-2008, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Netrix

I tried IE8 Beta 2, and for some reason, Zune Boards does not display properly. When using compatibility mode, though, it looks like normal.

it probably delivers a page made for IE unstandards, and ie8 fixed some.

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ljtj28 Experienced Zuner Join Date: May 2008 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 121 Reputation: 22	I've now been using it for 2 days and it's nice I can say. I have only had a few crashes (one from Netflix which is incompatible with IE8) but besides that it's been great. When a web site does crash it doesn't bring down the whole browser session. Usually it hangs up on that tab for a few seconds and then it will close and restart that tab only. It's very hard to judge performance because most things happen so fast but I can say IE8 isn't slow. I'm very pleased with it so far.

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