Comments on: Internet Explorer 8 Download (IE8 Beta 1)

By: Tonja

Tonja — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:29 +0000

So far I have heard good things about IE8. It’s faster and helps with crashes. But does it still offer all the infornmation 7 has. Please explain what firefox is and why it works well with IE8

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:55:24 +0000

Transcontinental wrote:

I’ve just switched from IE6 to IE7 two weeks ago (although Firefox remains my default browser) and all I can say is that, whilst I remember not one crash with IE6, I have encountered a few already with IE7… perhaps is crash in proportion of sophistication, or is it Microsoft’s skills which are on the breach? No crash ever with Firefox here, whatever version from 1.5 to 2.0.0.12…

Wow, no crash with Firefox? That's crazy!

leland wrote:

Not bad at all considering this is beta code. I’ll just have to wait and see how it turns out in the final version. It won’t switch me from Firefox or Opera as my day to day browser, but it will make using IE much less annoying which can only be a good thing in the end.

From what I see it's not going to get me to switch either, but the speed improvements I've found are quite noticeable. It's definitely not such a drag anymore when I need to use IE for something.

By: leland

leland — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:06:28 +0000

Not bad at all considering this is beta code. I’ll just have to wait and see how it turns out in the final version. It won’t switch me from Firefox or Opera as my day to day browser, but it will make using IE much less annoying which can only be a good thing in the end.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:39:43 +0000

Installed IE8 last night. The whole process – download and installation took about 10 mins (max). The browser is faster than IE 7 and so far all pages have rendered fine. Hopefully it will improve more as RTM approaches. Still prefer Firefox though.

By: Transcontinental

Transcontinental — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:43:08 +0000

I’ve just switched from IE6 to IE7 two weeks ago (although Firefox remains my default browser) and all I can say is that, whilst I remember not one crash with IE6, I have encountered a few already with IE7… perhaps is crash in proportion of sophistication, or is it Microsoft’s skills which are on the breach? No crash ever with Firefox here, whatever version from 1.5 to 2.0.0.12…

By: yeshu

yeshu — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:46:21 +0000

just downloaded and installed…working fine….but i’ll stick to firefox..

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:07:37 +0000

Pieter wrote:

I have high expectations of WebSlices. I’m not sure if it will become popular though, webmaster will have a very important role in this making it or failing completely.

That's true, but I think a lot of websites will see this as a great way to get users coming back. There example with the weather WebSlice is a good demonstration of how users get a snapshot of the information, but if they want more details (like a forecast) they would have to visit the site.

By: Pieter

Pieter — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:03:47 +0000

I have high expectations of WebSlices. I’m not sure if it will become popular though, webmaster will have a very important role in this making it or failing completely.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:56:30 +0000

Mohan wrote:

Pretty cool features, I am surprised that there is a XP version, would you happen to know (asking out of curiosity) when Microsoft will make the last IE version for XP?

I’m guessing this will probably be the last one since this won’t be released for another year, and then we’ll likely have to wait about another two years to see another version. I don’t think they’ll support XP for that long.

Pieter wrote:

Here’s the thing with automatic crash recovery: what’s the point of saying that Internet Explorer can recover from crashes when it just SHOULDN’T CRASH AT ALL? Just a though.

But then again the other browsers have crash recovery mechanisms implemented.

By: skh.pcola

skh.pcola — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:55:20 +0000

Well, that was certainly painful. After the 11+ meg download, it took another 10 minutes on my dual-core machine to get the thing installed, then another 5-6 minutes to reboot. It is because of BS like this that MS keeps losing customers. Wht can I upgrade Firefox and Opera without a lengthy “System Update,” but upgrading IE involves MS taking control of my machine for 15+ minutes? Really, it is a friggin’ browser. I can install Mathematica in less time. MS seems to be incapable of learning from their mistakes.

On the other hand, the IE8 beta seems pretty snappy. The “Activities” thing seems useless at this time, but that may be because I’m used to right-click menus in Opera to do all of that stuff and more.