IE8 is here.

[jimerax]

Re: IE8 is here.

honestly I'm not interested in any of new MS features.

[pokelda]

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I love how this thread isn't about IE8 and it's new features and instead is about firefox vs ie.

[GuidoHunter]

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Haha. I downloaded it and the first two pages I went to were totally screwed up and I couldn't log in to either of them (Nexus War and FFR).

Passes Acid2, but fails displaying normal pages!

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

[eVILPeeR]

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hay guyz i use internet explorer duz dat make me kool like da rest of u

i seriously do use internet explorer, though. honestly.. yeah, it's not as secure but firefox takes up a lot of memory in comparison. also, ive been using the internet long enough to know how to get around it without running into issues (i dont even have anti-virus installed). it's not that hard to do

[ddr_f4n]

Re: IE8 is here.

Never tried FF, so I'm not going to argue against it. But I'm definitely not downloading IE8. I like my IE better.

One day, I'll get FF...

[FestiveTurkey]

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FF all the way.

[JKPolk]

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I was gonna give IE8 the benefit of the doubt and run it against FF for a couple days to see how they compared.

But it wouldn't install because it felt I needed some Windows updates.

I don't need Windows updates.

It lost the benefit of the doubt.

[FestiveTurkey]

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I was gonna give IE8 the benefit of the doubt and run it against FF for a couple days to see how they compared.

But it wouldn't install because it felt I needed some Windows updates.

I don't need Windows updates.

It lost the benefit of the doubt.

And then...

I use both Firefox and IE myself, although I slightly prefer Firefox.

BTW, I've already found a bug. Whenever I open my favorites menu, IE crashes. :/

Rofl, once it loads, everything on the main page of ffr is on the left side.

It crashed 3 times now, now I have to use gay ass,lag filled, firefox.

You've already got two people to tell you not to install it buddy.

[JKPolk]

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Uh..huh. Does 'benefit of the doubt' not mean anything to you? I was going to give it as fair of a shot as I could, not basing it off others' findings.




p.s. buddy

[chunky_cheese]

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Going to go home and try IE8 tonight, but it sounds pretty buggy from what I've heard. Overall, FFR performance isn't a great way to judge a browser imo, especially when it's because your grandmother built your computer. I don't know why everyone thinks it seems as if IE7 came out yesterday, there was a very noticable jump between one of the greatest technological failures of all time (IE6) and IE7, and I sure as hell didn't miss it.

[Reach]

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Will try the final build. I mean, it is a beta. I expect there to be bugs and don't really feel like dealing with them.

But I've never had any real problems with IE before. I use firefox now most of the time, mostly because of increased security, but the actual differences are small, and firefox has its share of problems. I've run into numerous problems with firefox that IE had no problems with, like printing errors, downloads that don't work, terrible frames and excessive memory usage, browser magically disappears, browser crashes on certain sites and crashes again on reload, etc.

So it's nice to see an IE update, especially since of massive cooperate use.

[EnR]

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And then...

You've already got two people to tell you not to install it buddy.

Dude, I downloaded it right after the thread was made...hence why I was the first one to post "Downloading"....

Think next time. Those people said there was bugs AFTER I downloaded it.

[Ice wolf]

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Never tried FF, so I'm not going to argue against it. But I'm definitely not downloading IE8. I like my IE better.

One day, I'll get FF...

There's an IE7 emulator. So yes, you can download IE8 to try it out (not that it's any great right now) and still be able to use IE7.

[sente3]

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There's an IE7 emulator. So yes, you can download IE8 to try it out (not that it's any great right now) and still be able to use IE7.

Yeah, I was having some problems IE8, but when I turned on the emulator, it seems to be running as well if not better than IE7 did.

[Sullyman2007]

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Ok show of hands. Who has actually been able to properly install it yet?
I'm running XP SP2 and it won't itstall. Somethig with the registry I think... but I don't really feel like dealing with it right now. Il'l wait for the next version.