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Parallax_
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 Posted: Wed, 5th Mar 2008 21:44 Post subject: Internet Explorer 8 |
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Doesn't seem like anyone has created a topic for IE8 yet? (doesn't surprise me tho'  )
| Quote: | Microsoft has put in place the preparations for Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 ready for Mix 08.
A full features page has been revealed which lists the following additions to Internet Explorer:
- Activities
- WebSlices
- Favorites Bar
- Automatic Crash Recovery
- Improved Phishing Filter
Activities allow users to lookup/send information in a right-click contextual menu, such as retrieving an address map from Windows Live Maps, submitting a story to Digg, sharing a page on Facebook etc. WebSlices allows users to crop a specific area section of a site and bookmark it. Improvements have been made to the phishing filter which continues to block known Phishing sites and now blocks sites known to contain malicious software that could harm users’ computer or steal their information.
Perhaps one of the best new features is Automatic Crash Recovery which recovers your tabs if your browser crashes. It is widely expected that Microsoft will release the first beta of Internet Explorer 8 at this years Mix 08 which begins today. |
Read more here (beta1 also available)
- It passes Acid2 test, but now Acid3 is out 
- Will be standards compliant by default (to whatever Microsoftian degree that is... I suppose in time quite some CSS flaws will show up, as with IE6 and IE7)
- I've tested the beta for like five minutes on XP on my laptop.
- The UI seems almost identical to IE7, with a few new buttons. Notably a button to emulate IE7.
- Of course the UI might change a lot until it hits final.
- Seems like most of the changes are under the hood on this one.
- I cannot say for sure, but it does seem to render pages faster, which is good.
I will test it more when I have time tomorrow. Even though it's still no Opera or Firefox, I definitively think Microsoft is going in the right direction this time. Only thing I think is lacking is that they should force those horrid IE6 users over to IE7 and finally IE8.
EDIT: Here's a screenie:
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CaptainCox
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| Posted: Wed, 5th Mar 2008 22:22 Post subject: |
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Cheers for the heads up man!. Will try it on my home PC on Friday...when I am back from Japan 
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| Posted: Wed, 5th Mar 2008 22:39 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Wed, 5th Mar 2008 23:22 Post subject: |
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FIREFOX ALLWAYS WINS YOU IE HERETIC
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| Posted: Wed, 5th Mar 2008 23:24 Post subject: |
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| BlueSkyz wrote: | | FIREFOX ALLWAYS WINS YOU IE HERETIC |
The truth is strong in this one.
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CaptainCox
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| Posted: Wed, 5th Mar 2008 23:50 Post subject: |
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Tried them all, but always come back to IE. I guess I sold my soul way back at the time I stared using Windows 2.0 or so 
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Mar 2008 03:59 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Mar 2008 04:24 Post subject: |
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gross, my gf's parents computer uses IE, it's so inconvenient
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Parallax_
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Mar 2008 09:09 Post subject: |
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Oh yeah
And a note on memory usage:
- Oddly enough there is 4 copies of IE runnings. Probably beta behaviour or something?
- When using one tab on nforce.nl the total of all 4 copies is about 61 MB.
- When using 5 tabs the total of all 4 copies is about 78 MB.
- When using 10 tabs: 97 MB.
My Opera (9.26) uses from 41 MB when I have 7 tabs open. Memory usage varies between 35 MB to around 90 MB.
Not that memory usage of most browsers are important at all in these days and age. Just interesting to note.
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kosmiq
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Mar 2008 13:13 Post subject: |
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I have tried almost all browsers out there (Safari too) and I always go back to Firefox. Each and every time.
Behold his GLORY! Bow for the technical master!
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Mar 2008 14:36 Post subject: |
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i havent used ie on my comp since firefox first came out...
sometimes im forced to use ie on my sons laptop and i hate it
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Mar 2008 15:14 Post subject: |
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Firefox for me
IE and Opera are both in league with the devil
No advertising.
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Parallax_
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Mar 2008 16:19 Post subject: |
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| dirtymurt wrote: | | Opera are both in league with the devil |
Why Opera? |
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_SiN_
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Mar 2008 19:06 Post subject: |
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| kosmiq wrote: | | I have tried almost all browsers out there (Safari too) and I always go back to Firefox. Each and every time. |
Same here.. Opera isn't bad, i just like FF more..
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Mar 2008 19:10 Post subject: |
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FF + Extensions FTW. Opera have the stupid widgets or gadgets or whatever, but it just bloats it and almost none are useful.
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azzman
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| Posted: Fri, 7th Mar 2008 01:52 Post subject: |
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im so used to firefox now i dont think i could change if i wanted too LOL
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| Posted: Fri, 7th Mar 2008 03:39 Post subject: |
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| LeoNatan wrote: | | FF + Extensions FTW. Opera have the stupid widgets or gadgets or whatever, but it just bloats it and almost none are useful. |
never used those besides they are not forced and opera has pretty much everything build-in so u don't need to dLd and update all that crap every time
besides tab browsing is much better and u have more options for it, unlike in ff and it's faster, eats less ram etc
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JBeckman
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| Posted: Thu, 19th Mar 2009 18:05 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Thu, 19th Mar 2009 19:04 Post subject: |
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About time. Why the heck don't I see it on windows update ? Damn, oh well.
(Just need something to play with to kill some time atm)
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| Posted: Fri, 20th Mar 2009 04:23 Post subject: |
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Does IE 8 have a kill switch for Non-Genuine Windows XP users like IE 7 had?
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| Posted: Sat, 21st Mar 2009 06:18 Post subject: |
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Bah Firefox is still on top... has more extensions...
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Parallax_
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| Posted: Sat, 21st Mar 2009 11:20 Post subject: |
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Chrome, FF, Opera, Safari.. are all on top.
Yes, IE8 is definitively an improvement above IE7, but the GUI is still crapola, still lacking in speed and security, not to mention standards! And there's no sweet features like in Opera and FF.
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| Posted: Sat, 21st Mar 2009 17:10 Post subject: |
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Gosh i almost forgot this. It's like the console war.
No IE is better , No Firefox is better , No Opera is better........... And so on
But at the end it comes up to what people prefer nothing else.
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| Posted: Sat, 21st Mar 2009 17:39 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sat, 21st Mar 2009 17:40 Post subject: |
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| bogo24dk wrote: | Gosh i almost forgot this. It's like the console war.
No IE is better , No Firefox is better , No Opera is better........... And so on
But at the end it comes up to what people prefer nothing else. |
Prefering something that is inferior in terms of speed, security and compatibility is not a wise decision 
I go for opera, allthough the extension system in FF is really nice. Widgets are really useless (I've never used anyone, because all of them are just little tools to kill time, nothing productive in there). On the other hand, Opera doesn't need most of the extensions because it has them built-in and working well.
I mean whats the sense in having 3-4 extensions just to have FF trying to be as comfortable as Opera. |
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Mar 2009 02:52 Post subject: |
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I´m now trying IE8 and it feels faster than firefox.
Gonna give this a little more time
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Mar 2009 14:26 Post subject: |
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FF + add'ons ftw
''The mind and body must be subjected to extreme stimulus, by means of drugs and music.'' - Hunter S. Thompson
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