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I just want to know whether it's safe
Website crashes are now isolated to individual tabs rather than entire browser windows
I clicked the link that reads Learn more about Compatibility View but it seems to go the IE8 download page with the title "Get Internet Explorer 7" - am I missing something?
Kaled.
Google Chrome does the same thing.... crashes are isolated to tabs.
Get your <!--[if IE 8]> ready ;)
I know this is vile heresy, but it actually looks and works better than Firefox 3+ on most sites...
And of course it is a huge upgrade from IE6 and IE7.
And yes, the tabs crash thing does work - in fact it even attempts to restore the tab (so far always successfully).
One issue that I have run into on a few sites - which is NOT an IE or MS problem, is that some sites used hacks or bad criteria - I have seen two sites so far that insisted I need to upgrade to IE7...
So far I have seen no problems, but after only a day or so that is probably not a good test. But it does seem like the issues of not handling some javascript and a few other things are all fixed now.
It still does not score as high as Firefox on the acid3 test (which no browser passes 100%) [acid3.acidtests.org...] I don't recall for sure, but I think that IE6 got a 0/100, IE7 got a 6/100.
[edited by: Wlauzon at 5:15 am (utc) on Jan. 27, 2009]
I looked over screenshots of IE8 tonight and came away in no rush to upgrade. I stopped using Internet Explorer both due to loving Firefox and due to the UI of IE7. Right now I hate the UI of IE 7, and thus only use it to check web pages or for sites that stupidly require it. After seeing the screenshots for IE8, the UI doesn't seem changed whatsoever.
Thankfully I am very pleased with IE8 RC1.
There is very little difference in the UI but it does seem to render pages much quicker.
[edited by: Visit_Thailand at 12:26 pm (utc) on Jan. 27, 2009]
But I like the web slices, have already made some on my own sites.
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7" />
Chrome does an even better job at acid3 by the way (79/100)
On one of our sites, there is a text editor and a couple of the blank fields I simply cannot get IE8 to work so that I can type info into those fields. Works fine in FF and even IE7, but IE8 in or out of compat mode does not work.
They are php generated pages, not sure if that is maybe why or not.
At this point, though it is a vast step up from previous IE, it still has a few issues.
As far as FF, I love it as a browser, I don't like the top layout setup (FF 2.x was better imo).
[edited by: Wlauzon at 5:34 pm (utc) on Jan. 27, 2009]
Bargepole dude probably has Chrome as his default browser.
That is one browser that deserves to be thrown in the river.
Wlauzon: IE8 is very strict, make sure you fix any errors using W3C validation, solved my problems.
Also be sure to get IE7 Pro from download dot com.
It has many of the plug ins we love for FF. Spend a little time getting to personalize.
FAST IS GOOD!
Really?
I just had a "drink splattered on monitor moment" there.
Wlauzon: IE8 is very strict, make sure you fix any errors using W3C validation, solved my problems.
Actually it is not a validation issue with code, it is an issue with some of the freebie WYSIWYG php code editors. At least one has confirmed that it is not an IE8 bug, but a bug in the editor.. maybe. It may also be an issue with dynamically generated iframes.
Not that I really need it, it was just a lot more convenient at times to fire up that little on-site thingy for a minor adjustment than to use EW2.
[edited by: Wlauzon at 5:59 am (utc) on Jan. 28, 2009]
Bargepole dude probably has Chrome as his default browser.
That is one browser that deserves to be thrown in the river.
Why?
Bargepole dude probably has Chrome as his default browser.Nice of you to provide such a detailed opinion. Care to elaborate?
That is one browser that deserves to be thrown in the river.
I have not been an IE fan for a decade or nore - but my sense is that this new version is going to bring a huge change when it finally gets into the forced update stage. I hope I like the changes.
I am surprised that more have not downloaded and posted their thoughts.
Just hope that the WORLD will upgrade to at least ie7 so we can get on with things. :)
What's the RC1 version number? I'm wondering whether I'm using the same one.
