Any comments on ie8?

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robinb

anyone download it and try it out- if so what do you think about it?
I only tested it in windows 7 but that is not a fair test
robin
 
I like IE8!
I started liking it when it was Beta and RC afterwards, it works very well
for me, from e-banking to ebay to e-shopping and, of course, for work (OWA).
From my point of view, it's better and faster than any other browser I've
ever worked with.
Give it a fair try, I hope you'll like it as much as I do!
And installing it was so easy and smooth and quick, even with the 2 reboots
(the second one is automatic)!
BTW, I'm using XP SP3 with NIS (I didn't have to turn that off either!).

Steffo
 
I've been running betas on many machines and like it quite well. DO
subscribe to the site-compatibility stuff.

The version in Windows 7 build 7000 is the pits, but the versions released
for XP and Vista have been fine for me.



robinb said:
anyone download it and try it out- if so what do you think about it?
I only tested it in windows 7 but that is not a fair test
robin
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robinb said:
anyone download it and try it out- if so what do you think about it?
I only tested it in windows 7 but that is not a fair test
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I never ran the RC although I had kept up in the news as it went.
So far, so good - jury is still out, more later.

Many new tools and features to play with.
 
robinb said:
anyone download it and try it out- if so what do you think about it?
I only tested it in windows 7 but that is not a fair test
robin
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You post made me realize that it's now in public version. It's
supposed to be faster, tho I haven't seen that yet. But then the last
two weeks, IE has been slow to load and slow/unable to connect to sites
on my computer, ones where Opera and FF have no problem at all. Not
sure what to make of it.

Gene
 
how do you subscribe for it? I am downloading and installing it now on my
test machine
robin
 
I think I figured it out
but when it installed it had an incompatibility to a sonic device driver and
it showed me how to disable it in the browser or favorites would crash. It
also explained this would not effect burning cds only ie 8.
So far it looks not bad
I need time to play with it some more and I want to put it on vista to see
how it goes there
I will need to present it at my seminars so I really need to work with it
robin
 
anyone download it and try it out- if so what do you think about it?
I only tested it in windows 7 but that is not a fair test
robin
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I have been using it on XP and have found no problems but I still
prefer the simplicity of Chrome.

Steve
 
If you go to downloads.microsoft.com, hit the down arrow near search and
switch to advanced search, and show the latest downloads by date, and then
click on the date column header to reverse the order, so the newest
downloads are shown first (THIS IS A REALLY STUPID CHANGE TO THE
INTERFACE!)--there are some downloads specifically for IT pros and some
other categories of users to help explain what is different about IE8. one
or more of those might be useful to highlight what is different.


robinb said:
I think I figured it out
but when it installed it had an incompatibility to a sonic device driver
and it showed me how to disable it in the browser or favorites would
crash. It also explained this would not effect burning cds only ie 8.
So far it looks not bad
I need time to play with it some more and I want to put it on vista to see
how it goes there
I will need to present it at my seminars so I really need to work with it
robin
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I still like firefox better
robin

Stephen Wolstenholme said:
I have been using it on XP and have found no problems but I still
prefer the simplicity of Chrome.

Steve
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I have it installed on my test computer and on my vista lap top I use for
seminars. Have to have it there because I have to be able to show it and
explain it.
I do not have the web services installed nor any extra addons that ms did
not have on already in ie7
In xp it takes a bit to load compared to firefox that loads instantly
also in both vista and xp it hangs on closing. Oh it closes but in xp and
in vista when you close it- you get an hour glass after it closes. It seems
to not completely close. I check processor explorer and I see it is still
running in the backround and wind up "killing" it.
This seems to happen more in xp pro than vista
There are a lot of broken websites and as they say in many of the articles
around, even microsoft sites do not load properly even in compatibility mode
and I tried both ways- having compatibility mode set for everything or for
it to train itself which it is suppose to do- it is suppose to remember
which ones it needs for compatibility mode but it doesn't. Again I still
like firefox over this one. I will not be putting my clients on it for a
few months until MS gets some of the kinks out of it.

robin
 
From a post I made to
microsoft.public.de.windows.homeserver

(Begin Quote)
"I tried the RTW of IE8 (server 2003 version) on a WHS test box. Results
were not too good. Installation went well with the expected reboot. First
thing I noticed after the reboot was my advanced settings under
Tools/Options/Advanced had been reset. I did some basic testing on known
"safe" sites for awhile with no adverse results. The installation and
testing was done from an attached keyboard, mouse, and monitor. I then
logged off and removed the keyboard, mouse, and monitor. Logged on through
the WHS Console and everything seemed fine. Closed the WHS Console and
started using the desktop (Win7 build 7000). After awhile, I noticed the
WHS Connector Icon in the notification area would go gray for a few minutes
and then turn back green. Connected from the W7 desktop using a RDC. Very
slow and sluggish (non-responsive) connecting. Sometimes it would appear
WHS was hanging. Forced a reboot of WHS. Took about 30 minutes to shutdown
and reboot. After a reboot, WHS seemed to respond normally, but after
awhile the sluggishness returned. Rolled back to IE7. Everything on WHS is
now running normally.

This is reproducible. Tried the IE8 install again with basically the same
results. Rolled back to IE7 and normalcy returns."
(End Quote)

That said, the install on a WinXP Pro SP3 box remains unremarkable, running
as expected.

--
BullDawg
Team Geezer
Team Tribbles
Associate Expert

robinb said:
I have it installed on my test computer and on my vista lap top I use for
seminars. Have to have it there because I have to be able to show it and
explain it.
I do not have the web services installed nor any extra addons that ms did
not have on already in ie7
In xp it takes a bit to load compared to firefox that loads instantly
also in both vista and xp it hangs on closing. Oh it closes but in xp and
in vista when you close it- you get an hour glass after it closes. It
seems to not completely close. I check processor explorer and I see it is
still running in the backround and wind up "killing" it.
This seems to happen more in xp pro than vista
There are a lot of broken websites and as they say in many of the articles
around, even microsoft sites do not load properly even in compatibility
mode and I tried both ways- having compatibility mode set for everything
or for it to train itself which it is suppose to do- it is suppose to
remember which ones it needs for compatibility mode but it doesn't. Again
I still like firefox over this one. I will not be putting my clients on
it for a few months until MS gets some of the kinks out of it.

robin
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I'm a bit confused--Windows 7 build 7000 has a version of IE8 which is
acknowledged to be quite different from either the public xp/vista betas of
IE8 or the final. I'd ignore your experience with Windows 7 in terms of
looking at how IE8 will perform.

That said, I've got Windows7 on 2 of 4 home machines interacting with my
WHS, and haven't noticed anything major, but I should re-read your message
and be sure that I haven't just ignored your symptoms thinking my own boxes
are flakey...

I've got RTW IE8 on the WHS at this point too--but have not done any
browsing from the WHS.



Bill Sharpe said:
From a post I made to
microsoft.public.de.windows.homeserver

(Begin Quote)
"I tried the RTW of IE8 (server 2003 version) on a WHS test box. Results
were not too good. Installation went well with the expected reboot.
First
thing I noticed after the reboot was my advanced settings under
Tools/Options/Advanced had been reset. I did some basic testing on known
"safe" sites for awhile with no adverse results. The installation and
testing was done from an attached keyboard, mouse, and monitor. I then
logged off and removed the keyboard, mouse, and monitor. Logged on
through
the WHS Console and everything seemed fine. Closed the WHS Console and
started using the desktop (Win7 build 7000). After awhile, I noticed the
WHS Connector Icon in the notification area would go gray for a few
minutes
and then turn back green. Connected from the W7 desktop using a RDC. Very
slow and sluggish (non-responsive) connecting. Sometimes it would appear
WHS was hanging. Forced a reboot of WHS. Took about 30 minutes to
shutdown
and reboot. After a reboot, WHS seemed to respond normally, but after
awhile the sluggishness returned. Rolled back to IE7. Everything on WHS
is
now running normally.

This is reproducible. Tried the IE8 install again with basically the same
results. Rolled back to IE7 and normalcy returns."
(End Quote)

That said, the install on a WinXP Pro SP3 box remains unremarkable,
running as expected.

--
BullDawg
Team Geezer
Team Tribbles
Associate Expert
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Bill,

It wasn't the Win7 boxes I experienced the problem, it was WHS that had the
problems. Went back to IE7 on WHS and all is fine. I installed the Server
2003 edition of IE8 on WHS as that was what was selected as the default when
I went to the IE8 download page. Most likely, there wasn't sufficient
testing on WHS, or quite possibly, there are some difference between the
eval version of WHS Vs the retail OEM ver of WHS. I do have a non-eval WHS
box, but all my testing is done on the eval box before I deploy it to the
production box. I will just keep IE7 on the WHS production box for now.

The Windows XP boxes that have the RTW IE8 are running fine. No Vista boxes
at this time, so can't vouch for them.

--
BullDawg
Team Geezer
Team Tribbles
Associate Expert

Bill Sanderson said:
I'm a bit confused--Windows 7 build 7000 has a version of IE8 which is
acknowledged to be quite different from either the public xp/vista betas
of IE8 or the final. I'd ignore your experience with Windows 7 in terms
of looking at how IE8 will perform.

That said, I've got Windows7 on 2 of 4 home machines interacting with my
WHS, and haven't noticed anything major, but I should re-read your message
and be sure that I haven't just ignored your symptoms thinking my own
boxes are flakey...

I've got RTW IE8 on the WHS at this point too--but have not done any
browsing from the WHS.
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Robin - adding my 2 cents worth - I tried IE8 on my two home pc's. Both ran
slower than IE7, had numerous errors on several sites, and generally were a
pain in the backside. After two days of trying to use IE8, I uninstalled it
and reverted back to IE7 on both computers. Since that time, both pc's have
been faster, no errors, and really more acceptable. It appears Microsoft
may have released IE8 a little prematurely, before it was really ready for
the general public. Just my opinion. Actually, on my personal home pc I
use Firefox as my default browser, so i am prejudiced, however, my comparison
for this was between only IE8 and IE7.
 
As a long-time Opera user, I have to laugh when people report sites
not working correctly with IE8.

Gene
 
I should have included this info in my post - both pc's are running XP SP3
completely up to date.
 
I have been using IE8 RC2, now final on 3 XP SP3 computers for some
weeks without any problems at all. It is faster than IE7. It
automatically switches to compatibility mode with some older problem
sites.

I read that problems may be caused by some 3rd party toolbars and
malware software.
 
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