Any comments on ie8?

[Steffo]

As a follow up to my comment, my Norton phishing protection in NIS shuts
down when I use IE8.
I'm wondering why it's doing that.
Opening NIS and clicking "fix it" solves the problem quickly till next time
IE8 starts again..

 

[Randy Knobloch]

As a follow up to my comment, my Norton phishing protection in NIS shuts
down when I use IE8.
I'm wondering why it's doing that.
Opening NIS and clicking "fix it" solves the problem quickly till next time
IE8 starts again..

You might want to post your issue to the Symantec Forums or search if others
are having the same issue as you.
<http://www.symantec.com/connect/forums>

 

[Joan Archer]

I used the version installed on the 7000 version of Windows 7 and didn't
have any problems apart from a site I use on a regular basis had problems
when it got to the payment section of the site, had to boot back into Vista
to pay using that site.

I think I'll wait a bit longer before installing on my Vista machine to give
the site time to get itself compatible with IE8

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Joan Archer
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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

 

[RobbL]

Honestly, Robin, I'm underwhelmed with it and still prefer Google CHROME for
performance. I also thought IE7 was fine the way it was, but I'm no expert
on security, etc. I just know what I like and what works for my systems. It
is probably my "Comfortable Rut Syndrome" speaking but...that's the way I
see it thus far.

Robb

 

[Stu]

Hi Robinb

IE8 RTP? As far as accessing this NG is concerned it has been a PITA - RC1
was much better for me. It has taken me two days to get to a point where I
can make a post! I`ve had the following probs.

1. Can`t always expand a thread.

2. If it expands I can`t always read a particularit post cos it times out
with something like eg .... not available or no text.

3. When I select a particular NG I frequently get a ... Service Temporarily
Unavailable in type font point which is considerably larger than the `We are
sorry for the inconvienience. Please try again later` which follows. That
gives the impression of a shallow apology to me.

4. Last but by no means least. After first installing I found I couldn`t
post cos when I selected the `New or `Reply` icons the page would take ions
to ponder then eventually refresh without a message box! The only way I was
able to resolve the problem, more by accident than design I suspect, was to
go over to the IE8 NG, try a test post (which worked) then come back here
where it has since worked. Only to a point though. Today it is insisting I
give a display name before I can post. I was under the impression that is
already contained in my profile. I see others have reported similar probs on
the IE8 NG.

Other than that, it is really working well <smile>

C`est la Vie,

Stu

 

[robinb]

hehehe, did you try compatibility mode?
don't feel so bad, when I try to edit my Windows Office Live Website and
this is a Microsoft product it goes haywire even in compatibility mode
robin

 

[Bill Sanderson]

I'll do some checking--I've got 4 WHS boxes, which I believe are all now
running released Power Pack 2, and released IE8.

I'll go back and see if my recollection is correct and those versions really
are in place, and then I'll try some browsing.

Usually all I see about IE on the WHS is the desktop warning page....

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.

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BullDawg
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Associate Expert

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 Sanderson]

I think this is interesting:

If you have found a bug in IE8, the IE8 bug database is now open to the public--no need to set up a Connect account.


http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2009/03/23/re-ie8-beta-feedback.aspx

You can vote on the bugs which are most important to your usage, and later will be able to give feedback on what should be included in the next IE version.

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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