has anyone tried the new IE 8 yet?

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Scott Branam

I heard that there is a beta for IE 8 out right now. I was wondering about
vista compatibility and the new features.
 
I haven't tried it in Vista but I briefly loaded it in XP expecting lots of
new things. It 'fell over' after about 15 minutes so I immediately removed
it.
 
I wouldn't recommend it for the average user at present. Yes I'm using it
and Yes it has compatibility issues - hotmail being one favourite. Of course
you can use the 'emulate IE 7.0' button (which will not be there when IE 8.0
is finally released, it is there for beta testers) but who wants to keep
closing down IE every time you want to change from 'emulates' mode to IE 8.0
If, like me, you are a beta tester these 'niggles' are par for the course,
but damned inconvenient for the normal user.

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