Browsers: What's your opinion on Internet Explorer 8?
update
by gemma_one - 3/21/09 10:08 AM In reply to: Two problems so far by gemma_oneDid compatibility view for Facebook site and that worked.
Update # 2
by gemma_one - 3/27/09 2:49 PM In reply to: Two problems so far by gemma_oneI have removed IE 8 for just one reason. Everything else seemed to function properly. That reason is the problem I stated in my first reply, of not being able to open attachments in my email program. I received many attachments in my emails, and was tired of going back and forth from my regular email program to the one in IE 8. Everything working properly using IE 7. Will not install IE 8 on my other two Machines.
IE 8 Win updates
by gemma_one - 8/16/09 10:01 AM In reply to: Update # 2 by gemma_oneNow that Microsoft has provided updates to their IE 8, I have reinstalled on all three of my PC's (1 Vista and 2 XP). Ever thing seems to be working properly.
IE8 install
by baflemming - 3/21/09 3:19 PM In reply to: What's your opinion on Internet Explorer 8? by mopscare42I have installed IE8 a couple of weeks ago. So far no problems.
IE8
by Randy Walter - 3/21/09 9:30 PM In reply to: What's your opinion on Internet Explorer 8? by mopscare42I tried IE8. Unfortunately, I did not like it. The pull downs were not completely listed. There was a lot of overlap on the page. The page magnifier would not open with 100% and stay with 100%. I uninstalled it finally as it did not improve even after I fiddled with it.
Upgrade
by prince10bee - 3/22/09 7:25 AM In reply to: What's your opinion on Internet Explorer 8? by mopscare42It's no FireFox but if you're a fan of IE, you should definetly upgrade. It's most certiantly better than 7.
Ie8 beta
by glitchfix - 3/22/09 10:26 AM In reply to: What's your opinion on Internet Explorer 8? by mopscare42Installed on a Dell running xp3 It completely killed one of my registry hives and gave me a software general page fault at start up.Needless to say it took me a month to find a program to load before the os and by trial and error I found one at a local retail chain that saved me and my machine from the wrath of my lovely wife.I guess when she spent years never backing up anything and this happened,it changed me forever , my backup habits that is and you ask IE8. NEVER NO CHANCE I'M SCARED! Short version: I could not access my computer after It was installed, until I GOT IT OFF.
No trouble so far.
by mopscare42 - 3/22/09 12:39 PM In reply to: Ie8 beta by glitchfixAfter reading some of the comments about IE8, I downloaded and installed it and like it.
I haven't had time to really dig into it, but it is much faster and eaiser to navigate.
It is definitely a big step up over IE7.
I have not had any trouble getting to any sites and has not adversely
affected anything on my computer.
I am running Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1
I like it
by Draigous - 3/22/09 2:30 PM In reply to: What's your opinion on Internet Explorer 8? by mopscare42I have never had problems with IE. And this version is better and worth checking out. But you won't get that here with all the Firefox fanboys that run over all the other browsers. Browsers are a personal thing anyways. What i get sick of is the claims how much faster some other browsers are. They have zero proof of those claims or the proof is biased. Never let others tell you what broswer to use.
I agree about Firefox.
by mopscare42 - 3/22/09 3:45 PM In reply to: I like it by DraigousI also have Firefox on my computer and have ran into problems with it.
I can get out of it, try going back online 10 minutes later and it will say the firefox is already running, which it shouldn't be. That happins a lot.
Also, when I get a link in my e-mail and I click on it, it takes a long time to load or I get a page can't be displayed. That is only when I have Firefox as my default browser. Never with IE8
I will be removing Firefox from my computer and using IE8 only.
Also I don't see now where Firefox is any faster than IE8.
Works ok
by genie86333 - 3/22/09 4:28 PM In reply to: What's your opinion on Internet Explorer 8? by mopscare42IE8 seems to work ok - has 2 problems: if I click yes when it asks "Would you like to restore your previous session," it freezes. Also it takes FOREVER to open, "connecting" for 30-60 seconds even though my home page is about:blank. Once it's open it works great!
IE 8
by mopilot827 - 5/23/09 9:19 AM In reply to: Works ok by genie86333IE8 is a piece of junk. I had nothing but problems, clocking, freezes, CTL/ALT/DLET indicated program was not responding resulting in having to kill the app. De-install and go back to IE7 until the dopes at Microsoft get the bugs worked out themselves instead of having us unsuspecting users do their beta-testing for them. Or just use Firefox, which seems to be pretty much bulletproof.
What's your opinion on Internet Explorer 8?
by techservices24 - 3/23/09 2:34 AM In reply to: What's your opinion on Internet Explorer 8? by mopscare42Till now, I am having the good experience with IE8.
Haven't installed it, but....
by Josh K - 3/23/09 2:31 PM In reply to: What's your opinion on Internet Explorer 8? by mopscare42....what I'm hearing so far isn't very encouraging. Frankly it would have to be able to cook dinner and clean my house before I'd consider switching from Firefox.
IE 8
by anchor79 - 3/23/09 4:14 PM In reply to: Haven't installed it, but.... by Josh KWorks fine on my vista machine with 2 gb of memory.
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