Internet Explorer 8

tobybowes

I might get slated for this due to the high numbers of microsoft haters and firefox/opera/chrome/etc lovers these days....but for anyone who cant drag themselves away from MS Internet Explorer then your in luck!

Today i recieved an email informing me IE8 is out of beta now and in public release (which apparently means theyve ironed all the bugs out lol).

Anyways, link is below, just select United Kingdom, then either XP, Vista, or Server edition (whichever your using).

http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windows/internet-explorer/worldwide-sites.aspx

Im installing but havent used it just yet. Lots of comments welcome below!
Hope this helps at least one of you lol!


ps. this will probably be automatically downloaded by windows/microsoft update in a month or two if you dont download now

sarah1972

I love IE8 !

Have you put this on the techie board aswell?

tobybowes

I assumed the "techie" people would either know about this or wont care about this whereas the freebie people apprectiate the little things in life so answer is no. If someone else would like to post it thatd be great!

tobybowes

BTW after install and restart all looks good!

I just hoping as a webdesigner it doesnt bring more headaches with website compatiblity issues although it does have a setting during install so the browser acts like an older version to smooth issues out or summat!

sarah1972

I had the beta version some time ago and never had any problems with it at all.

It is good, i would recommend people to download :beer:

kimberley_2

I have been using IE8 for nearly a month now and its fab. I only got it when upgraded internet browser as one of my weebsites i go on didnt run on it.

Very good IE.

jenniewb

I had I.E 8, And personaly, for many things, it worked really well, but for other things: my music for example, it just was not compatable.

If you do find you have a problem, just uninstall it via the control panel of your computer, it will just revert back to I.E 7 and problem solved.

tobybowes

jenniewb wrote: »

I had I.E 8, And personaly, for many things, it worked really well, but for other things: my music for example, it just was not compatable.

If you do find you have a problem, just uninstall it via the control panel of your computer, it will just revert back to I.E 7 and problem solved.

Thanks for the tip! Hope i wont be needing to use it, all is going well for me at the moment. Btw were you using the beta version or the full public release as i was informed it was only released this week?

unhappyvirgincustomer_2

Its not bad but when compared to opera or chrome or the firefox 3.1 beta it is very sloowww.

Doesn't offer anything the others dont already do better, will stick with firefox or chrome for the moment.

http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/tested-chrome-vs-ie8-vs-firefox-3-1-vs-safari-4-582159?artc_pg=2

Verdict
Winner: Firefox, just
So have the new builds of IE8 and Chrome changed our minds about our favourite browser? Not really. Chrome narrowly pips Safari for the fastest browser crown, but Firefox's add-ons still do it for us: while there's a clear difference in performance when you run the benchmarks, on a reasonably specified PC all four browsers run perfectly quickly. It's a different story on netbooks, though, where Chrome is noticeably faster than IE or Firefox.
If add-ons matter, Firefox is still our pick for desktop browsing; if you prefer speed and simplicity, have a netbook or can be bothered installing an ad-blocking proxy then Chrome is the one to try.

moonsugar

I hate IE but I appreciate you posting this still! Grr the people who get really elitist about browsers really annoy me. Ignore em

Mandy44

It's a load of rubbish half the sites i surf that use javascript don't even work , i searched to see if there were some settings to amend but no luck - back to firefox and ie6 for me