Internet Explorer 8: What do you think?

[fafner]

I installed it on Server 2008 x64 and it screwed up my gadgets on my Sidebar. I removed it and now all is well.

Will continue to use IE7 and Firefox.

Bill

I get this issue as well as the scrolling issue on Vista with SP1.

fafner

[Pam14160]

anyone else having problems scrolling on certain blogs? it goes to the top half-way thru the page

I had the same problems, however, instead of using the scholl bar I tried the down cursor button, and it worked just fine (that's not saying you will be able to do the same).

[DooGie]

Tried this out for a few days and thought it was an improvement over IE7 but still not nearly as good as Firefox.

I had to uninstall it though as it broke another app I use a lot. The app in question is Microsoft Money (why aren't I surprised). With IE8 installed every time I tried to close Money it would crash. It had worked fine up to installing IE8 and works fine again after uninstalling IE8.

[Revolution.]

okay im using it at the moment, and dum, i like the looks, especially the favourites bar at the top and how you can add them as tabs. but the actual browser is terrible. it makes the writings on the pages into one and i wouldnt or couldnt be able to read it, same with pictures, it would interfer with the other writings and pictures.. so i just emulate IE7. but yeah, needs improvements.

[Iian K]

IE8 works like a charm on Windows Server 2008 and on Windows Vista for me :). I love it.

[Calum Veteran]

Tried this out for a few days and thought it was an improvement over IE7 but still not nearly as good as Firefox.

I had to uninstall it though as it broke another app I use a lot. The app in question is Microsoft Money (why aren't I surprised). With IE8 installed every time I tried to close Money it would crash. It had worked fine up to installing IE8 and works fine again after uninstalling IE8.

Please can you (or somebody else?) tell me how to uninstall it and revert safely back to IE 7? I hate this IE 8 BETA - it's too buggy for me and I much prefer Firefox anyway.

Please help someone :)

[Neoauld]

works good, however, feature wise its nowhere near what firefox has to offer

[megamanXplosion]

Please can you (or somebody else?) tell me how to uninstall it and revert safely back to IE 7? I hate this IE 8 BETA - it's too buggy for me and I much prefer Firefox anyway.

Please help someone :)

Control Panel -> Add or Remove Programs -> Windows Internet Explorer 8 -> Remove. Your system will be reverted to IE7 and all the updates you had installed for it.

[Calum Veteran]

Control Panel -> Add or Remove Programs -> Windows Internet Explorer 8 -> Remove. Your system will be reverted to IE7 and all the updates you had installed for it.

Ah yes, thank you for the help, but I am using Windows Vista and I forgot to mention that it isn't in Vista's 'Programs and Features' part (Vista's version of 'Add or Remove Programs').

Do you know of another way please?

[Linkinfamous]

Try under "View Installed Updates"

[1759]

No difference.

[Calum Veteran]

Thank you also. I checked in 'Installed Updates' within Windows Update and it isn't in thier :/

I can't seem to find it ANYWHERE. Does anybody else know please? I'm going to search around the Internet too.

[Calum Veteran]

Actually, after searching the Internet, I realised there are two different links to "View Installed Updates" in Vista. One in Windows Update and one in 'Programs and Features'. It is the one in 'Programs and Features' which us Vista users need. IE 8 is listed in there and uninstalls easily.

So, MioTheGreat was right. Thank you, I'm really grateful :)

Here is the link I found in case it helps anyone: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/03/07/h...8-ie8-in-vista/

Sorry for the offtopicness lol. Now to bring this thread back on topic:

I don't like IE 8.... :p

[Richardarkless]

I hate it for many reasons

1.slow start ups

2.high ram requirements

3.very buggy

but still only the 1st beta so theres bound to be many problems with it

[megamanXplosion]

Very buggy in what way?

[Calum Veteran]

Very buggy in what way?

It crashes loads when I load it up and it just crashes loads during use and takes up a lot of RAM for me.

[Evolution]

Am I the only one experiencing extremely poor performance with IE8? The keyboard input seems to take 0.5 seconds per key and javascript popup menus take forever to appear. I know it's just an alpha, but even for an alpha it's pretty bad performance wise on my computer.

[neufuse Veteran]

I'm sorry but this is a developer preview release... does it really matter what we think? because it wont be ANYTHING like this in the final build... this is an extreamly buggy full of debug code unfinished release

[Evolution]

I'd like to know if everyone is experiencing these issues... as in a problem with my setup.... or if everyone else is as well.

[megamanXplosion]

I see a performance decrease as well. (More than likely the performance decreases are temporary, caused by the program having debugging code compiled into it.) I think others might be experiencing a placebo effect.

[Denis W. Veteran]

Internet Explorer 8's been on my Vista laptop for a month. I turned the IE7 compatibility mode on a while ago as some of MS's own sites broke in the new IE8 standards mode. So far it has survived a month's worth of usage from all apps who use the IE engine without any hiccups.

[Antaris Veteran]

I have only had one problem, and thats with the Favourites panel. Everytime it opens, it seems to crash. Otherwise, so far so good. The Activities feature is quite awesome, and I can see ways in which I can utilise this with both published Activities and ones I create myself, its all just XML!

WebSlices seem ok, I haven't quite gotten to the point where I can see their relevance. Just seems like a visual alternative to RSS/Atom feeds... It's based on the hAtom specification anyway.

[Zlain]

Mine crashes all the time and half the sites dont render properly. It got 18% in acid 3. Need I say more? Lolz

[George P Global Moderator]

Since this went out i've had it crash 3, maybe 4 times, but when it does the recovery feature pops up and if it wasn't for the fact it freezes for a few seconds (and i'm on a old PC) I wouldn't even notice it probably.

Now maybe it's just a tab that crashes or something but the fact is the whole thing doesn't go down.

But i'm ready for a new build already! Come on IE team.