Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2

[alpha_omega]

IE8 Home page

Release Notes

IEBlogs:

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Now Available

Upgrading to Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2

Introducing Compatibility View

Download:

Windows XP

Windows Server 2003 SP2

Windows Server 2003 SP2 x64 & Windows XP x64

Windows Vista and Server 2008

Windows Vista x64 and Server 2008 x64

Edited August 27, 2008 by alpha_omega

[ShaneSparky_YYZ]

Thx :)

[+Batfink Subscriber²]

This looks like a very interesting build... finally some very decent competition in the browser market!

Batfink

[Mathachew Veteran]

Saweeeeeeeeeet!

[Roger H. Veteran]

thanks :)

[Elliot B.]

Cheers (Y)

[NateB1]

Downloading now. :D

Thanks for the heads-up!

[Goalie33]

Thanks for the linkage!

[zhangm Supervisor]

Vista x64 link doesn't currently work.

Edit: Now the download page loads, but the download link doesn't work...

Edit2: Now the download link works...

[alpha_omega]

Vista x64 link doesn't currently work.

Didn't work for me earlier but now it does... :)

[XerXis]

finally! and a day earlier than expected at that :D

[+Mystic MVC]

Thanks for the heads up. I haven't been personally testing the betas yet but the information/reviews around IE 8 keeps me interested.

[ViperAFK]

Didn't work for me earlier but now it does... :)

It didn't work in Fx for me but worked in IE.

Does the 64 bit link install the 64 bit and 32 bit version?

[mad_onion]

check out ieblog http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/ :)

[Roger H. Veteran]

oh snap... never saw this but "inPrivate" browsing is pretty nifty :shiftyninja: :devil:

Weird, i had my first crash - inPrivate browsing caused it! Bad sexy twins, bad!!! LOL

When i do "CTRL + SHIFT + P" it takes a lil while before it opens, maybe like 20 seconds or something and i've restarted too!

Edited August 27, 2008 by SHoTTa35

[alpha_omega]

check out ieblog http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/ :)

Thanks! :yes:

I've added links to the 3 new blog posts from today covering Beta 2.

[Evandro Felippe]

Thank you! Downloading right row :)

[PGHammer]

I've downloaded/installed beta 2 of IE 8; now let's see if it holds up as a daily-use browser.

[BajiRav]

I am switching back to IE :D all features sound awesome

[AJerman]

oh snap... never saw this but "inPrivate" browsing is pretty nifty :shiftyninja: :devil:

Weird, i had my first crash - inPrivate browsing caused it! Bad sexy twins, bad!!! LOL

When i do "CTRL + SHIFT + P" it takes a lil while before it opens, maybe like 20 seconds or something and i've restarted too!

Isn't slow to load for me. Then again, I'm on my fairly beefy work machine.

Pages load ridiculously slow though.

Edit: Nevermind, that's just Neowin that's ridiculously slow.

[XerXis]

yeah rendering is very slow, still i didn't expect anything else from a debug build beta :) features look good though, let's see if they can improve rendering when the final is done :)

[NateB1]

Wow. Those are some nice changes. Can't wait to use this!

[XerXis]

could someone verify this page: http://www.video-palace.com/

it's a standard compliant site I made, loads perfect in opera, firefox and ie7. IE8 shows a blank page

[nautiqueskier]

Firstly, night and day compared to IE beta 1. Browsing websites without compatibility mode on is now usable. And compatibility mode is far more elegant.

Rendering speed seems to be relatively similar to IE7 except for the odd site (like Neowin). Might be something specific its struggling with. I know they've said there will be more performance improvements before RTM. PNG Alpha performance is better than IE7, as is scrolling performance with statically positioned elements.

Not a fan of the color coded tabs. I know what they're trying to do but I can't help but think theres gotta be a more elegant way of accomplishing this.

inPrivate loads instantly for me. Haven't tried it enough to comment on its stability. Haven't tried Suggested Sites and don't believe I will use this feature much.

[XerXis]

yes, finally ie has it's own source editor/viewer! no more notepad :)