Internet Explorer 8

HappyWheels · 25th March 2009, 15:24

Installed in my VPC image. Seems like they are trying to catch with the feature available in the rest of the browsers.

First cut feeling - not worth it, as of now.

Going to delete the VPC changes and revert to 7.

Samurai · 30th March 2009, 14:47

Interesting article: Is IE8 really fat and slow? | Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report | ZDNet.com

Has a tip on how to make IE8 faster.

tortoiseNhare · 31st March 2009, 21:34

I never use IE for web browsing. Google chrome is fast and user-friendly. Firefox 3.08 is my default though as it is available in both Windows and Linux. Chrome is not yet available in Linux. I use Opera 9.xx on my ancient desktop with 160 MB RAM (if I must go online working with it). This seems to be the least resource hungry of all browsers.

SLK · 9th May 2009, 08:28

Can't seem to install on my windows 2008! . . . just fails to install without saying anything.

As for chrome, for one i'm not a fan, just nothing special. IE 7 works as fast on windows 2008.

pedrolourenco · 9th May 2009, 08:53

I'm quite happy with Mozilla Firefox. Never liked IE. Tried Chrome too but I prefer Firefox.

HappyWheels · 9th May 2009, 08:56

One thing that I noticed with IE8 is that it can even render very large HTML files. I am taking about ~60MB HTML file.

IE7, FF and Opera just wouldn't open it and would crash after some time. IE8, even though it took a minute or so, rendered the page!

raghu.t.k · 9th May 2009, 08:57

I have been using IE8 since it was released. I did notice the number of times the browser freezes is more than the previous versions.

karankapoor · 9th May 2009, 10:41

i use chrome and ff both are good and faster then ie7/8 will say try them you will surely stop using ie

mithun · 9th May 2009, 13:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by SLK

Can't seem to install on my windows 2008! . . . just fails to install without saying anything.

As for chrome, for one i'm not a fan, just nothing special. IE 7 works as fast on windows 2008.

Are you sure that you tried the IE8 meant for 2008 ?

SLK · 9th May 2009, 14:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by mithun

Are you sure that you tried the IE8 meant for 2008 ?

Sure did!, as far as I can remember, it downloaded the same file as required for vista.

25th March 2009, 15:24	#16
HappyWheels Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 4,106 Thanked: 537 Times	Installed in my VPC image. Seems like they are trying to catch with the feature available in the rest of the browsers. First cut feeling - not worth it, as of now. Going to delete the VPC changes and revert to 7.
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30th March 2009, 14:47	#17
Samurai Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bangalore/Udupi Posts: 25,826 Thanked: 45,514 Times View My Garage	Interesting article: Is IE8 really fat and slow? \| Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report \| ZDNet.com Has a tip on how to make IE8 faster.
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31st March 2009, 21:34	#18
tortoiseNhare BHPian Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Guwahati Posts: 536 Thanked: 90 Times	I never use IE for web browsing. Google chrome is fast and user-friendly. Firefox 3.08 is my default though as it is available in both Windows and Linux. Chrome is not yet available in Linux. I use Opera 9.xx on my ancient desktop with 160 MB RAM (if I must go online working with it). This seems to be the least resource hungry of all browsers.
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9th May 2009, 08:28	#19
SLK Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: DL XX XX XXXX Posts: 1,634 Thanked: 1,011 Times	Can't seem to install on my windows 2008! . . . just fails to install without saying anything. As for chrome, for one i'm not a fan, just nothing special. IE 7 works as fast on windows 2008.
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9th May 2009, 08:53	#20
pedrolourenco Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Margao, Goa Posts: 1,268 Thanked: 1,527 Times View My Garage	I'm quite happy with Mozilla Firefox. Never liked IE. Tried Chrome too but I prefer Firefox.
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9th May 2009, 08:56	#21
HappyWheels Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 4,106 Thanked: 537 Times	One thing that I noticed with IE8 is that it can even render very large HTML files. I am taking about ~60MB HTML file. IE7, FF and Opera just wouldn't open it and would crash after some time. IE8, even though it took a minute or so, rendered the page!
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9th May 2009, 08:57	#22
raghu.t.k BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 468 Thanked: 193 Times	I have been using IE8 since it was released. I did notice the number of times the browser freezes is more than the previous versions.
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9th May 2009, 10:41	#23
karankapoor Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: in the car!!! Posts: 1,675 Thanked: 6 Times	i use chrome and ff both are good and faster then ie7/8 will say try them you will surely stop using ie
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