Internet Explorer 8, beta 2 released

[Dopefish]

I'll install it in a VM later tonight.

[CoffeeShark]

still hangs a little once in a while. but I'm using it for now to test it.

[evbrak]

I guess im one of the few OMFG NUBS who still uses IE, but i'm just gonna wait til it makes me change versions.

I dont see how this thread doesnt have 69 moar posts that go somthing like "you all are the scum of the earth and should be stricken from teh interwebz for not using firefox"

[CoffeeShark]

considering that IE owns roughly 60% of internet browsing, there's more than a few. Tech people tend to go firefox, sure.

but we used other stuff before firefox, and I'll use whatever is better or whichever I like better in the future.

[evbrak]

Quote:

Originally Posted by CoffeeShark

considering that IE owns roughly 60% of internet browsing, there's more than a few. Tech people tend to go firefox, sure.

but we used other stuff before firefox, and I'll use whatever is better or whichever I like better in the future.

Exactly what I tell people who act like its the end of the world when I dont use firefox.

[CoffeeShark]

well THAT'S an interesting search feature

[DJ_Wheels]

Nothing new, though I never tried that before

[No-Fear]

InPrivate aka Porn Mode

[CoffeeShark]

so far it's been pretty good. a couple oddities (some hyperlinks not displaying on some sites), but good. Haven't had half as many crashes as FF3, so I'm happy about that Still not decided, obviously.

[Dopefish]

Way better than Beta 1 as far as compatibility and standards. Still nothing that really stands out and makes me say "Cool." It's come some features that just about every browser has had for a long time. There's really nothing new in it (compared to other browsers). It's a needed update to IE itself, though. I tested all the normal sites that I usually visit and all actually rendered nice and correct. It still fails on the ACID3 test. It's come a long way.

I noticed that it doesn't have that "Emulate IE7" button anymore. I'm guessing that the "Compatibility View" option is the new name for it? I tried it and couldn't really see anything different with my site at least.