bbfc_uk Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Wow, very impressive! Loads up very quickly on my Vista laptop, faster than IE7 even!! Was hoping for more of a change to the UI but it doesn't look too bad now that its been tweaked. InPrivate Browsing is a fantastic feature! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/662524-internet-explorer-8-beta-2/page/2/#findComment-589707100 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted August 27, 2008 Veteran Share Posted August 27, 2008 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 For me that site still is saying please wait. It hsan't loaded yet and therefore still showing a blank screen. EDIT - i hit the compatability icon and it loaded instantly. When i have it in IE8 mode though it doesn't load at all. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/662524-internet-explorer-8-beta-2/page/2/#findComment-589707126 Share on other sites More sharing options...
azz0r_wugg Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 I don't understand why they've added more padding to the "website contains error" (facebook no less) dialogue when they should have spent time making it more details and informative. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/662524-internet-explorer-8-beta-2/page/2/#findComment-589707140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsupersonic Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 alright woohoo Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/662524-internet-explorer-8-beta-2/page/2/#findComment-589707150 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEVER85 Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Nice! Gonna try it in my XP SP3 VM right now. :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/662524-internet-explorer-8-beta-2/page/2/#findComment-589707162 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doli Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Not bad, the private browsing did start out slow but now its normal. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/662524-internet-explorer-8-beta-2/page/2/#findComment-589707178 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XerXis Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 For me that site still is saying please wait. It hsan't loaded yet and therefore still showing a blank screen.EDIT - i hit the compatability icon and it loaded instantly. When i have it in IE8 mode though it doesn't load at all. yeah, now i have to find out why, hopefully it's a bug in ie8 and not in my code (fingers crossed) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/662524-internet-explorer-8-beta-2/page/2/#findComment-589707186 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Co-ords Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Oh well it fails the new acid test miserably! Try for yourself here... What a shock! :whistle: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/662524-internet-explorer-8-beta-2/page/2/#findComment-589707188 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObiWanToby Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Oh well it fails the new acid test miserably! Try for yourself here...What a shock! :whistle: Who cares, this is faster, prettier, smarter. The Acid test isn't everything. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/662524-internet-explorer-8-beta-2/page/2/#findComment-589707206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
insomniac9 Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Sweet. I'm downloading now. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/662524-internet-explorer-8-beta-2/page/2/#findComment-589707210 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XerXis Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Oh well it fails the new acid test miserably! Try for yourself here...What a shock! :whistle: who cares, they never aimed for css 3 compability in this release, neither are they ready to support canvas. It passes acid 2 with flying flags and aims for full css 2.1 compability. That's all i care about. The developer features are great, full javascript debugging, dom tree, css tree, rulers, color picker and so on Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/662524-internet-explorer-8-beta-2/page/2/#findComment-589707226 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_onion Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 WOW, so many new features!!! i'm sure firefox users will say they already have all this stuff but still a HUGE step forward. i love the suggested sights feature. like stumbleupon Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/662524-internet-explorer-8-beta-2/page/2/#findComment-589707258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gary7 Subscriber² Posted August 27, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted August 27, 2008 I tried it on my Vista machine and did not care for it. I also found out that the only way to remove it is through system restore. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/662524-internet-explorer-8-beta-2/page/2/#findComment-589707260 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEVER85 Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 WOW, so many new features!!! i'm sure firefox users will say they already have all this stuff but still a HUGE step forward. Don't group us all together. ;) I'm a die-hard Firefox user but I'm typing this inside of IE8 Beta 2 right now and I must say there are vast improvements over Beta 1 and even IE7. It's good to see Microsoft improving IE as much as they are! I'll likely keep Beta 2 installed as my secondary browser over IE7. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/662524-internet-explorer-8-beta-2/page/2/#findComment-589707270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menge Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 i like how they put the page compatibility button right on the address bar - under the USER's control. hopefully they'll default to the most strict mode and then when the user presses the button, go back some versions. seems this IE version might be a good one, after all :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/662524-internet-explorer-8-beta-2/page/2/#findComment-589707274 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XerXis Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 I tried it on my Vista machine and did not care for it. I also found out that the only way to remove it is through system restore. you're wrong it's in the update list where you can remove it Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/662524-internet-explorer-8-beta-2/page/2/#findComment-589707296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_rose Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Ok, let me get this right. I am on vista 64 bit..downloaded the 64-bit version. If I install this one, will it just update the 64 bit version of IE, or will both versions be updated??(cause in vista 64 you have the choice to run the 32 bit or the 64 bit. And I tend to choose the 32 bit version since 64 bit dont support flash just yet.) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/662524-internet-explorer-8-beta-2/page/2/#findComment-589707306 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ytterbium Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 It updates both Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/662524-internet-explorer-8-beta-2/page/2/#findComment-589707320 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_onion Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 oh and the colour groups for tabs :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/662524-internet-explorer-8-beta-2/page/2/#findComment-589707336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Much better than beta 1, that's for sure. Now I can finally ditch Opera and go back to IE :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/662524-internet-explorer-8-beta-2/page/2/#findComment-589707380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
reactionary007 Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 You can move the refresh and stop buttons to be placed before the address bar... believe it or not i've heard a lot of people complain about that! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/662524-internet-explorer-8-beta-2/page/2/#findComment-589707388 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealexweb Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 I'll see how this stacks up against Firefox 3.1, I still think Firefox will get it's next version out first, again. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/662524-internet-explorer-8-beta-2/page/2/#findComment-589707402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BajiRav Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 colored tabs are great but look weird :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/662524-internet-explorer-8-beta-2/page/2/#findComment-589707418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmc777 Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 (edited) Importing bookmarks from other browsers seems to be a bit flaky. When I tried it, some bookmarks were imported and others weren't. With that said, this is probably the first version of IE I've used and thought "Hmmm....this is quite nice!". :D Edited August 27, 2008 by jmc777 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/662524-internet-explorer-8-beta-2/page/2/#findComment-589707430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SVG Veteran Posted August 27, 2008 Veteran Share Posted August 27, 2008 Thanks for the links.. Its a great build.. Plenty of improvements Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/662524-internet-explorer-8-beta-2/page/2/#findComment-589707478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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