Interesting, I may try it out when I get back home, but there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of a difference in comparison to IE7 asides from web developing tools. To me IE8 has really gotta make itself stand out as a web browser, especially with FireFox 3 on its way.
I'm not even going to look at it. Internet Explorer is garbage.
Hm... I'm not really sure how you are getting to that conclusion, although FireFox is the bomb. However, through IE7, Microsoft hinted that if they are serious, they can really put out a monster.
Personally, I'm looking forward to how IE8 will end up.
I heard the Beta was all screwed up and completely pointless to download... Either way, i still only have IE6, since i don't use IE at all, I never bothered to get IE7... I stick with firefox (:
Whatever versions MS releases for IE, i would never leave firefox.
Firefox just rocks and is having many awesome features advanced than the newer version of IE too.
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I have been using today and have found several bugs with it so far that really kills the usability for me. I would definitely not using this as a primary browser at this point. However, it does have some very promising features to be excited about.
Everyone here is complaining about the rendering - from what I've heard, it is often not IE8's fault but the web designer's fault. Their server picks up that it is a version of IE and sends a stylesheet full of bug fixes and hacks which IE8 interprets and displays junk. People are so used to IE being a terrible browser, that they have set their servers up to send a buggy stylesheet to fix the issues regardless of the IE version.
IE8 has actually passed the Acid 2 web standards test - not even Firefox has passed this properly yet. IE8 is still in beta so there are bound to be a lot of problems with it, particularly since this is MS's first go at a standards compliant browser. However, hopefully IE8 will be the start of a new set of MS browsers that comply to web standards
I know it is, but if it is truely standards compliant why dont that make it ignore the if IE tag... it was created to fix its issues but if it has no issues it should ignore it
I feel that using Microsoft stable versions can sometimes be headache enough without trying out its beta, no thanks, I would rather wait until it is official. And even when it is official will wait for a few months first to let the guinea pigs test it out fully before I would even consider installing it.
However, through IE7, Microsoft hinted that if they are serious, they can really put out a monster.
