News - Microsoft Interner Explorer 8 now available to download

[lodore]

Presumably Vista x64 users should install the x86 version if they want Flash etc to work, right?

Hello,
you download the version for 64bit vista and it installs both the 32bit version and the 64bit version. if you try to install the 32bit.exe it will say wrong OS version.

[CrazyMonkey]

Im a diehard firefox fan. Handpicked addons and only 7 buttons enabled makes for a very clean interface.

My firefox also recovers from crashes very well, reloading tabs etc. Although i have firefox set to reload all previously opened tabs when it loads.

[Singh400]

Well I was excited for this version of IE. But I broke my golden rule, never install major updates on a junkified system, only on a clean install.

Installing IE8 caused all my explorer windows to pause for like 1-2 secs when first opening. I got the same pause when open a new blank tab. The same pause is present when opening a new tab via the middle click button. Overall responsiveness seems to be down across the board

Uninstalled and back to the golden fields of IE7 for me. I will install IE8 when I do a clean install of Vista w/ SP2 RTM.

[HSK]

I hope this is a modern, compliant browser. As someone who does web design here and there, I hate IE and it's bug riddled rendering.

If this fixes that, they should make it a mandatory upgrade for old IE users.

[Ciber]

Shame it seems to be nowhere near as fast as chrome or safari!

[WoLFe]

I actually like IE... I might stick with 7 for a bit and see how it plays out. I tried the 8 beta on vista 32bit and it was horrible for me. I'm sure the finals all good though.

Just remember... "If it ain't broke"...

[Ciber]

IE8 is at least much faster than 7. Still way behind according to Peacekeeper



I do like the new features of IE8 alot though, shame you can't (I think) drag tabs side by side like chrome though.

[CaseyV9]

Well, I googled it, downloaded it, and after it restart it upgraded me IE7 to the new spangly 8.
With no tears either.

What do you lot think about Microsoft's claims this is more secureer than the other browsers?

[Craig321]

Installed it, uninstalled a couple of hours later.

It started making my Explorer windows launch in a separate process every time a folder was opened (the option was unchecked in the folder options by the way).

It also wouldn't load tabs in the background when a link was middle clicked (open in new tab).

Uninstalled, back to Firefox.

Well, I googled it, downloaded it, and after it restart it upgraded me IE7 to the new spangly 8.
With no tears either.

What do you lot think about Microsoft's claims this is more secureer than the other browsers?

Main reason is because it runs in protected mode, so anything coming through the browser can't have full access to your computer. Chrome does the same IIRC. In that respect I'd say it is one of the safest browsers.

[Ciber]

Well, I googled it, downloaded it, and after it restart it upgraded me IE7 to the new spangly 8.
With no tears either.

What do you lot think about Microsoft's claims this is more secureer than the other browsers?

I think the 'smartscreen filter' feature should help alot if you enable it. For that reason I will be moving all the computers at work to IE8.

[Bob Crabtree]

Thanks VERY much for those links - I'd tried and failed repeatedly to download from the sites that a Google search leads me to and which have resulted in my going round and round and round and round in circles.

Cheers

Bob