Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1!!!!

2008-03-06 09:55:43

#26

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6380|the land of bourbon

mikkel wrote:
I'm sure IE8 and 9 will get Microsoft close to catching up with the others in the standards compliance department. They've already taken a big step with IE8, breaking most websites relying on IE < 8 kinks in IE8 native mode.

No serious browser is fully standards compliant, but hopefully an IE aiming for compliance will force other development teams into focusing more on compliance, rather what they're doing today, which is more or less sitting back with their arms crossed and all agreeing that at least they're better than IE.

yes... a standards based browser would definitely help the lives of web deveolpers out there. its funny when our team here slaves over code that finally works perfectly in IE, only to have someone walk up with firefox and tell us it crashed their pc. the profanity! but it is good that MS is making strides in the right direction. They've already been pusing for compliance with office and the xml standard, and i'm sure the rest of their future developments will be compliant with the industy standard.

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2008-03-06 12:34:58

#27

GCFC: Davide Santon; +45|5928|NY/CT

HurricaИe wrote:
This is the new IE8 beta. I've heard it's a lot faster than IE7, and Microsoft has finally made it standards-compliant (remember it's beta so there are probably kinks, but their goal is to make IE standards-compliant). I'm gonna download it when I get home... even if it's a buggy POS, since I never use IE... this could possibly change that

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/produc … nstall.htm

internet explorer sucks
past, present, and future
firefox rules

2008-03-06 14:07:34

#28

CrazeD: Member; +368|6672|Maine

HurricaИe wrote:
Tehremos wrote:
we should all ask this question

"how is it better then firefox (beta 3 included) and opera 9(?)?"
Damned if I know... the main advantage is that if these guys actually make it standards compliant, then the web will be better because then (I think) all the major browsers (IE, Opera, Firefox, Safari) will be standards-compliant. So no more "This site designed for IE"

Well sure that's the theory.

But, the larger percentage of people will still be IE6/IE7.

GCFC wrote:
internet explorer sucks
past, present, and future
firefox rules

QFT

Last edited by CrazeD (2008-03-06 14:08:13)

2008-03-06 14:12:56

#29

Richard2000: Banned; +39|6544|England

dose anybody want to download firefox 3 beta ??

http://www.filehippo.com/download_firefox/
Download Firefox 3.0 Beta 3 - filehippo.com

2008-03-07 10:03:40

#30

Tehremos: Parcel of ol' Crams; +128|6407|Somersetshire

Richard2000 wrote:
dose anybody want to download firefox 3 beta ??

http://www.filehippo.com/download_firefox/
Download Firefox 3.0 Beta 3 - filehippo.com

i tried it, but because it wasn't compatible with pretty much all of my add-ons i un-installed it and went back to firefox 2

2008-03-07 10:14:11

#31

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6380|the land of bourbon

i just removed IE8. it apparently isnt compatible with sharepoint yet.

2008-03-07 10:28:01

#32

jsnipy: ...; +3,276|6521|...

Can we have such a heated debate over text editors next?

2008-03-07 10:30:49

#33

Yaocelotl: :D; +221|6649|Keyboard

jsnipy wrote:
Can we have such a heated debate over text editors next?

gedit ownz

2008-03-07 13:56:26

#34

mikkel: Member; +383|6600

Yaocelotl wrote:
jsnipy wrote:
Can we have such a heated debate over text editors next?
gedit ownz

vim, bitches

2008-03-07 13:57:22

#35

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6380|the land of bourbon

mikkel wrote:
Yaocelotl wrote:
jsnipy wrote:
Can we have such a heated debate over text editors next?
gedit ownz
vim, bitches

notepad2 or die!

2008-03-07 14:04:43

#36

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6462|cuntshitlake

I'm not getting it. Hell I uninstalled IE7 from taking up space, since I never use it.

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2008-03-07 14:33:48

#37

rh27: Not really a Brit; +51|6595|England

DeathUnlimited wrote:
I'm not getting it. Hell I uninstalled IE7 from taking up space, since I never use it.

Eh? A lot of Windows programs rely on IE, you can't completely uninstall it so you haven't really saved any space.

2008-03-07 16:07:35

#38

konfusion: mostly afk; +480|6549|CH/BR - in UK

Freezer7Pro wrote:
I still don't want IE. Why support Microshit when you can support open source?

You haven't been paying attention, have you? Microsoft is opening up more and more to open source. They're actually becoming a likeable company.

-konfusion

2008-03-07 16:12:17

#39

elbekko: Your lord and master; +36|6400|Leuven, Belgium

But, the larger percentage of people will still be IE6/IE7.

That is indeed the sad truth. MS rolls out forced updates all the time, but for some reason they refuse to do it with IE. That's just plain old bollocks.

2008-03-08 01:47:04

#40

mikkel: Member; +383|6600

elbekko wrote:
But, the larger percentage of people will still be IE6/IE7.
That is indeed the sad truth. MS rolls out forced updates all the time, but for some reason they refuse to do it with IE. That's just plain old bollocks.

IE7 has been in the Windows Update repository as a default install for a while now, hasn't it?

2008-03-08 02:00:19

#41

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6438|King Of The Islands

steelie34 wrote:
mikkel wrote:
Yaocelotl wrote:
gedit ownz
vim, bitches
notepad2 or die!

Ultra-Edit pwns your faces.

It has tabs!

My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.

2008-03-08 02:10:46

#42

xGj: Official lame Crysis fanboy.; +84|6370|Netherlands tbh

GCFC wrote:
internet explorer sucks
past, present, and future
firefox rules

Yup.

konfusion wrote:
Freezer7Pro wrote:
I still don't want IE. Why support Microshit when you can support open source?
You haven't been paying attention, have you? Microsoft is opening up more and more to open source. They're actually becoming a likeable company.

-konfusion

Not really.

steelie34 wrote:
mikkel wrote:
Yaocelotl wrote:

gedit ownz
vim, bitches
notepad2 or die!

And notepad++!

2008-03-08 05:11:20

#43

elbekko: Your lord and master; +36|6400|Leuven, Belgium

mikkel wrote:
elbekko wrote:
But, the larger percentage of people will still be IE6/IE7.
That is indeed the sad truth. MS rolls out forced updates all the time, but for some reason they refuse to do it with IE. That's just plain old bollocks.
IE7 has been in the Windows Update repository as a default install for a while now, hasn't it?

Yes, but not as a forced update AFAIK.

2008-03-08 09:52:44

#44

konfusion: mostly afk; +480|6549|CH/BR - in UK

Firefox has been needing their update as well. They have been far behind Opera and Safari in terms of webstandards, and have only really caught up in 3. The fact that you can do special coding for it (-moz-) in CSS doesn't make it better - as this is only supported by Mozilla browsers. I don't get how people don't see that this is great news for the internet in general, as it means less sites will need IE and less sites will break in IE (thus great for coders as well - no longer have to unbreak the site in IE). This is a huge step for Microsoft (actually getting up to webstandards) along with their opening up of source code... I guess some people here are simply anti-MS fanboys, who at some point just jumped on the bandwagon and can't make an opinion for themselves.

-konfusion

Last edited by konfusion (2008-03-08 09:54:16)

2008-03-08 09:57:58

#45

Zimmer: Un Moderador; +1,688|6755|Scotland

I can't install until SP1 has been released mid march to normal Vista customers.

2008-03-08 10:00:06

#46

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6413|Finland

Only thing I use IE for is MS site and MS update. (not firefox friendly places)...

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2008-03-08 10:03:49

#47

Zimmer: Un Moderador; +1,688|6755|Scotland

elbekko wrote:
But, the larger percentage of people will still be IE6/IE7.
That is indeed the sad truth. MS rolls out forced updates all the time, but for some reason they refuse to do it with IE. That's just plain old bollocks.

Actually, now IE are losing out big time, I think that there will actually be a required update to IE8/7. Why? Simply because now FF is the dominating browser.
http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
Check the statistics for yourself.

MS don't like that, so they are going to try and make their browser better.

One thing that I have to point out though, MS holds in their hands all the companies who use iNotes and any other special intranet system. As WELL as banking sites ( halifax etc ). All those sites cannot be operated in anything but IE. MS are still refusing to release the code and so no other browser can come up with such compatabilities.

2008-03-08 12:52:06

#48

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6380|the land of bourbon

Zimmer wrote:
Why? Simply because now FF is the dominating browser.
http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
Check the statistics for yourself.

53% > 37%

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