Author Topic: ie8 is out. get the best browser ever made or i will shank you. (Read 3072 times)

Quote from: MCD on March 19, 2009, 02:04:26 PM
ugly? i bet you use some bling bling FF theme.

PD doesnt know how to run a machine, let alone build one. I would disregard his opinions and thoughts on the subject matter.

I hate how the tabs look, I don't like the buttons, placement of the refresh button...

Robo · « **Reply #14 on:** March 19, 2009, 02:20:34 PM »

The refresh button is in the same place for every browser: F5, nub

cool breeze · « **Reply #15 on:** March 19, 2009, 02:21:19 PM »

updated and it seems mostly the same as IE7. biggest change is that opening a blank tab now has a lot of cool options.

MCD · « **Reply #16 on:** March 19, 2009, 02:23:56 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on March 19, 2009, 02:18:19 PM

Quote from: demi on March 19, 2009, 02:08:15 PM
Quote from: MCD on March 19, 2009, 02:04:26 PM
ugly? i bet you use some bling bling FF theme.

PD doesnt know how to run a machine, let alone build one. I would disregard his opinions and thoughts on the subject matter.

I hate how the tabs look, I don't like the buttons, placement of the refresh button...

welcome to IE8:

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #17 on:** March 19, 2009, 02:24:53 PM »

I'll stick with Firefox unless Prole can tell me why this is so superior.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #18 on:** March 19, 2009, 02:26:09 PM »

Thank you for immortalizing me MCD.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #19 on:** March 19, 2009, 02:26:13 PM »

Quote from: Zero Hero on March 19, 2009, 02:17:20 PM

Comes with Win7 but I don't use it. Does the new one have an ad blocker?

i am sure there is an "accelerator" (i.e. a plug-in) that does that

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #20 on:** March 19, 2009, 02:26:50 PM »

Quote from: distantmantra on March 19, 2009, 02:24:53 PM

I'll stick with Firefox unless Prole can tell me why this is so superior.

more secure, more stable, better site compatibility across the board

Reb · « **Reply #21 on:** March 19, 2009, 02:27:22 PM »

Quote from: Mamacint on March 19, 2009, 02:16:22 PM

Quote from: Bloodwake on March 19, 2009, 02:09:51 PM
I already have Firefox 3 and I just use IE to check my online Outlook.

Which is weird, because my work Outlook email would only ever work under FF.

Both my Outlook webmails only work correctly under IE.

tehjaybo · « **Reply #22 on:** March 19, 2009, 02:29:18 PM »

FF works fine for me. Shank away.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #23 on:** March 19, 2009, 02:32:35 PM »

Quote from: Professor Prole on March 19, 2009, 02:26:13 PM

Quote from: Zero Hero on March 19, 2009, 02:17:20 PM
Comes with Win7 but I don't use it. Does the new one have an ad blocker?

i am sure there is an "accelerator" (i.e. a plug-in) that does that

I take back the part about not using it. I do have to use it with CRM and Project Accounting.

border · « **Reply #24 on:** March 19, 2009, 02:38:00 PM »

Does this have any options for add-ons or whatever? I can't really browse without gmail-checker.

MCD · « **Reply #25 on:** March 19, 2009, 02:41:19 PM »

managing addons is much better than IE7 but no, there is no FF style addons as far as i know.

Purple Filth · « **Reply #26 on:** March 19, 2009, 02:43:54 PM »

people still use IE?

may check it out one day

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #27 on:** March 19, 2009, 03:32:01 PM »

holy shit

pages load like lightning

holy shit

demi · « **Reply #28 on:** March 19, 2009, 03:34:49 PM »

It's not storing any URLs I type in the dropdown bar, for sites I visit constantly

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #29 on:** March 19, 2009, 03:35:56 PM »

that's weird, it saved all of mine from ie7

demi · « **Reply #30 on:** March 19, 2009, 03:44:14 PM »

This sucks balls, I want to go back. I dont want the stupid smartaddress bar to show me every fucking URL in existence. I just want my last 6 sites I entered to appear in the dropdown, like before. Ugh.

demi · « **Reply #31 on:** March 19, 2009, 04:17:55 PM »

I fixed it kind of. It was related to autocomplete. I had to enable it, but disable everything else (favorites, history)

Now when I click the dropdown it shows my recent URLs. It still does some gay ass search crap if I try to manually type a URL in. Would love to disable that.

On the upside, I do love manually erasing URLs. No more typo'd websites!

MCD · « **Reply #32 on:** March 19, 2009, 04:21:57 PM »

nice find demi.

demi · « **Reply #33 on:** March 19, 2009, 04:27:03 PM »

this is what i mean, with "search crap"

quit forcing ads on me thanks

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #34 on:** March 19, 2009, 04:29:24 PM »

Nah I'll stick with Firefox, can't really surf the internet without Adblock anymore!

Reb · « **Reply #35 on:** March 19, 2009, 04:30:23 PM »

IE, no shanks.

ManaByte · « **Reply #36 on:** March 19, 2009, 04:41:53 PM »

No Adblock and No NoScript = No Sale.

MCD · « **Reply #37 on:** March 19, 2009, 06:04:55 PM »

for more visual searching, accelerators and web slices go here:

http://www.ieaddons.com/en/

i love amazon visual search:

ManaByte · « **Reply #38 on:** March 19, 2009, 06:12:38 PM »

Quote from: MCD on March 19, 2009, 06:04:55 PM

for more visual searching, accelerators and web slices go here:

http://www.ieaddons.com/en/

i love amazon visual search:

(Image removed from quote.)

Can't get the Digg accelerator to work. Can't get any to work actually.

MCD · « **Reply #39 on:** March 19, 2009, 06:14:28 PM »

all of those were made during beta builds, give them some time.

i've only tried amazon and ebay visual search which work fine so far.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #40 on:** March 19, 2009, 06:19:55 PM »

Quote from: ManaByte on March 19, 2009, 04:41:53 PM

No Adblock and No NoScript = No Sale.

yup

ManaByte · « **Reply #41 on:** March 19, 2009, 06:22:33 PM »

Loads pages slower than Firefox from my messing around with it.

Diunx · « **Reply #42 on:** March 19, 2009, 06:38:14 PM »

cool breeze · « **Reply #43 on:** March 19, 2009, 06:39:10 PM »

what is the deal with the tab colors? sometimes yellow, sometimes green and other times blue. it's not for different types of pages either, it's like they randomly change. Can I just keep them blue?

MCD · « **Reply #44 on:** March 19, 2009, 06:50:12 PM »

it's called tab groups, it groups similar tabs (same website) by using random colors.

you can disable it under internet options --> general --> tab settings.

cool breeze · « **Reply #45 on:** March 19, 2009, 07:50:25 PM »

yeah, I just noticed when I was using multiple websites. Pretty clever actually, I just don't have a use for it.

Vizzys · « **Reply #46 on:** March 20, 2009, 02:01:50 AM »

Quote from: Spencer on March 20, 2009, 12:41:13 AM

I'm the only dude in the world who still uses Chrome.

I use a chrome skin for firefox, which is all I need from it till it gets better

Rman · « **Reply #47 on:** March 20, 2009, 02:38:47 AM »

Quote from: Spencer on March 20, 2009, 12:41:13 AM

I'm the only dude in the world who still uses Chrome.

I use as it well. Speed>>Features. I downloaded IE8 and I still use it for sites that aren't compatible with Chrome.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #48 on:** March 20, 2009, 03:27:34 AM »

Chrome user since November ... yo

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #49 on:** March 20, 2009, 03:45:35 AM »

Chrome/firefox on Win7, Firefox/Safari 4 beta on OSX. No fank you to IE

Veidt · « **Reply #50 on:** March 20, 2009, 06:58:34 AM »

Firefox and Chrome are still too good. IE can go away.

Bloodwake · « **Reply #51 on:** March 20, 2009, 11:08:22 AM »

I'm going to try it out. I need to use it for Outlook anyways.

Ganhyun · « **Reply #52 on:** March 20, 2009, 12:06:48 PM »

I'm using it on my laptop. Works pretty well.

Ganhyun · « **Reply #53 on:** March 20, 2009, 04:58:57 PM »

Only bug I've had with IE8 is that opening a brandnew tab seems to stutter at times for a second or two before it opens. Other than that, I've had a peachy experience.

MCD · « **Reply #54 on:** April 03, 2009, 01:21:44 PM »

http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/04/02/ie8-ad-blocking-with-the-inprivate-filter

nice.

MCD · « **Reply #55 on:** April 03, 2009, 01:34:40 PM »

Quote from: Ganhyun on March 20, 2009, 04:58:57 PM

Only bug I've had with IE8 is that opening a brandnew tab seems to stutter at times for a second or two before it opens. Other than that, I've had a peachy experience.

Do you have Spybot or Spyware Blaster installed?

disabling their immunization made opening tabs extremely fast for me.

Ganhyun · « **Reply #56 on:** April 03, 2009, 02:43:32 PM »

Quote from: MCD on April 03, 2009, 01:34:40 PM

Quote from: Ganhyun on March 20, 2009, 04:58:57 PM
Only bug I've had with IE8 is that opening a brandnew tab seems to stutter at times for a second or two before it opens. Other than that, I've had a peachy experience.
Do you have Spybot or Spyware Blaster installed?

disabling their immunization made opening tabs extremely fast for me.

Yea, I have spybot. And I use the immunization as an added layer of protection. I'll try it with that disabled and see how it goes.

muckhole · « **Reply #57 on:** April 03, 2009, 04:42:56 PM »

Quote from: MCD on April 03, 2009, 01:34:40 PM

Quote from: Ganhyun on March 20, 2009, 04:58:57 PM
Only bug I've had with IE8 is that opening a brandnew tab seems to stutter at times for a second or two before it opens. Other than that, I've had a peachy experience.
Do you have Spybot or Spyware Blaster installed?

disabling their immunization made opening tabs extremely fast for me.

Good to hear. Tabs were taking 3-5 seconds to open for me, compared to IE7 opening them instantly. I was considering a re-install.

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Author Topic: ie8 is out. get the best browser ever made or i will shank you. (Read 3072 times)