I began my day with downloading the Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Final Release for X86 XP.
I'd have to say my day was good up until that point.
#1 - I receive an error message every time I open the browser. I'm by no means computer illiterate and I have done everything in my power to resolve there. There are currently some fixes posted that supposedly worked for 50% of the people who tried them on RC1. The fixes were a big no cigar on the final release.
After mangling the settings, I reset to default again and figure I will just ignore the error until more information comes out.
#2 - I don't know how they can claim this browser is 50% faster than any on the market. Seems sub-par to me. It is a vast improvement over IE7 in the eye of speed...but nowhere near beating the industry by a 50% margin.
#3 - I opened 6 tabs and checked the memory usage..... 298.34MB!!!! This is just having a few tabs open on techspot.
#4 - The only good thing is you can uninstall and revert back to IE7. Good stuff.
Also I'm not a fanboy of a certain browser. I use IE7, Firefox, and Chrome. Browsers are always evolving and changes will always be made. But in my honest opinion, IE8 is exactly like Vista. WHY WHY WHY is it programmed the way it is? How long will it be before this is pushed to us as a "Critical Update"?
Avoid avoid avoid avoid
I'd have to say my day was good up until that point.
#1 - I receive an error message every time I open the browser. I'm by no means computer illiterate and I have done everything in my power to resolve there. There are currently some fixes posted that supposedly worked for 50% of the people who tried them on RC1. The fixes were a big no cigar on the final release.
After mangling the settings, I reset to default again and figure I will just ignore the error until more information comes out.
#2 - I don't know how they can claim this browser is 50% faster than any on the market. Seems sub-par to me. It is a vast improvement over IE7 in the eye of speed...but nowhere near beating the industry by a 50% margin.
#3 - I opened 6 tabs and checked the memory usage..... 298.34MB!!!! This is just having a few tabs open on techspot.
#4 - The only good thing is you can uninstall and revert back to IE7. Good stuff.
Also I'm not a fanboy of a certain browser. I use IE7, Firefox, and Chrome. Browsers are always evolving and changes will always be made. But in my honest opinion, IE8 is exactly like Vista. WHY WHY WHY is it programmed the way it is? How long will it be before this is pushed to us as a "Critical Update"?
Avoid avoid avoid avoid