Comments on: A Closer Look At Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:03:57 +0000

@Martin Haha yea its a far better way to be =)

Incidentally… anyone notice IE doesn’t log you in to a site until you click yes or no to saving login credentiala?

Bit of an oversight I think, considering the other 3 main browsers (FF, Flock, Opera) all let you login before accepting.

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WinExtra - IE8 Not Ready For Prime Time Unless You Like Self-Abuse — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:59:38 +0000

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By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:33:06 +0000

Dotan look here http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/28/internet-explorer-8-features-and-their-firefox-equivalent/

By: Dotan Cohen

Dotan Cohen — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:32:02 +0000

I can’t wait for the Firefox extensions that will implement all these great features! Oh, wait these are original Firefox || Opera features ported to IE…

@trans: I’d really like to see IE as a true competitor to Firefox. Even though it doesn’t run on my OS, competition is good for the consumer and will lead to improvements in both browsers.

By: Transcontinental

Transcontinental — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:24:29 +0000

Looks like IE8 will be Firefox’s true competitor (strange: not the other way around!) whilst IE7 will have been only a yawn. Here in France IE8 Beta2 will not be available before September…

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:16:20 +0000

Joshua I’m using what works best for me and if something is well done I’m happy. I’m not living in the “Microsoft is evil” world (Sony is, hehe).

By: joshua

joshua — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:40:53 +0000

This is totally not an article I would ever have expected to read from you Martin!

Your reaction was pretty much the same as mine. I was expecting a few new features, bit of performance boost and lots of security updates.

What it turned out to be was an existing release which actually makes IE a comparable browser to Firefox and Opera and additionally having some great innovative features.

By: Ky

Ky — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:33:30 +0000

Great news! There’re still some bugs though:

A couple links not showing on some websites, then I hit refresh and they show up correctly. WTF

CSS rendering can still be much improved.

By: Rarst

Rarst — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:22:54 +0000

Microsoft actually admitting Opera existence? I am going to stay shocked for the rest of the week.

Overall it looks… usable. :)

By: meneame.net

meneame.net — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:15:37 +0000

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 [ENG]…

Interesante repaseo de las novedades que traerá la nueva versión del navegador web de Microsoft…