current status of IE version 8

[wpshooter]

Our IT department here at work has been holding off in letting us use IE version 8.

What is the current state of IE 8 as far as bugs / reliability ?

Anyone still experiencing any MAJOR problems with it ?

Thanks.

 

[MrChad]

It's the best version of IE thus far in terms of performance.

Reliability / bugs are going to be tricky. IE 8 aims to be more standards compliant, so internal web apps that worked correctly in version 6 might break with IE 8. You'll have to test out your apps to ensure that they are working correctly.

 

[corkyg]

I don't see a problem with it. Am currently using it on 4 systems - 1 XP Pro, 2 Vista, and 1 Win7 RC. As a related issue, I am a SeniorNet volunteer, and we are in the process of revising our Internet course to use IE8, and have installed it on all of our classroom machines (18 at last count.) Once you learn all the features, the added security options are a plus.

One of the most important deatures is the Compatibility Button and Settings. That eliminates problems with archaic webware and sites.

 

[wpshooter]

Originally posted by: corkyg
I don't see a problem with it. Am currently using it on 4 systems - 1 XP Pro, 2 Vista, and 1 Win7 RC. As a related issue, I am a SeniorNet volunteer, and we are in the process of revising our Internet course to use IE8, and have installed it on all of our classroom machines (18 at last count.) Once you learn all the features, the added security options are a plus.

One of the most important deatures is the Compatibility Button and Settings. That eliminates problems with archaic webware and sites.

Is this "compatibility button" under tools ?

Thanks.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

I haven't seen any major issues with it at all so far and I've been installing it on a bunch of machines. The only thing i've noticed which is really odd, but windows update website seems slower when using IE8 for some mind boggling reason!!

 

[Czar]

Its about the same as IE7, a bit messy but works. They just added way more bloat with these useless addins.

 

[corkyg]

Yes, under TOOLS is COMPATIBILITY VIEW and COMPATIBILITY SETTINGS. A good example is this forum. In order to keep the REPLY box from diving behind the main forum window, I have to put this forum in Compatibility mode by adding the domain under settings.

The button then appears just to the right of the Address box and to the left of the Refresh button. Will try to illustrate.

CB

You can also set it to make ALL web sites E& style and compatible.

 

[coolVariable]

Can't get it to stop popping up that f*cking "Welcome .. set up IE8" screen.
Every day it comes up!

 

[corkyg]

Should be a checkbox lower left that ends that.

 

[CSMR]

Originally posted by: wpshooter
Our IT department here at work has been holding off in letting us use IE version 8.
What is the current state of IE 8 as far as bugs / reliability ?
Anyone still experiencing any MAJOR problems with it ?

No problems. From time to time you'll get a crash (as with other browsers) but it recovers cleanly when this happens.
A lot of IT departments have a fondness for ancient software; many still use IE6.

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: CSMR A lot of IT departments have a fondness for ancient software; many still use IE6.

Actually, it is more of a resistance on the part of IT people unwilling to learn anything new.

 

[Thor86]

Opening more than 5-6 tabs, and closing the browser crashes my WinXP SP3. Something screwy with Adobe Flash 10 activeX player.

 

[magreen]

I like it. No probs 4 me under vista home prem 32bit. I use the right click->map with google maps feature all the time.

Plus, color coded tabs reminds me of Skittles, which taste good.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: corkyg

Originally posted by: CSMR A lot of IT departments have a fondness for ancient software; many still use IE6.

Actually, it is more of a resistance on the part of IT people unwilling to learn anything new.

no, ie gives the it department a lot of control. its good for deployment purposes.
nothing wrong with ie8

 

[runestone]

For whatever reason(s) since I installed it the program has frozen from the first second. Numerous attempts at uninstalling etc have been a failure; scannow etc. have not helped a bit.
Very strange- I was using FF and Chrome anyway but this one has me stumped.

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: corkyg

Originally posted by: CSMR A lot of IT departments have a fondness for ancient software; many still use IE6.

Actually, it is more of a resistance on the part of IT people unwilling to learn anything new.

In my experience, and the reason that I've prohibited deployment of IE 8 across my domains so far, is because of application incompatibility.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew

Originally posted by: corkyg

Originally posted by: CSMR A lot of IT departments have a fondness for ancient software; many still use IE6.

Actually, it is more of a resistance on the part of IT people unwilling to learn anything new.

In my experience, and the reason that I've prohibited deployment of IE 8 across my domains so far, is because of application incompatibility and USERS who are unwilling to learn anything new.

Corrected.

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: GeekDrew

Originally posted by: corkyg

Originally posted by: CSMR A lot of IT departments have a fondness for ancient software; many still use IE6.

Actually, it is more of a resistance on the part of IT people unwilling to learn anything new.

In my experience, and the reason that I've prohibited deployment of IE 8 across my domains so far, is because of application incompatibility and USERS who are unwilling to learn anything new.

Corrected.

what

 

[DataCabbitKSW]

IE8, by and large, works very well and is rather snappy and response. Seeing as it is now standards compliant for HTML rendering, it breaks some old IE reliant pages. However this is where the "compatability mode" comes into play. Users can either click a button to change mode, or you can push out policy updates to set which sites are needing to use these modes (Microsoft also does a regularly updated list of big-name sites that must use compatability mode for best effect). I believe at one time in development, IE8 also supported a meta-tag being inserted into the HTML/XML code to force-switch on the compatability mode. You could find out more information over on TechNet's Springboard site: http://tinyurl.com/832nco

 

[LightningRider]

Originally posted by: DataCabbitKSW
IE8, by and large, works very well and is rather snappy and response. Seeing as it is now standards compliant for HTML rendering, it breaks some old IE reliant pages. However this is where the "compatability mode" comes into play. Users can either click a button to change mode, or you can push out policy updates to set which sites are needing to use these modes (Microsoft also does a regularly updated list of big-name sites that must use compatability mode for best effect). I believe at one time in development, IE8 also supported a meta-tag being inserted into the HTML/XML code to force-switch on the compatability mode. You could find out more information over on TechNet's Springboard site: http://tinyurl.com/832nco

Actually it's not completely standards compliant. There's still a large list of bugs present in IE8 that are not in other browsers. A lot of them are even regressions from IE7, which is pretty pathetic. MS just never learns.