Thread: IE8

You are talking Windows right?

Never used Safari on MS but I heard it was fairly awful. Why you not using Firefox tho?

Alan

no way is IE8 faster than firefox.
I just tested it then. plus its sluggish to open new tabs and going back takes ages. Plus you can't do any of the awesome things you can do with firefox adons and scripts.

Sorry Simon. Have no idea what IE8 is like. Just curious.

Alan

Gday Alan,

For the hack user like myself its pretty much the same to be honest. It would be good if it had a spell checker in it like how Safari does. I think that the upgrades are wasted on me but I thing also that they have made adjustments to make it more capable and user friendly for those that flick around with it all day and use its functions, its more secure, has better security. The speed is better and on average quicker than Firefox and Chrome (safari) but the reality is that the differences between them all of measured typically in 1/10's or a second rather than anything dramatic.

Everything is very familiar in IE8 for an IE7 user and the websites all still seem to work with it, unlike in Safari etc.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/int...IE8_Perf_Test2

Originally Posted by Slunnie

Gday Alan,

For the hack user like myself its pretty much the same to be honest. It would be good if it had a spell checker in it like how Safari does. I think that the upgrades are wasted on me but I thing also that they have made adjustments to make it more capable and user friendly for those that flick around with it all day and use its functions, its more secure, has better security. The speed is better and on average quicker than Firefox and Chrome (safari) but the reality is that the differences between them all of measured typically in 1/10's or a second rather than anything dramatic.

Everything is very familiar in IE8 for an IE7 user and the websites all still seem to work with it, unlike in Safari etc.

Internet Explorer 8: Videos

Good answer

Personal choice is what it's all about and of course, how you have your own personal machine set up.

By the way, Firefox has a spell checker that includes, IIRC, Aus. English.

For myself I prefer Firefox but then I have been using Mozilla since their first alpha. I am quite comfortable with how things are done there so that I get confused with IE. Of course I don't use Windows much and Firefox is cross-platform, which makes things a whole lot more consistent for me.

Cheers
Alan