Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2
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thats what i was wondering. can i go back to IE 7 ok. just uninstall in add/remove programs?
I think it's in Windows Update, not Add/Remove Programs, but yeah you can roll back easy enough.
Or if you only want to switch because of web pages not looking right, you can run IE8 in an emulated mode.
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IE7 is an excellent browser. It's built in to the OS as well so there really is no need to install extra software just to perform the same function.
And yes, I've tried Firefox, Opera and even Safari. None of them stack up to IE7 as far as I'm concerned.
Looking forward to the full IE8 release
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IE7 is an excellent browser. It's built in to the OS as well so there really is no need to install extra software just to perform the same function.
And yes, I've tried Firefox, Opera and even Safari. None of them stack up to IE7 as far as I'm concerned.
Looking forward to the full IE8 release
Bang on the head. A web browser is a web browser, no need for adding on extras etc
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I always found firefox faster than IE7, otherwise I'd just have stuck with IE7. IE8 beta is faster, but I can't be bothered to set up privoxy and like my ABP too much
IE8 beta seems fine so far..couple of weirdly rendered website (for example this forum, sig's were being displayed on the middle of each post), that, and certain online banking sites did not recognize the browser type.
And yes, it can be uninstalled (in Vista, just look for it under windows updates - remove as usual)
And yes, it can be uninstalled (in Vista, just look for it under windows updates - remove as usual)
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I tried IE 8 for about a week and i've just gone back to IE 7 which is so much faster.
IE8 is still very buggy. there were some improvements but they need to sort out compatibility and speed issues.
IE8 is still very buggy. there were some improvements but they need to sort out compatibility and speed issues.
So can Firefox (although I have no idea how good that is compared to IE, but you'd expect MS' browser to work well with MS' network options...).
Nice goalpost shift. IE can't play video or show SVG images if you exclude plugins, and what did you expect from an open source browser?
Edit: For the curious, Mozilla did attempt to recruit those folks to help with MSI/GPO versions of Firefox, but nothing came of it...
I'm loving ie8, can't wait for the final release, using fifefox as a back up
It should be the otherway around