Internet Explorer 8

Chai · 15th Jun 2009, 06:49 PM

When I saw performance comparison of IE8 vs others, I was really surprised it was faster.

So I have to test it for myself, and surprisingly, it is quite an impressive browser. I'm very impressed by the speed of the page loading. Faster than Firefox 3.0. The only problem for me is, there's very little plugins for IE8.

Anyone tested it yet?

lee_what2004 · 15th Jun 2009, 08:56 PM

Last time I try, it had issues with spywareblaster and spybot 's immunization where when opening new tab, there will be delay and not responding for a couple of seconds.

Falcone · 15th Jun 2009, 10:24 PM

Tried it, it is faster than FF and damn by a big margin. But I had so many plug-ins in FF, and I prefer FF rss feed method, and i can also switch to IE8 engine with one click so no plans of changing back to IE.

goldfries · 16th Jun 2009, 02:20 AM

my Vista has been asking me to upgrade but I haven't got myself to do it.

How is the speed compared to Chrome or Opera

I think we all know FF is slow but the beauty of FF is the plugin / add-on / extensions, which I think is more than a fair trade-off.

btw anyone done ACID test with IE8?

peaz · 16th Jun 2009, 11:21 AM

Yup. It's fast. I kinda like browsing on it too. But my FF is configured with all the plugins that I use and need. So, primary browsing is still FF, but would easily switch to IE if FF starts to be a pain.

ZuePhok · 16th Jun 2009, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by peaz

Yup. It's fast. I kinda like browsing on it too. But my FF is configured with all the plugins that I use and need. So, primary browsing is still FF, but would easily switch to IE if FF starts to be a pain.

hehe, that's when the IEtabs plugin comes in

Adrian Wong · 16th Jun 2009, 11:28 PM

I upgraded to IE8 sometime ago. It's much faster and much nicer to use than IE7 for sure.

Just hate the fact that it won't automatically save and reload my windows when I open it.

Chai · 17th Jun 2009, 07:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

I upgraded to IE8 sometime ago. It's much faster and much nicer to use than IE7 for sure.

Just hate the fact that it won't automatically save and reload my windows when I open it.

Hmm...it won't load the forum properly...

You can always install IE7Pro, it improves the tab management, including allowing to save the tabs.

zy · 17th Jun 2009, 09:09 AM

I've abandon IE long time ago. Although i have IE8 installed. LOL.
using chrome alot recently. due to the interface. not the functionality. hahahahhaha

Chai · 17th Jun 2009, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by zy

I've abandon IE long time ago. Although i have IE8 installed. LOL.
using chrome alot recently. due to the interface. not the functionality. hahahahhaha

I stopped using Chrome because of interface...

There are some problems with IE though. But looks like I will continue using IE8 despite the flaws.

15th Jun 2009, 06:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
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lee_what2004 Super Active Join Date: 28 Dec 2007 Location: Melaka Posts: 1,313 Reputation: 1106 Rep Power: 14	Last time I try, it had issues with spywareblaster and spybot 's immunization where when opening new tab, there will be delay and not responding for a couple of seconds. __________________ Once a wise-man said : Chapter 1: Don't ever compare if you want to stay constant..... Chapter 2: Whatever you have done in the internet, you will never get away from it... Chapter 3:To be continued after I thought another one

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Falcone Official Mascot Creator Join Date: 18 Dec 2002 Location: Shanghai, See En Posts: 3,348 Reputation: 1878 Rep Power: 28	Tried it, it is faster than FF and damn by a big margin. But I had so many plug-ins in FF, and I prefer FF rss feed method, and i can also switch to IE8 engine with one click so no plans of changing back to IE. __________________ I'm a noob, my photos sucks, but if you can live with that... http://www.pumpkinproject.com/ Flickr

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zy Dead Join Date: 16 Dec 2002 Location: Buffalo NY / Penang MY Posts: 13,336 Reputation: 2158 Rep Power: 41	I've abandon IE long time ago. Although i have IE8 installed. LOL. using chrome alot recently. due to the interface. not the functionality. hahahahhaha __________________

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