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1. Titan602

   
   Posted on: March 05, 2008 at 4:22PM  

   I downloaded it and checked it out on the Acid2 test. Everything worked except the eyes.
2. Korn1699

   
   Posted on: March 05, 2008 at 4:25PM  

   Would be nice if Vista SP1 were out because it won't install with the RC I have, and running without SP1 cause some of my hardware to not work correctly...
3. BlueIce

   
   Posted on: March 05, 2008 at 6:48PM  

   While it did render the Acid 2 test correctly on my computer it failed horribly on the new Acid 3 test. http://www.webstandards.org/action/acid3/
4. rickman2k

   
   Posted on: March 05, 2008 at 8:04PM  

   I tried to install it on Vista Home Premium, it wouldn't, it didn't like my SP1, so if it has to have SP1 why did they release it, SP1 hasn't been released yet ???

   If they tell you IE8 BETA is out we should be able to get it
5. Brandon LeBlanc

   

   
   Posted on: March 05, 2008 at 8:15PM  

   rickman2k, IE8 Beta 1 should install on PCs not running SP1. It did so for me here. IE8 Beta 1 will not install on beta versions of SP1 however. The download link to IE8 Beta 1 is provided above in Nick's post but here it is again as well:

   http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/ie8/default.mspx

   For Beta Feedback on IE8 Beta 1 - please direct them to the IE Beta Newsgroups:

   http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.beta&cat=en_us_2BAF8EC5-645C-4477-A380-0F1CF6C102F9&lang=en&cr=us

   Thanks,

   Brandon

   Here is a list of supported OS's for IE8 Beta 1:

   Windows Vista x64 and x86

   Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) x64 and x86

   Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)

   Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

   Windows Server 2008 x64 and x86

   Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) x64 and x86
6. newscientist2000

   
   Posted on: March 06, 2008 at 12:18AM  

   Looks nice, Favorites bar looks interesting, I love my Links Toolbar, hopefully this latest incarnation will be an improvement.

   The Activities services look like a great idea to.

   Actually funny thing is that my wife has an old Anatomy CD with old Shockwave Content on it and only IE7 in Vista will play it properly, I installed Macromedia Shockwave 8.5 on XP with IE7 and the thing black screened on reboot (nice, no beeps, nada) until I went into Safemode and uninstalled Shockwave there, I had tried a System Restore first but that wouldnt fix my problem.

   I've no idea why the Active content wouldnt work on XP, Macromedia or Adobe probably to blame!  Anyway I guess thats why standards are important!

   Good luck with IE8, I will try it out sometime soon, as it looks interesting.

   Hopefully a History Button and Refresh Button can be easily added in IE8, I miss those from IE6!  Funny thing is I use FireFox with an IE skin just for the History Button.
7. dovella

   
   Posted on: March 06, 2008 at 1:52AM  

   Forum di riferimento Italiano qui

   http://www.hwupgrade.it/forum/showthread.php?t=1694254
8. chakkaradeep

   
   Posted on: March 06, 2008 at 7:04AM  

   Brandon, I have installed IE 8 Beta in my Vista SP1 Slipstream Install(final release) without any problems
9. The MAZZTer

   
   Posted on: March 06, 2008 at 8:41AM  

   IE8 passes Acid2.  There was a problem yesterday with the actual Acid2 test (it was failing on ALL browsers).
10. bham4ever

    
    Posted on: March 06, 2008 at 4:41PM  

    As Brandon posted

    Doesn't work with Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2)

    Guess they still have some catching up to do.