Just like with the Windows 7 Beta, I thought it would be nice to take a look at what people have been saying about Release Candidate 1 of Internet Explorer 8.
Dana Wollman from LAPTOP says:
The last time we tested IE 8, it was often—but not always—faster than Firefox 3. This time around, it blew Firefox out of the water, along with Google Chrome.
Joe Wilcox from Microsoft Watch says this:
IE 8 is the most significant upgrade to the browser family in more than a decade—not since IE 4, I say. This is the version you want to download, try and adopt.
Preston Gralla from Computerworld says this:
IE8 is clearly nearly ready for release. RC1 is stable and fast, and it contains a full feature set.
From SuperSite for Windows, Paul Thurrott says this:
...IE 8 RC1 is a solid upgrade over the previous Beta 2 release, and points to a solid final release. If you're already using a previous beta version, you should snag RC1 immediately. And if you're curious about the future of Windows Web browsers, you could do a lot worse than IE 8 RC1: Even in prerelease form, it's a solid, dependable browser. Recommended.
Anthony Ha from VentureBeat says:
All in all, this sounds like a cool package, not just a facelift. At the very least, I can say that the new browser includes some compelling concepts that could help Microsoft hold on to its insanely high market share, and perhaps even reverse its decline against competitors like Mozilla’s Firefox and Apple’s Safari.
Michael Muchmore from PC Magazine says this:
...I really like what Microsoft has done with Internet Explorer, and, in this late prerelease version, looks ready to give our Editors' Choice Web browser, Firefox 3, a real run for its money. The new browsing conveniences, tab behavior, security protections, and standards support offer a potent combo.
And from InformationWeek, J. Nicholas Hoover says:
Microsoft has come a long way with IE8 by pushing performance barriers, embracing Web standards, and adding a few new features.
If you haven’t already, download Internet Explorer 8 RC1 today from http://www.microsoft.com/ie8.
The real question is, has rendering of 24-bit PNGs been fixed, or do they still display too dark?
IMHO the real question is:
Is it really support Standards of W3C?
As i could saw in the package of Windows 7 version of IE - i have no seen the support of the W3C standards.
More than, i haven't seen any analog of The Firebug (Firefox addon) for the IE 8.
Button "Compatibility" is a real worst idea - maybe then in the next version of the IE i must Choose Encoding manual for every page of every site?
First of all Browser must be compatible with Standards. If it's not - that is not a browser.
I think Internet Explorer 8 is a wonderful release, it's stable and it has some interesting features such as WebSlices and Accelerators. Anyway I find the rendering slightly slower than compared to Firefox 3.0.
A step in the right direction but clearly not there yet. Like InformationWeek correctly pinned: "IE8 Better, but still not the best."
Hmm, perhaps I'm just unlucky, but I've uninstalled RC1 and gone back to IE7. Reason? Clicking hyperlinks in IE8 often made all my Vista Gadgets blank out to white for several seconds, and IE8 performance was terrible.
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Sorry, I can'r agree. IE8 appears to render CSS 2.1 in a standards-compliant way, and has a lot of great new features I already use a lot.
But, to be honest, stability and JS performance are still far behind FF3, and IE8 Compatibility Mode is still somewhat broken on the JS point of view (Facebook is sluggish).
We like IE8 and it might stop the fall of IE market share. But please don't consider RC1 a finished or almost-finished release, there is still a lot of bugfixing to do. Keep up the good work.
Beeing a web developper, I can tell you that making a website "IE compliant" has always been a BIG issue. Most of the time, we (developpers) spend more time working on IE's compatibility problems than developping some fancy designs (or enhanced features). Worse than that, each version of IE brings his own bugs, so we have to test our websites with every versions of IE to avoid a surprise (and there's many).
I think that IE would be MUCH more appreciated by developpers (and more supported) if it was w3c compliant. Therefore, the main goal for the release of IE 8 should be a 100% score on the acid3 test (now it only scores a 20/100. FF 3.0.6 scores 70/100). Yes the speed of the browser counts, but a slow browser in itself isn't a problem if it shows a webpage the right way.
And what about the IE8 RC1 for windows 7??, do you have some link to download or i can use the standart version 'cause i'm reading some forums and they say RC1 doesnt work in windows 7
I like IE8 RC1, it's really good, but if IE is now standards compliant, I think it should pass the Acid3 test:
http://acid3.acidtests.org/
IE7 looks really horrible when I go to that website. I think Microsoft should have made IE standards compliant since the very beginning of IE.
However I still use IE for my daily work, but I also have Firefox because it's more faster when loading webpages like "Meebo", which has a lot of JavaScript I guess
http://www.meebo.com
I think it's OK to add great new features to IE (they're are really useful by the way), but it's not enough. Having a great performance and a 100% standards support is really important to users, not just new toys.
Faster than FF3? In which alternate universe? IE8 is a clunker. It hangs, freezes, and takes forever to load. Serious redirect problems as well.
I have to add my two cents. For me it's useless, why plain and simple too handicapped when it comes to UI customizations. Like it or not it doesn't meet the needs of many people because of this short coming. Over at the IE8 beta blogs this was a point that a lot of people were trying to make. Microsoft still continues to ignore this growing customer segment. It's real simple fix, just give back the same amount of UI customization that we had in IE 6. That is no too much to ask for, any way you slice it. Microsoft gave back a small amount of UI customization so obviously they know it a problem, I just can't figure out why they will not give back it all. In closing, this is the problem since the Beta's of Vista, the so called, "Feature Complete" Microsoft never use to consider a beta complete, it was a work in progress, and they were willing to make changes even if it meant significant code rewrites. Since Vista that is gone, Brandon, "Feature Complete." That is truly the bottom line problem with Microsoft, it is truly the "wall" that Microsoft has put up.
firefox all the way you couldent pay me a million dollors to switch back to ie
I haven't tried the RC1 release, but the Beta is frustrating. It doesn't render pages correctly and I just haven't found anything other than the web slices to be worth an upgrade.
I'm curious about the advancements made, but I doubt Microsoft has fixed what I have found wrong.
I reserve full judgment for the public release since there is still time and unknown fixes that I have not experienced.
ZiNTeR, IE8 has built in Developer Tools similar to Firebug. Just go to "Tools" and choose "Developer Tools".
EricGagnon, you should also check out IE8's Developer Tools as well since you are a web developer if you haven't already.
I honestly gave IE8 RC1 and Chrome a fair test, but found myself reverting back to FF3 within just a few hours. FF3 just feels more responsive and seems to loads most pages faster.
Unlike IE, FF is also updated on a regular basis. I am willing to bet that there have been more versions of FF released within the last 12 months than the total number of all versions of IE combined. I enjoy the virtually endless array of add-ons and themes for FF3, which is AWOL in IE.
IE could be so much more, but to quote an old phrase it just seems like a "pig in a dress" at the moment. IE8 will not lure back folks that use FF because fundamentally there have been very few changes made. IE needs a fresh, new GUI that is clean, intuitive and customizable. Case in point, look at all of the FF add-ons and the success of 3rd party Apps on the iPhone and iPod Touch. IE is basically plain vanilla and that is what turns folks off IMHO.
Brandon: I will definitively take a look at this new feature. Even though allowing programmers to debug is a good idea, it doesn't take away the problems that the browser brings.
IE should have followed the standards from the begining, therefore conditionnal comments should never have been created. Yes I use them all the time, but it just proves that there is a need for IE to be differenciated from other browsers, which is bad.
And by the way, I don't hate IE. But in my opinion, it could be improved, and I don't mean by adding new features. Just get back to the basics and work on the rendering engine. Not to make it faster; to make it better and standards compliant.
Why is Microsoft.com on the Compatibility View list? Your site isn't compatable with your browser?
GREETINGS!
1.
IE8rc1:
Often freezes,
When attempting to close IE8rc1 open windows, the window pauses, or freezes, and won't close, or no reaction to when clicking on "Exit" or "X".
2.
Frequently crashes, due to website and IE8rc1 incompatibility, or some unknown errors.
3.
a. NO PRINT PREVIEW: Shows a BLANK preview page.
b. NO PRINT CAPABILITY: won't print to system DEFAULT printer, or anything else.
4.
Prone to frequent and VERY SERIOUS "CLICK-JACKING" security breaches!
RESULTING IN LOSING COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE COMPUTER to the CLICK-JACKING attack!
THE "Clicker/Pointer" disappers from view, runs rabid, helter-skelter!
Scenario:
ADOBE FLASH PLAYER 10.xx.xx.xx.
"A SCRIPT IN THIS movie IS CAUSING Adobe Flash Player v10.xx TO RUN SLOWER". [AFP10 running within IE8rc1].
"IF IT CONTINUES TO RUN, YOUR COMPUTER MAY BECOME UNRESPONSIVE".
"DO YOU WANT TO ABORT THE SCRIPT?"
[ YES ]
[ NO ]
5.
IE8rc1 has blocked this site from using an ACTIVE-X Control in an UNSAFE manner. As a result, this page may not display correctly.
THE window/PAGE:
FREEZES,
"NOT RESPONDING",
CRASHES,
SHUTS DOWN,
restarts.
THESE DEFICIENCIES seriously result in loss of hours of valuable time. Sometimes, a task that would take a few minutes to accomplish, ends up taking two to three hours! Even then, attempting to preserve and save the open tasks windows proves futile BECAUSE the IE8rc1 UNCEREMONIOUSLY CRASHES!
EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING!
6.
RE; Windows MEDIA PLAYER:
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO ADD CODEC SUPPORT FOR THE
*.FLV,
*.H264,
*.ON2,
and other media files,
So that, those can be played within WMP-v11 and others.
I HOPE that somebody "BATTLEFIELD SMART" is "home" @ IE8rc1 who cares about reducing the frictions and frustrations of users of MSFT products and willing to do good constructive work to remedy the DEFICIENCIES.
PLEASE REFRAIN from using "Juxtapositional Thesaurus antonym Verbiages" like: Solid -- to describe something UNSTABLE. Your english teachers are not going to be impressed with such flippancy.
With the resources and talent pools ["bandwidth" anyone] of an organization like MICROSOFT, products should be SMOOTH-SAILING, not be this frictiously counterproductive.
IF NOT, Let ME lead and demonstrate how to develop and deploy frictionless and frustrationless world-class products that make users and customers happy -- with WOW! THAT'S Just What and How I Wanted!
BEST REGARDS!
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Esta build (7100. 0. winmain_ win7rc. 090421- 1700) foi compilada na passada Terça- Feira e ao que parece já começou a ser distribuída a parceiros OEM.