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Post March 19th, 2009, 11:47 am

Time to check all your sites and see what breaks this time...

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/intern ... fault.aspx

IE 8 Is officially available for download/upgrade today.
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Post March 19th, 2009, 11:47 am

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Post March 19th, 2009, 12:11 pm

I find it amusing that "Why you should download Internet Explorer 8." links to a broken PDF, while the "Get the facts on browser performance." results in a 404. :D
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Post March 19th, 2009, 12:38 pm

Maybe the performance page is actually located at mozilla.org and someone just realized it :-)
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Post March 19th, 2009, 12:54 pm

spork wrote:
I find it amusing that "Why you should download Internet Explorer 8." links to a broken PDF, while the "Get the facts on browser performance." results in a 404. :D


Been fixed already.
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Post March 19th, 2009, 2:26 pm

I can't wait until Mozilla -THE CORPORATION!!!!- has the largest market share. Then you all will be able to find irrational reasons for dissing them. :lol:
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Post March 19th, 2009, 5:40 pm

OMG! They're doing the no scrollbar thing if the page doesn't go beyond the display area. :shock:
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Post March 19th, 2009, 11:00 pm

I have to see it now. Thanks for the information.
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Post March 20th, 2009, 9:50 am

quick tip. If IE8 breaks your sites you can force it back to rendering as IE7 strict by adding the following Meta tag DIRECTLY AFTER the opening Head tag.

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<head>
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7" />
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  2. <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7" />
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Post March 20th, 2009, 10:11 pm

Ohh no a new IE! sweet more bugs
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Post March 20th, 2009, 10:40 pm

firefox2442 wrote:
Ohh no a new IE! sweet more bugs

oh! that's not a new thing to tell about..
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Post March 22nd, 2009, 9:17 am

Lol, The download page automatically assumes that you have a 32-bit version of your OS. I D/L'd it without looking and it didn't work and I was like what the heck ... ohhh
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Post March 22nd, 2009, 6:55 pm

I recommend you upgrade, immediately.

It seems to render more like FF. Tool tips are gone (alt="string"). Scrollbar only displays if the page goes beyond the display area. Fonts are crisper.

There's a simple toggle for older rendering modes. There are several "neat" tools including working with highlighted/selected text. The Developer Tools are upgraded. The "about:Tabs" page seems to be very useful. Favicons seem to persist. :)

I think they've done a good job.
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Post March 23rd, 2009, 8:15 am

If anyone has any errors installing IE8 on Vista telling you that your operating system is not supported, check this out.

http://www.inoutstar.com/news/Operating ... -5522.html
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"IE8 is not supported on pre-release versions of Vista SP1 and XP SP3. When installing on earlier builds of Vista SP1, IE8 just won't install and you will see this error "The installation does not support your operating system's current Service Pack version." When installing on earlier builds of XP SP3, the wizard will proceed but your system will be missing KB946501 which is required for IE8, and hence, your installation will be terminated", revealed Jane Maliouta, the program manager for IE8 Deployment and Management.


I found that a little bit ago when I saw somebody on Yahoo Answers was having that problem and after a Google search I see that they weren't the only one that couldn't install it.
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Post March 23rd, 2009, 8:19 am

nornholdj wrote:
Lol, The download page automatically assumes that you have a 32-bit version of your OS. I D/L'd it without looking and it didn't work and I was like what the heck ... ohhh


Strange I have 64bit Vista and it didn't ask it just downloaded the x64 version...
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Post March 24th, 2009, 6:26 am

I kinda like some of the features on this IE ... like the colour coding on the tabs that are relevant to each other.
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