Internet Explorer *8 .
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Re: Internet Explorer 8
Some of the “pros” that I’ve run into with Windows® Internet Explorer® 8 are the Suggested Sites and Accelerators features. Windows Internet Explorer uses a secured connection to send and analyse browsing data, to recommend Web sites that you may enjoy. Accelerators enable you to more closely link Windows Internet Explorer and third-party programs—for example, you can select a block of text and click the Accelerator button to blog it, send it through any of your compatible e-mail programs, translate the text, and more.
There’s also a new browsing mode called “InPrivate”, which enables you to browse the Internet without any trace of which being left on your computer (some media outlets have coined this browsing method ‘porn mode’, heh). There is also the new SmartScreen feature, which warns you when a Web site that you are about to visit has been reported as unsafe (you have the option to proceed nonetheless, of course). If a download that you start has been reported as unsafe, Windows Internet Explorer immediately cancels the download to protect your computer.
The browser frame and tabs are now run by Windows in seperate processes, so that an add-on that causes one tab to crash no longer causes the entire application to shut down. Improvement were also made to the CSS engine and HTML parser to improve the browser’s speed and performance. There’s the WebSlices feature, which enables the browser to keep updated copies of a ‘snippet’ of your favourite Web pages, so that you can see updates or key information at-a-glance. Windows Internet Explorer also includes a “Compatibility Mode” for Web pages that appear to have been designed to display on a previous version of Windows Internet Explorer, which should dramatically reduce the number of broken Web pages as the Internet community upgrades to the new version.
I highly recommend the new version of Windows Internet Explorer, as you can see. ;-)
Some of the “pros” that I’ve run into with Windows® Internet Explorer® 8 are the Suggested Sites and Accelerators features. Windows Internet Explorer uses a secured connection to send and analyse browsing data, to recommend Web sites that you may enjoy. Accelerators enable you to more closely link Windows Internet Explorer and third-party programs—for example, you can select a block of text and click the Accelerator button to blog it, send it through any of your compatible e-mail programs, translate the text, and more.
There’s also a new browsing mode called “InPrivate”, which enables you to browse the Internet without any trace of which being left on your computer (some media outlets have coined this browsing method ‘porn mode’, heh). There is also the new SmartScreen feature, which warns you when a Web site that you are about to visit has been reported as unsafe (you have the option to proceed nonetheless, of course). If a download that you start has been reported as unsafe, Windows Internet Explorer immediately cancels the download to protect your computer.
The browser frame and tabs are now run by Windows in seperate processes, so that an add-on that causes one tab to crash no longer causes the entire application to shut down. Improvement were also made to the CSS engine and HTML parser to improve the browser’s speed and performance. There’s the WebSlices feature, which enables the browser to keep updated copies of a ‘snippet’ of your favourite Web pages, so that you can see updates or key information at-a-glance. Windows Internet Explorer also includes a “Compatibility Mode” for Web pages that appear to have been designed to display on a previous version of Windows Internet Explorer, which should dramatically reduce the number of broken Web pages as the Internet community upgrades to the new version.
I highly recommend the new version of Windows Internet Explorer, as you can see. ;-)
I think the improvements made with the launch of Internet Explorer 8 are essential but also too little, too late. The market share of IE has been slipping for a few years now and the future of the web lies with FireFox and it's latest 3.5 release adds a lot more functionality including a built-in video player, private browsing, better history browsing, faster speed and of course already includes amazing CSS and HTML engines. It's also open source software.
Developers find it easier to test with FireFox using well documented standards and afterwards applying patches and fixes to make up for the bugs and failures of IE (atleast in every version I've ever tried.. not including IE8).
Developers find it easier to test with FireFox using well documented standards and afterwards applying patches and fixes to make up for the bugs and failures of IE (atleast in every version I've ever tried.. not including IE8).
Internet Exploder 8 is an improvement over Microsoft's previous offerings but it still lacks when compared to Firefox.
Pro's
-is suitable for the elderly or people who have never heard of Firefox
-Frequent security updates due to it being exploited every other week
Con's
-Not acid test compliant or even close
-is a huge target for malware & exploits
-lacks the extendability of Firefox
-the interface is confusing
-does not render pages as fast as FF or Chrome
Pro's
-is suitable for the elderly or people who have never heard of Firefox
-Frequent security updates due to it being exploited every other week
Con's
-Not acid test compliant or even close
-is a huge target for malware & exploits
-lacks the extendability of Firefox
-the interface is confusing
-does not render pages as fast as FF or Chrome
I've found Explorer 8 to be very unstable. Dropping pages left, right, and
centre....but willing to diagnose the problem...but never finds the issue....
as the issue is Explorer 8 itself.
centre....but willing to diagnose the problem...but never finds the issue....
as the issue is Explorer 8 itself.
I like IE8 as it will automatically restore the page that I was on when the page goes down/freezes. No information(post, comments, etc.) gets lost. Much better than previous versions of IE.
