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markgill
are the bugs worked out on IE8 for XP? i have prevented automatic download
from working in regards this change.
from working in regards this change.
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ANONYMOUS
Yes all known bugs have been ironed out and new ones have been
introduced to stop you from installing it.
Hope this helps.
introduced to stop you from installing it.
Hope this helps.
J
Just D.
I had IE7 for a very long time. It was required - company policy. But it was
working like crap from the very beginning and as MS was adding "fixes" to
this IE7 as worse it was appearing. For example the TAB approach was
extremely bad. As soon as one page in one tab dies, the whole IE is dead.
Aslo if I wanted to close one of the tabs all others could get frozen with
no reason. After I installed IE8 all these bugs have been eliminated. Also
MS changed one approach - each tab works as a separate app. So crashing in
one tab means nothing to the rest of them. There are also new features for
the developers and regular users. So it's ^2u to decide. But make a complete
backup first.
Just D.
working like crap from the very beginning and as MS was adding "fixes" to
this IE7 as worse it was appearing. For example the TAB approach was
extremely bad. As soon as one page in one tab dies, the whole IE is dead.
Aslo if I wanted to close one of the tabs all others could get frozen with
no reason. After I installed IE8 all these bugs have been eliminated. Also
MS changed one approach - each tab works as a separate app. So crashing in
one tab means nothing to the rest of them. There are also new features for
the developers and regular users. So it's ^2u to decide. But make a complete
backup first.
Just D.
U
Unknown
Been using I.E. since first announced. Not a single problem.
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Patrick Keenan
markgill said:
Depends on what you mean by "bugs". IE8 breaks some software, and this may
or may not be fixed. For example, Pro Tools version 7.x will often cease
functioning the moment IE8 is installed. Later versions do seem to work.
You'll need to test on your own platform.
HTH
-pk
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1PW
markgill said:
I like the other post about working on new bugs...
As a generality, some folks, and some MS-MVPs, are not recommending
this upgrade/update. If your computer's hardware will have you
resource challenged, IE8 will be slow.
In all fairness, IE7 has an unrepairable "Window Injection
Vulnerability" but might be occasionally used from within a "Sand
boxed" security environment. Many of us look to other browsers for
our surfing needs and retain IE7 for isolated & unique situations.
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Leonard Grey
My computer is more than 7 years old, and IE 8 works quickly and reliably.