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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
3.5 stars
Pros: A few nicw features added.
Cons: Beta is a couple steps back from IE7.
Summary: I used IE8 for a couple days now and can see where its going. By the time it comes out of beta it should be pretty good if not a excellent browser.
IE8 has a few quirks such as, some pages don't properly render, some graphics and fonts can be... read more >> -
4 out of 7 people found this review helpful
4.0 stars
"Vamosi is wrong again ... shocker"
Pros: Activities save time, webslices promote microformats, faster than IE7 with emulate button down
Cons: Slow rendering in IE8, many websites still sending css formatted for older versions of IE
Summary: IE8 is doing a lot right in its initial beta. Translate activity is cool, and I like that they are promoting Microformats with webslices.
Vamosi is wrong in a couple of areas here 1. Quote - "Another borrowed feature is Web Slices". Webslices an... read more >> -
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
1.5 stars
Pros: When I find one, I'll know!
Cons: There are a few.
Summary: I found then when using multiple tabs, the browser freezes and then shuts down, same as in IE 7. Various parts of the Microsoft site don't even render correctly. I don't see where any of the previous issues were actually fixed. It's less stable than... read more >>
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
3.5 stars
Pros: the options
Cons: does not show the website you wanted
Summary: I use Avant browser instead after trying it out, sometimes the website requested does not always show up under IE8beta
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0.5 stars
"Absolute waste of Money and Time"
Pros: I didn't find anything worth to highlight
Cons: Same old glitch, trying to manipulate people by providing MS specific content providers to choose from.
Summary: - Cannot stand against Chrome
I am not a Google fan but efter evaluating Chrome I would definitely recommend not to update with IE 8. It is just a waste of space. No improvement in speed, ease of use, look and feel or for that matter new featu... read more >>
