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Entered CNET Catalog: 03/20/2009
SKU: CNETIE8
Manufacturer: Microsoft Corp.
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User Rating: 
1/10
SLOW NOT USER FRIENDLY TERRIBLE!!
Pros: NOTHING! it is worthless
Cons: HORRIBLE DO NOT USE
User Rating: 
8/10
Better than Some, Not so much for most.
Pros: Non Responding tabs self recover.
Web Slices are nice.
Many easy mouse gesture shortcuts.
Speeds are very competitive and compatiablitiy is great.
Cons: I cannot make myself like the new look. But for most people that is not a problem.
Installation: Easy, Also available through updates.
Uninstallation: Simple, Add/Remove installed updates.
Interface: I do not like it, but most people do.
Ease Of Use: Simple.
Features: Lots more than previous versions.
Support: Lots of support sites but do not rely on Microsoft to help you!
Price: n/a
My Computer Specs:
Windows Vista Ultimate Sp1 64bit
Gateway LX6810
Intel® Core?2 Quad
2.33GHz
640gb Hard Drive
8gb Ram
User Rating: 
3/10
"5-star ratings must be bogus, this CRASHES LIKE CRAZY
Pros: The topic-color tabs are a good add on. Individual tab closes with crash, not the entire pogram.
Cons: Does not work with many sites. CRASHES more than any browser I have used in the past 10 years.
Updated on May 10, 2009Aubin, This is a more secure browser because it crashes with so many websites. If you can't access anything, you will not get anything. :-) Good review, I had many of the same problems and then some.
User Rating: 
5/10
Good, but no firefox killer
Pros: This is a major improvement over IE7, it crashes less and had more speed. It looks great especially in Windows 7 RC and is a useable browser.
Cons: Although Ie8 has speed, crash adn security improvements, its no better than my really old netsacpe and firefox 2 had the same feature set other than a few improvements.
Im in IE8 now on Windows 7 RC and once im finished writing this im installing mozilla firefox.
User Rating: 1/10
A major step back in speed from IE7
Pros: Uninstalled easily.
Cons: Unacceptable browser and tab load speed.
User Rating: 1/10
why did i downld this!?
Pros: ummm....none! Crash and burn!
Cons: TRASH! CRASHED! not even worth that half star!
User Rating: 5/10
Surprisingly bad
Pros: Same interface as IE 7, recommended sites feature is cool.
Cons: Slow to load, hangs, cant go to cnet.com thats right I am writing this from firefox, everytime i try to go to cnet.com on both of my vista machines it hangs and restarts.
User Rating: 
10/10
This Picky User is Satisfied!
Pros: *Compatiable with almost every site (all that ive used)
*Smart Bar is very "smart"
*Tab Recovery is awesome. No more "not responding"
*Fast, to me as fast as Firefox
*Categorized Tabs with color!
Cons: *I think the only thing I would change is the look of the overall interface. It is time for a change. No big deal.
Now, I have no reason to use firefox.
The speed of IE8 is very well.
And, at least I almost never have to worry about a compatiablity issue since almost all pages are rendered for IE.
I RECOMMEND!!
User Rating: 
2/10
What good is a browser I don't want to use?
Pros: The overall look and feel of IE 8 is excellent. It is configurable and easy to use. Further, it appears to do a good job at blocking pop ups.
Cons: It is a dog. IE is slow and prone to hanging up. I did not experience any crashes, but IE8 was so slow, I downgraded to IE7.
User Rating: 1/10
I HATE THIS PROGRAM!! IWORST thing MicroS**t has madet!
Pros: NONE.... ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY N~O~N~E
Cons: EVERYTHING! Interrupts security software because it has it's own (you can't use two at same time or you'll have problems galore~~that's fairly well known). ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING IS A MESS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. Thanks MicroS**t for killing my puter.
Not only that, but just TRY to get rid of it once it's there. I've been trying ALL DAY and most of yesterday trying to get rid of it and it just keeps popping right back up.
I'm going to manually delete the whole darn thing with BC Wipe and just continue to use Mozilla like always. I must have been demon possessed to be stupid enough to download anything from MicroS**t. I cannot believe I did! Temporary insanity is all I can claim. I should know better.
Don't download this program unless you really want your puter screwed up royally. It even causes e-mails to go to multiple people that I've not directed e-mails to go to. That's downright embarrassing!
I forwarn you... DON'T DOWNLOAD IT! Especially if you have expensive security software. It even blew my F-Secure Firewall out and replaced it with the useless MicroS**t firewall (we all KNOW it's useless, right?). It tries to override my F-Secure constantly and it's causing so many conflicts that things that aren't even viruses or spyware are getting deleted all by themselves.
DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO GET RID OF THIS :PROGRAM without manually going through the whole darn thing in Windows Explorer? HELP!
Updated on Apr 24, 2009Since writing my review I figured out how to get rid of the beast. Problem is that is has screwed so much up in my puter I'm going to have to do a system restore to get rid of the mess. Let's hope it works.
To get rid of the BEAST go here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700#fixit4me
User Rating: 5/10
Way too slow
Pros: hasnt got anything at this stage that outweighs the speed of ie7
Cons: it took an unacceptable amount of time to start ie8 and to open another tab.it was snail pace compared to ie7 with more crashes
User Rating: 
4/10
Mediocre - but that's what we expect these days from MS
Pros: It kind of works.
Easy install, easy uninstall.
Cons: You cannot load the browser with more than two tabs opening at the same time.
Cluttered.
Not intuitive.
Needs to go on a diet and rethink menuing.
Repeated crashes. I'll stay with Firefox.
Has problems with games.
Display/standards errors.
I'd say that it is better than MS Office 2007, but that is not saying much.
Hopefully the service pack will fix a lot of problems. But, hopefully, MS won't wait until there are 150 updates before they release the first one!
User Rating: 3/10
Hope the final release is better
Pros: Not much to like
Cons: Too much clutter; too many crashes & screws up my Norton software.
User Rating: 5/10
Not as good as I.E.7.
Pros: The ability to open tabs from the links bar. Ability to reopen last session.
Cons: It loads so much slower than the last version, especially when you open a new tab. It almost seems to freeze.
User Rating: 4/10
Odd behavior with large fonts
Pros: Supposedly more secure and web standards compliant. Fairly easy install (for Microsoft ;)
Cons: Odd behavior with large screen fonts in Windows XP. All icons and images are enlarged and fuzzy.
User Rating: 3/10
more crashes than Bandicoot
Pros: most of the reviews I read said this was a great version
Cons: crashes consistently, not just on one tab but entirely,
User Rating: 1/10
IE 8 does not work well with game sites!
Pros: NONE - IE 8 crashes on way too many web sites!
Cons: If you like playing on game sites like POGO or Yahoo games - "Forget about it" - you will not be able to even stay on the page.. it will give you an error and close.
User Rating: 5/10
Not that impressive
Pros: New views and more security
Cons: a lot of crashes opens slowly
User Rating: 4/10
ORKUT does not work properly. Something should be done.
Pros: Its good has lot of features.
Cons: Orkut does not work properly and it sucks. The company should do something about it.
User Rating: 4/10
Slower and disorganized
Pros: A bit faster than previous versions
Cons: Too much clutter, many tabs are on automatic - everything points to Live Search automatically
User Rating: 10/10
Sorry people I like it
Pros: Choice of favorites on the toolbar I like
Cons: haven't found anything as yet
User Rating: 10/10
The new virsion of microsoft's internet explore, BETTER
Pros: Faster - the new internet explorer 8 is faster then it was on previos versions such as IE8 Beta 1, Beta 2 and IE7
Safer - well it is safer then the other version such as IE6 and IE7
Toubleshooting - you can now talk to them from your computer.
Cons: No spell check! - it would be better if they added a spell check feature similar to that on microsoft word when the light is green when it dosent make sense or can be arranged to make better sense. or red when it's spelled wrong.
sometimes crashes
one of the problems i saw was no spell check feature. firefox and safari got it, why not IE. i think they should use something like microsoft word and make a underline green light up under the sentace that don't makes sense, and be able to tell you how to reverse it. and also make make a red under the word thats spelled incorretly. and to be honest it crashed on me like 1 time. so other then that it's great!
maybe it'll get better in later versions, i mean time nor Microsoft stoped yet so why not. IE8 is currently my default web browser and only web browser i have currently installed on my computer.
Thanks For Reading, And God Bless
User Rating: 2/10
NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME
Pros: Sometimes it works
Cons: Microsoft is just like George Bush. Everything they touch or try gets screwd up. Too many crashes and hang ups to be acceptable.
Updated on Apr 30, 2009I just installed Microsft's new and "improved" security updates and the stupid thing keeps hanging. I just wish something (I don't know what) could happen to Microsoft to make the idiots who run the place wake up and realize that they "just can't make" an inferior product and too bad for the public.
Updated on May 12, 2009The more I use IE 8 the more frustrated I get. If it were any slower it would be going backward and yes, I use deifferent browsers and the same connection when comparing.
User Rating: 3/10
IE8 Team "Missing in Action"
Pros: Some known security issues seem better so far, but...
Cons: Many popular websites simply will not display properly on IE8. Some Flash and Java will stick, display wrong or fail entirely on IE8. We're talking about standard code that works well on Firefox, Safari or Chrome and even on older versions of IE!
User Rating: 2/10
Take half hour to install a browser?
Pros: Haven't even tried
Cons: Take half hour to install.
By Angry User.
User Rating: 
9/10
Much faster than IE 7
Pros: Extremely fast, in-private web browser, slightly redisgned taskbar looks good on XP.
Cons: Has compatibility issues with the Skype software I'm using.
User Rating: 8/10
It's surprisingly good.
Pros: Some new added features, fast and reliable, it's good and clean, definitely great improvement frm IE7
Cons: not much major improvements, firefox still is better
User Rating: 10/10
I'm impresssed
Pros: Faster then Firefox 3 with some great new features. Lots of add ons as well
Cons: None that i have seen so far.
User Rating: 8/10
Almost great browser
Pros: Faster loading speeds than IE7.
Many performance improvements.
New features are quite handy.
Cons: Still takes up too much memory.
Takes too long to open.
Setup requires a restart.
User Rating: 10/10
great browser indeed.
Pros: fast loading periods. reduced crashes. in-private browsing offers enhanced security while surfing the internet using a public computer. if one tab crashes, the others won't crash.
Cons: might take some time to install IE8 on slow machines.
installation requires a restart.
User Rating: 1/10
IE8 install
Pros: Nothing absolutely nothing
Cons: Installed IE8. Told to restart. Gave me a blank screen. Took me 3 hours using Visat's diagnostics to restore my PC. Never never download this 'product'!!!!!
User Rating: 5/10
Problems: doesn't work out of the box, so to speak
Pros: Very easy install; more importantly, a very easy uninstall.
Cons: Compatibility page viewing issues; Norton Internet Security problems
One example: accessing VerizonWireless.com was rejected by IE8. I had to add it to some sort of viewing compatibility dialog in the Security (I think that was it) menu (dropdown). And, while that then permitted the Verizon Wireless homepage to load with out crashing, I couldn't find anyway to get IE8 to accept the My Verizon settings; it accepted the logon\password, but promptly crashed. In other words, IE8 prevented me from paying my bill, checking my minutes, etc?
..had the same issues with several other commonly accessed web pages. In order to view the pages, I had to first manually add them to the compatibility view dialog.
And, there seems to be a problem with Norton Internet Security.
While IE8 displays the Norton toolbar, Norton's menus do not work; what's more, Norton continuously shows an error that it's no longer providing Phishing protection; even if IE8 says otherwise.
In any event, whatever?s going on, IE8 requires too many user adjustments for the normal user.
I think this will be a great IE browser for Microsoft, but just not yet.
Good news: it's very, very easy to remove from the support.microsoft site, itself.
support.microsoft.com/kb/957700
User Rating: 5/10
Too much clutter, disorganized, too many crashes
Pros: Not a lot I can think of
Cons: Too much clutter, disorganized screen, too many crashes, could not even access CNET as it kept crashing
