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Tom in Tacoma
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Posted - August 28 : 2:10p

I know many of you aren't friends of IE but I downloaded IE8 Beta 2 this morning and I'm already impressed and I'm a big fan of Firefox!

It's UI is pretty much the same as it's always been but the security features are better integrated and allows for private web surfing without having to go clear temp files, history, cookies etc..

One feature that I really like are the accelerators that are available. Just highlight something, click on the accelerator icon that appears and you've got a list of customizable actions you can choose from (like: define, email, translate, blog, etc.).

I'll download it on the home machine later and give it a more robust shakedown. So far it looks like I might use it in place of Firefox.

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Posted - August 28 : 4:17p

I might download it onto the Wife's system to give it a try. Don't want to take a chance with Beta software on my 'business' computer. What would I do if I couldn't get to TruckBlog?

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Posted - August 28 : 4:21p

IE sucks ass for life

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Posted - August 28 : 4:24p

Works great for me.

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Posted - August 28 : 4:38p

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Originally posted by Jason

IE sucks ass for life

</nuff said>

Jason, Jason, Jason - you're too young to subscribe to the "Old dog, new tricks" philosophy.

I've been using it extensively today and while it look a lot like IE7 - the enhanced functionality is pretty cool.

<Jason's Mom's Voice>Go on Jason. Don't be stupid - try it!</Jason's Mom's Voice>

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Posted - August 28 : 4:41p

I just downloaded Firefox 3 last night.

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Posted - August 28 : 5:31p

I am pretty content with my Firefox also

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Posted - August 28 : 5:40p

Don't make me sic Jason's Mom on you guys too!

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Posted - August 28 : 10:14p

IE only works on that fucktard OS, so I won't be able to give it a try.

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Posted - August 28 : 11:13p

I'm not a huge fan of Microsoft these days... especially their browser. It's by far the most non-compliant browser to develop for. I hope that changes with IE8. Since I gave Microsoft's OS and browser the bird last November I run nothing but Mac OS X and if I have to (stress HAVE TO) then I fire up VMWare, start up XP or Vista just to run IE, then I shut its ugly mug down :)

My guess is IE8 is more bloated with useless crap than IE7 and still is standards non-compliant as it ever was. In closing, I hate IE :)

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Posted - August 29 : 9:06a

I use Flock and that works great!! love it

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Posted - September 3 : 2:23p

http://gizmodo.com/5044967/microsoft-to-set-ie8-apart-from-chrome-by-giving-it-twice-the-bloat

"on a 10-site scenario test, Firefox 3.0.1 consumed 159MB of memory. IE7 consumed a heartier 250MB. IE 8? A whopping 380MB of memory. Yikes."

I hate Microsoft :)

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Posted - September 3 : 3:31p

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Originally posted by Chris

I hate Microsoft :)

I know you do...

Now I'm gonna have to download not only Chrome but the beta version of FF3 when I get home. At work, however, I'm afraid the browser of choice (mandated) is IE. I just thought playing with the new beta was an improvement.

I am in the same boat as the rest of you. My home systems all have FF and Opera for browser defaults.

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Posted - September 3 : 3:55p

Gizmodo.com posted an article today about your rights with the new chrome browser from google. You sell your soul

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Posted - September 3 : 3:58p

Quote:

Originally posted by Jason

Gizmodo.com posted an article today about your rights with the new chrome browser from google. You sell your soul

Won't bother me. I'm told I have none.

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Posted - September 3 : 4:31p

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Originally posted by Chris

http://gizmodo.com/5044967/microsoft-to-set-ie8-apart-from-chrome-by-giving-it-twice-the-bloat

"on a 10-site scenario test, Firefox 3.0.1 consumed 159MB of memory. IE7 consumed a heartier 250MB. IE 8? A whopping 380MB of memory. Yikes."

I hate Microsoft :)

It is still a beta.

And besides, who cares how big it is?

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Posted - September 5 : 12:23p

Once it's out of beta it will be bigger :)

I care how big it is... I run a lot of apps... don't want to give all of it to one memory hoggin' app!

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Posted - September 5 : 1:02p

Such a great post that went right over my HEAD !! LOL
IE8 Beta 2 ?? Firefox <<< a Pontiac ??

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Posted - September 5 : 4:41p

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Originally posted by Chris

Once it's out of beta it will be bigger :)

I care how big it is... I run a lot of apps... don't want to give all of it to one memory hoggin' app!

Well, what are they talking about when they say memory? Are they talking about ram used while the program is running? If that is the case, I sure be interested in finding out how they got those numbers. I have IE 7 running right now and task manager tells me it is using 61,200k. That seems just a bit shy of the 250Mb they are claiming.

If they are talking about the amount of disk space used to store the application, again, I have to say, who really cares?

I recently downloaded a video blog from one of the best websites in the entire world, and that video consumed about 346Mb for a 14:36 clip.

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Posted - September 5 : 5:10p

I just opened 12 tabs in IE7, including the 5 listed in the Fudzilla article and still only show 151,832k of memory being used.

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Posted - September 5 : 9:38p

Quote:

Originally posted by Mark05KR

I just opened 12 tabs in IE7, including the 5 listed in the Fudzilla article and still only show 151,832k of memory being used.

No matter how you slice it, IE is still a piece of shit non-compliant browser.

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Posted - September 5 : 9:49p

On that note, can you uninstall IE and get better performance out of your comp? I am running FF, and very pleased wiht it. Running them side by side, IE whateverIhave is SLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWW as shit. I'd really just as soon get it off my computer.

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Posted - September 5 : 10:08p

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Originally posted by devnull

Quote:
Originally posted by Mark05KR

I just opened 12 tabs in IE7, including the 5 listed in the Fudzilla article and still only show 151,832k of memory being used.

No matter how you slice it, IE is still a piece of shit non-compliant browser.

IE is teh suck

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