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[SpA]SaintK
 Post subject: IE8
PostPosted: 19 Mar 2009, 18:16 
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Internet explorer 8 got released. I am running it now and i must say i'm surprised by its performance boost. It actually feels as fast as chrome now.
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[SpA]Baal Kagan
 Post subject: Re: IE8
PostPosted: 19 Mar 2009, 18:41 
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[SpA]SaintK wrote:
Internet explorer 8 got released. I am running it now and i must say i'm surprised by its performance boost. It actually feels as fast as chrome now.
it is? think i'm still runnin a beta or sumthin...

well...firefox is still mah main browser atm~

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Lim-Dul
 Post subject: Re: IE8
PostPosted: 19 Mar 2009, 18:50 
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It might feel as fast as Chrome, but it isn't. ^^
I have Chrome, Firefox and IE8 installed - just for fun - and after running some benchmarks Chrome is still the fastest browser around - not to mention the fact that it complies with web standards while IE8 is the first IE version to pass the Acid2 test, which other browsers passed years ago. ;-)
If there's one upside to Windows 7, then it's the fact that IE will be only an OPTIONAL component of it. :-D

P.S. Still not using Chrome - I'm waiting for a plugin API to appear for it.

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[SpA]SaintK
 Post subject: Re: IE8
PostPosted: 19 Mar 2009, 18:54 
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For some reason it still fails the acid2 test here....


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Lim-Dul
 Post subject: Re: IE8
PostPosted: 19 Mar 2009, 19:03 
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Hmmm, strange... It does work for me:

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Ha, ha! Look how it looks in compatibility mode for me - I guess that's because it emulates the IE6/7 engine (though Acid2 on IE7 looked better than this, so I don't know):

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 Post subject: Re: IE8
PostPosted: 19 Mar 2009, 21:15 
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IE8 is far better than IE7 (or even far² than IE6!), but looses compared to all other browsers (esp. webstandards-wise). So I only hope that users stop to use IE6! :ugly:

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SmanUK
 Post subject: Re: IE8
PostPosted: 20 Mar 2009, 14:38 
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Hmm I have upgrade to it then haha

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[SpA]Unity
 Post subject: Re: IE8
PostPosted: 20 Mar 2009, 14:40 
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I'am awaiting windows7.
Curious about the price, maybe i'll buy it

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PostPosted: 20 Mar 2009, 15:04 
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yupp.. didn't upgrade to VISTA yet, but I'll prob upgrade to windows 7 as soon as it gets out

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 Post subject: Re: IE8
PostPosted: 20 Mar 2009, 17:05 
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Which makes as good as no difference because Win7 has everything that one would like/hate about Vista - including 2 years of patches behind it now... ^^

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SmanUK
 Post subject: Re: IE8
PostPosted: 20 Mar 2009, 18:29 
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Damm I just installed IE8, it put a lot of crap in but after I removed that and got it how I want its good. So much faster that IE7.

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[SpA]Bill Gaitas
 Post subject: Re: IE8
PostPosted: 21 Mar 2009, 10:07 
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Even though I use Firefox as my main browser, I like IE8. It is faster than IE7 but Acid 3 test gives 12/100 :mrgreen:

I will stick to FF.
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Lim-Dul
 Post subject: Re: IE8
PostPosted: 21 Mar 2009, 10:49 
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Actually Acid3 gives 20/100! :-D
You have to wait for around 10 seconds, because that's how long it takes IE to go through the final tests. ;-)

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 Post subject: Re: IE8
PostPosted: 21 Mar 2009, 15:54 
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Found in internet ;D
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[SpA]TheWeirdo
 Post subject: Re: IE8
PostPosted: 22 Mar 2009, 17:44 
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Interesting.. but:
firefox + add-blocker > all
If chrome or IE8 gets an add-blocker I'd switch.

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PostPosted: 22 Mar 2009, 20:02 
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I never had an ad on Chrome
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[SpA]demm
 Post subject: Re: IE8
PostPosted: 22 Mar 2009, 20:20 
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[SpA]TheWeirdo wrote:
If chrome ... gets an add-blocker I'd switch.
It's hard to imagine that Google, who's biggest revenue source is advertising, would implement an ad-blocker in their browser. There might be one in the future, using some kind of extension system, but certainly no official version.
The same goes for IE, because Microsoft makes money through their live/msn services too.
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DoubleJ
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PostPosted: 22 Mar 2009, 20:22 
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[SpA]TheWeirdo wrote:
Interesting.. but:
firefox + add-blocker > all
If chrome or IE8 gets an add-blocker I'd switch.
Opera got content blocker 2;.

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 Post subject: Re: IE8
PostPosted: 22 Mar 2009, 21:25 
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[SpA]demm wrote:
[SpA]TheWeirdo wrote:
If chrome ... gets an add-blocker I'd switch.
It's hard to imagine that Google, who's biggest revenue source is advertising, would implement an ad-blocker in their browser. There might be one in the future, using some kind of extension system, but certainly no official version.
The same goes for IE, because Microsoft makes money through their live/msn services too.
There's already a rudimentary ad-block linklet you can add to Chrome. Google already said they they would release a plugin API and then it's out of their hands anyway - or you could use some Chromium build over which Google has pretty much no control either.

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[SpA]Spikespiegel
 Post subject: Re: IE8
PostPosted: 24 Mar 2009, 08:57 
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I've never had a single ad in Chrome :roll:

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[SpA]SaintK
 Post subject: Re: IE8
PostPosted: 24 Mar 2009, 10:05 
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Your add blockers are bad for our business :|
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Lim-Dul
 Post subject: Re: IE8
PostPosted: 24 Mar 2009, 15:18 
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You can disable them on a site-to-site basis. =)
As you recall my main reason for using an adblocker on SpA were the huge-ass signatures of some people I needed to block. Some of them are still not gone. :-P

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 Post subject: Re: IE8
PostPosted: 24 Mar 2009, 15:22 
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[SpA]Spikespiegel wrote:
I've never had a single ad in Chrome :roll:
[SpA]YellowGoudvis wrote:
I never had an ad on Chrome
Strange, I get all ads surfing with Chrome.
[SpA]SaintK wrote:
Your add blockers are bad for our business :|
I view our site with Chrome. That's kinda the reason I even have it installed on my PC :D

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[SpA]demm
 Post subject: Re: IE8
PostPosted: 24 Mar 2009, 16:17 
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While we are on the topic of discussing browsers, here are some stats from our webpage:

Here is what browsers our visitors use (data counted for the last 7 months)
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Good to see that most of our users don't use IE.
It still surprises me though, that there are users left that have IE6, because our audience are gamers, and I'd thought that gamers have newer systems than that.
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Lim-Dul
 Post subject: Re: IE8
PostPosted: 24 Mar 2009, 17:15 
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I'll rebrand my browser so that it always identifies itself with the name generated with one of my favorite and entirely useless extensions: Firesomething.

E.g. now I'm on Mozilla Hyperturkey but it changes each time I launch the browser. :-D

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[SpA]Blackhawk
 Post subject: Re: IE8
PostPosted: 24 Mar 2009, 20:38 
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[SpA]demm wrote:
It still surprises me though, that there are users left that have IE6, because our audience are gamers, and I'd thought that gamers have newer systems than that.
My experience: IE6 is directly linked to company PCs. If I can catch a user and tell him to update his IE6, he normally answers something like he's using a company's PC.

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 Post subject: Re: IE8
PostPosted: 24 Mar 2009, 20:42 
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[SpA]Blackhawk wrote:
[...] I love you! [...]
I love you too!
Sorry, couldn't resist. ^^

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[SpA]Blackhawk
 Post subject: Re: IE8
PostPosted: 25 Mar 2009, 11:05 
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Yeah... I love you, too! :mrgreen:

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 Post subject: Re: IE8
PostPosted: 25 Mar 2009, 11:32 
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He, he. :-P
Touché, Blackhawk, touché. :-P

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 Post subject: Re: IE8
PostPosted: 26 Mar 2009, 16:14 
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I browse with IE7

Why? God knows, probably because its faster to click on that

Got firefox installed as well though and use that sometimes when I can be arsed to find the button to launch it.

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