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Author:  [SpA]SaintK [ 19 Mar 2009, 18:16 ]
Post subject:  IE8
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.
Author:  [SpA]Baal Kagan [ 19 Mar 2009, 18:41 ]
Post subject:  Re: IE8
[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~
Author:  Lim-Dul [ 19 Mar 2009, 18:50 ]
Post subject:  Re: IE8
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.
Author:  [SpA]SaintK [ 19 Mar 2009, 18:54 ]
Post subject:  Re: IE8
For some reason it still fails the acid2 test here....

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

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Update:

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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Author:  [SpA]Blackhawk [ 19 Mar 2009, 21:15 ]
Post subject:  Re: IE8
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:
Author:  SmanUK [ 20 Mar 2009, 14:38 ]
Post subject:  Re: IE8
Hmm I have upgrade to it then haha
Author:  [SpA]Unity [ 20 Mar 2009, 14:40 ]
Post subject:  Re: IE8
I'am awaiting windows7.
Curious about the price, maybe i'll buy it
Author:  Mint [ 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
Author:  Lim-Dul [ 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... ^^
Author:  SmanUK [ 20 Mar 2009, 18:29 ]
Post subject:  Re: IE8
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.
Author:  [SpA]Bill Gaitas [ 21 Mar 2009, 10:07 ]
Post subject:  Re: IE8
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.
Author:  Lim-Dul [ 21 Mar 2009, 10:49 ]
Post subject:  Re: IE8
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. ;-)
Author:  Marmot [ 21 Mar 2009, 15:54 ]
Post subject:  Re: IE8
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Found in internet ;D
Author:  [SpA]TheWeirdo [ 22 Mar 2009, 17:44 ]
Post subject:  Re: IE8
Interesting.. but:
firefox + add-blocker > all
If chrome or IE8 gets an add-blocker I'd switch.
Author:  [SpA]YellowGoudvis [ 22 Mar 2009, 20:02 ]
Post subject:  Re: IE8
I never had an ad on Chrome
Author:  [SpA]demm [ 22 Mar 2009, 20:20 ]
Post subject:  Re: IE8
[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.
Author:  DoubleJ [ 22 Mar 2009, 20:22 ]
Post subject:  Re: IE8
[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;.
Author:  Lim-Dul [ 22 Mar 2009, 21:25 ]
Post subject:  Re: IE8
[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.
Author:  [SpA]Spikespiegel [ 24 Mar 2009, 08:57 ]
Post subject:  Re: IE8
I've never had a single ad in Chrome :roll:
Author:  [SpA]SaintK [ 24 Mar 2009, 10:05 ]
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Your add blockers are bad for our business :|
Author:  Lim-Dul [ 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
Author:  [SpA]TheWeirdo [ 24 Mar 2009, 15:22 ]
Post subject:  Re: IE8
[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
Author:  [SpA]demm [ 24 Mar 2009, 16:17 ]
Post subject:  Re: IE8
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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And here are the IE versions:
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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.
Author:  Lim-Dul [ 24 Mar 2009, 17:15 ]
Post subject:  Re: IE8
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
Author:  [SpA]Blackhawk [ 24 Mar 2009, 20:38 ]
Post subject:  Re: IE8
[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.
Author:  Lim-Dul [ 24 Mar 2009, 20:42 ]
Post subject:  Re: IE8
[SpA]Blackhawk wrote:
[...] I love you! [...]
I love you too!
Sorry, couldn't resist. ^^
Author:  [SpA]Blackhawk [ 25 Mar 2009, 11:05 ]
Post subject:  Re: IE8
Yeah... I love you, too! :mrgreen:
Author:  Lim-Dul [ 25 Mar 2009, 11:32 ]
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He, he. :-P
Touché, Blackhawk, touché. :-P
Author:  Crovax20 [ 26 Mar 2009, 16:14 ]
Post subject:  Re: IE8
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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