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StarK

Hey guys ... ie8 beta 2 is out (m 2 days l8 actually ).... give it a whirl... i was pleasantly surprised with the many new features!!
the best two : 1 an option that will let u delete offline data except for the websites in ur favorites where u don't want to lose the login info!

2. in private (or porn) mode

very stable release... try it and express ur views... i've made it my default browser

Admin

Which browser were you using before?

Chinmay

cant live w/o combination of mozilla and minefield.
XP 32 bit-> mozilla
Vista 64 bit-> minefield.

What makes me frustrating is d yellow add on installer of IE which pops up now and then when we open some pages, I dont understand although I m having FLASH client on my pc, why do i need to update? I have to ignore it everytime, and unless v ignore it by clicking [X] on RHS panel, IE doesnt open the web page,
Is that prob solved in IE B vB2?

I'll download only after they intoduce a stable version.

StarK

@admin i was using ff2... i thot ff3 was just sort of n00b..

@chinmay i don't see any probs for now... its very stable with sites.

Chinmay

I m frustrated with IE 7(64bit) on vista, will definitely try IE 8.
But still cant forget d simplicity and features of IE 6.
Still using it on XP.

So total 2 browers on each OS, one for public life, other for private p*** life.
ENJOY BOTH!!

Admin

I cant even remember when I last used internet explorer.. probbably when I did something on the microsoft updates site.

I use firefox and I am more then happy with it. I have been using windows XP for the last so many years now and to be honest I wont upgrade to Vista unless I find something I cant do with using XP.

Why change your operating system when the old one is doing all you want it to do?

StarK

ie6 was definitely gr8... used so lil memory (tho its not a prob now with 1.2gig on xp )... but it lacked tabs... the main feature desired now... back then usin ff was desirable... but now i jus don't see the point of using it anymor... for one its takes about 15 secs just to open up after reboot while ie8 b2 takes bout 4-5.

Chinmay

I enjoy VISTA more than XP, XP is for doing work, VISTA for Enjoyment...Right now on Vista.

StarK

windows vista without a GOOD graphics card is just pure crap... i installed it on my system and the aero woudn't activate... and the default theme then is just so frustrating to the eyes...just reverted to good ol xp.

and yes there's a very good theme for xp which made my day sometime back..
just search for "windows xp zune theme" on google... the first link is the one. extremely pleasing to the eyes. and official microsoft theme too.

smoothvibes

i have installed this IE8 on my Vista Ultimate and can not see any good changes with this new version...

i am using Firefox 3 which is already providing me all what i need and there are lot many easy to access features in mozilla firefox which makes me to stick with it.. i got this IE 8 but still using Firefox

Priyatam

I downloaded IE 8 Beta 2 and installed on my bootcamp Vista HP yesterday. It is simple and sweet. Tabs have changed and lot of cool features are included. Final version is scheduled to release in November. Cheers...

FF 3.0 is better that IE 7, but I'm experiencing frequent crashes when I'm closing FF. It is annoying! Both on my Mac and Office PC (Vista).

strider

Since I started using FireFox, I really never wanted to return to IE. It gives me the creeps, however, I will still try out the beta as a Windows Loyalist. Chow!!

smoothvibes

same here.. i started using firefox long time back and after that never looked back to IE.. at that thme firefox and opera was available for tabbed browsing... so i took firefox for me...

Priyatam

Google chrome rocks!

StarK

looks to me like a mac ui copy... i think we already have many browsers on our hands...

Priyatam

Mac UI ?? wooo... comeon..... I'm using Leopard and can't find any similarities in Safari and Chrome UI.. chrome is soo simple.... How in the world every good looking UI is a copy from mac

StarK

ya got it wrong there... the buttons and the star are like ff...

Priyatam

hehe... but not like mac right

gardencityboy

I use Firefox 3 and i think it is the best
I installed Google Chrome yesterday and would like to test it as well

The best part of Firefox is it is so customizable. i can install lots of Plugins which help me browse better

StarK

And the best part with ie is that i dont NEED to install so many plugins to achieve the usefulness... there's a plugin called iepro and it satisfies all my needs.

I compared the speed of ff and ie8 and don't see any difference in the page load times.

I don't see why people have a certain kind of feeling that 'ok its from microsoft then it just sux'.... the lack of speed, security holes and the functionality loss were all of ie6 days... i know ie7 was not good enuff so i used ff. but ie8 b2 is the best yet imo better than ff and nothing is gonna change that.