IE7 vs IE8

What are the differences between IE7 and IE8? Is IE8 quicker to load and
respond ? Are most sites compatible with IE8 ?

I plan to upgrade from IE6.

"MN" <> wrote in message
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> What are the differences between IE7 and IE8? Is IE8 quicker to load and
> respond ? Are most sites compatible with IE8 ?
>
> I plan to upgrade from IE6.
>

Go to 7 and wait for 8 to become more stable.
If you really want 8 then read about preinstall requiremments BEFORE you
install.

Wait for IE8 to be stable?

IE8 has been rock steady for me for well over a year. I liked IE7 a lot but
I much prefer IE8. Go for it!

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"MN" <> wrote in message
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> What are the differences between IE7 and IE8? Is IE8 quicker to load and
> respond ? Are most sites compatible with IE8 ?
>
> I plan to upgrade from IE6.
>

Go to 7 and wait for 8 to become more stable.
If you really want 8 then read about preinstall requiremments BEFORE you
install.

"Mark Opolo" <> wrote in message news:...
>> Go to 7 and wait for 8 to become more stable.
>> If you really want 8 then read about preinstall requiremments BEFORE you
>> install.
>>
>
> would that be like waiting for a better computer, TV, car, stereo, mobile
> phone..............

Maybe if your computer, TV, car, stereo, mobile phone... had trouble functioning
for no apparent reason.

Seems like IE8 is fine in many cases and not so much in other cases. In my
case, the office computer seems fine but the home computer hangs constantly.
So to me, the warning about stability makes sense.

"MN" <> wrote in message
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> What are the differences between IE7 and IE8? Is IE8 quicker to load and
> respond ? Are most sites compatible with IE8 ?
>
> I plan to upgrade from IE6.
>
>

I did - have not regretted it - yet.
Ignore the add-ons if offered.

Antioch

On 11/07/2010 19:35, MN wrote:
> What are the differences between IE7 and IE8? Is IE8 quicker to load and
> respond ? Are most sites compatible with IE8 ?
>
> I plan to upgrade from IE6.
>
>

IE6 is a very vulnerable browser.

IE8 is now generally very good (but some people have stability issues).
I have found it runs fine and instability is usually due to bad
Plugins/Toolbars. (Disable any un-needed plugins and toolbars - Tools,
Manage Add-Ons, Toolbar and Extensions).

G

I will stay away from IE6 whenever possible.


be it IE7 or, just avoid addin and toolbars as much as possible.
with XP I tend to use ie7 if I have a choice. with vista or later PC, Ie8

Definitely not going for ie9 for quite awhile yet


"Bigguy" <bigguy@under_radar.com> wrote in message
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> On 11/07/2010 19:35, MN wrote:
> > What are the differences between IE7 and IE8? Is IE8 quicker to load
and
> > respond ? Are most sites compatible with IE8 ?
> >
> > I plan to upgrade from IE6.
> >
> >
>
> IE6 is a very vulnerable browser.
>
> IE8 is now generally very good (but some people have stability issues).
> I have found it runs fine and instability is usually due to bad
> Plugins/Toolbars. (Disable any un-needed plugins and toolbars - Tools,
> Manage Add-Ons, Toolbar and Extensions).
>
> G
>
>
>

In news:mw5%n.3844$AS4.802@hurricane,
antioch typed on Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:11:36 +0100:
> "MN" <> wrote in message
> news:i1d36m$l9h$...
>> What are the differences between IE7 and IE8? Is IE8 quicker to
>> load and respond ? Are most sites compatible with IE8 ?
>>
>> I plan to upgrade from IE6.
>
> I did - have not regretted it - yet.
> Ignore the add-ons if offered.

I did and I ran IE7 and IE8 for over a year and I regretted every second
of it and I'm calling it quits. Many of my webpages loads so slow it is
impossible to work with productively. So I am in the process right now
of going back to IE6 with all of my machines. I got two done and five
more to go.

--
Bill
Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) 1 of 3 - Windows XP SP2

BillW50 <> wrote:
> In news:mw5%n.3844$AS4.802@hurricane,
> antioch typed on Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:11:36 +0100:
>> "MN" <> wrote in message
>> news:i1d36m$l9h$...
>>> What are the differences between IE7 and IE8? Is IE8 quicker to
>>> load and respond ? Are most sites compatible with IE8 ?
>>>
>>> I plan to upgrade from IE6.
>>
>> I did - have not regretted it - yet.
>> Ignore the add-ons if offered.
>
> I did and I ran IE7 and IE8 for over a year and I regretted every second
> of it and I'm calling it quits. Many of my webpages loads so slow it is
> impossible to work with productively. So I am in the process right now
> of going back to IE6 with all of my machines. I got two done and five
> more to go.
>
>Bill
>Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) 1 of 3 - Windows XP SP2

And of course also running SP2 instead of SP3.

Do you enjoy running old, unsafe and unmaintained software?

In that case I would recommend going back to Windows 98SE.
It will be faster and probably safer for you.

In news:,
Rob typed on 22 Aug 2010 14:13:30 GMT:
> BillW50 <> wrote:
>> In news:mw5%n.3844$AS4.802@hurricane,
>> antioch typed on Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:11:36 +0100:
>>> "MN" <> wrote in message
>>> news:i1d36m$l9h$...
>>>> What are the differences between IE7 and IE8? Is IE8 quicker to
>>>> load and respond ? Are most sites compatible with IE8 ?
>>>>
>>>> I plan to upgrade from IE6.
>>>
>>> I did - have not regretted it - yet.
>>> Ignore the add-ons if offered.
>>
>> I did and I ran IE7 and IE8 for over a year and I regretted every
>> second of it and I'm calling it quits. Many of my webpages loads so
>> slow it is impossible to work with productively. So I am in the
>> process right now of going back to IE6 with all of my machines. I
>> got two done and five more to go.
>
> And of course also running SP2 instead of SP3.

I ran SP3 over for a year Rob! There was no benefit whatsoever! So I am
in the process of taking all of my computers back to SP2. Just last week
this computer used to have SP3 on it.

> Do you enjoy running old, unsafe and unmaintained software?

I tested no updates or hotfixes on some test machines for a year. And I
never got a single virus! Nor have I ever got a single virus in the
passed 30+ years either. So what good are they Rob? Seriously?

Why patch the heck out of your OS thus making it more bloated and less
stable for? Seriously?

You want safe? Easy run Microsoft's EWF and no virus, malware, or
anything can infect your system whatsoever. Not even all of the security
updates for Windows could protect you this well.

Don't like that idea? Then sandbox your applications that uses the
Internet. Thus viruses, malware, etc. can't get out of the sandbox. You
Rob, sounds like you don't understand how computers works and you don't
have any idea how to protect yourself. Btw, how many viruses have you
had throughout the years?

> In that case I would recommend going back to Windows 98SE.
> It will be faster and probably safer for you.

You have no idea what you are talking about. Clueless people like you
probably shouldn't even be allowed on the Internet. As all you do is to
spread misinformation, hype, and plain false information.

And speaking about different versions of Windows. I ran Windows 7 RC on
three machines for a year. And this machine alone, my idle CPU use went
from 3% to 23%. And my idle CPU temp went up 20°F higher than before.
And instead of running 100% of what I want to run, Windows 7 could only
run 95% of them and some far slower (mainly the very intensive ones). So
what good is it?

Microsoft used to make great software. Something happened! I'm guessing
all of the people who knew what they were doing are probably all retired
now. So now Microsoft only has the new people who don't know how to make
great software anymore. But you Rob, probably will never figure this out
until many decades later from now.

--
Bill
Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) 1 of 3 - Windows XP SP2