Microsoft has inflicted Internet Explorer 8 Beta for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition, Window XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2 x64 Edition, and Windows XP SP2 Pro x64 Edition. Mac users are unaffected.
Features include:
– Activities: contextual services to quickly access a service from any webpage. Activities are services that the user can install and manage. Users can install them from the Internet Explorer 8 Service Guide or through any website that advertises Activities.
– WebSlices: a new feature for websites to connect to their users by subscribing to content directly within a webpage. WebSlices behave just like feeds where clients can subscribe to get updates and notify the user of changes.
– Favorites Bar: In Internet Explorer 7, the Links bar provided users with one-click access to their favorite sites. The Links bar has undergone a complete makeover for Internet Explorer 8. It has been renamed the Favorites bar to enable users to associate this bar as a place to put and easily access all their favorite web content such as links, feeds, WebSlices and even Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents.
– Automatic Crash Recovery: The ACR feature takes advantage of the Loosely-Coupled Internet Explorer feature to provide new crash recovery capabilities, such as tab recovery, which will minimize interruptions to users’ browsing sessions.
– Improved Phishing Filter: Phishing sites spoof a trusted legitimate site, with the goal of stealing the user’s personal or financial information. For Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft promises a more comprehensive feature called the “Safety Filter.”
More info here.
MacDailyNews Take: Windows sufferer? Get a Mac. In the meantime, we recommend Apple’s Safari 3, the fastest web browser on any platform, now for Windows. More info and download link here.
Apple’s Safari Web browser for Windows:
Direct link via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIYcmPN-jvE
“Automatic Crash Recovery”
A window pops-up that recommends, “Buy a Mac”.
Cancel or Allow?
Who would want to use Safari, when there is Firefox?
I find Firefox pretty ugly (and PC-like) compared to Safari.
Firefox was and is my favorite browser for Windows (just as Thunderbird was my favorite email client for Windows), but on a Mac: Safari beats Firefox and Mail beats Thunderbird.
Though I think Safari’s bookmarks-utility is horrible. And Firefox has it’s ever growing list of add-ons, of which some are very useful.
Firefox was and is my favorite browser for Windows (just as Thunderbird was my favorite email client for Windows), but on a Mac: Safari beats Firefox and Mail beats Thunderbird.
Though I think Safari’s bookmarks-utility is horrible. And Firefox has it’s ever growing list of add-ons, of which some are very useful.
Firefox was and is my favorite browser for Windows (just as Thunderbird was my favorite email client for Windows), but on a Mac: Safari beats Firefox and Mail beats Thunderbird.
Though I think Safari’s bookmarks-utility is horrible. And Firefox has it’s ever growing list of add-ons, of which some are very useful.
Firefox was and is my favorite browser for Windows (just as Thunderbird was my favorite email client for Windows), but on a Mac: Safari beats Firefox and Mail beats Thunderbird.
Though I think Safari’s bookmarks-utility is horrible. And Firefox has it’s ever growing list of add-ons, of which some are very useful.
Firefox was and is my favorite browser for Windows (just as Thunderbird was my favorite email client for Windows), but on a Mac: Safari beats Firefox and Mail beats Thunderbird.
Though I think Safari’s bookmarks-utility is horrible. And Firefox has it’s ever growing list of add-ons, of which some are very useful.
Firefox was and is my favorite browser for Windows (just as Thunderbird was my favorite email client for Windows), but on a Mac: Safari beats Firefox and Mail beats Thunderbird.
Though I think Safari’s bookmarks-utility is horrible. And Firefox has it’s ever growing list of add-ons, of which some are very useful.
Whenever, I use safari on windows it is so slow that I usually end up closing the program before a page even opens in the browser. Firefox and (gasp) IE don’t give me the same issue in windows. I have been trying to figure out for months what the issue is but to no avail. Anyone have any ideas? Love Safari on my mac but in windows it’s moves at a glacial pace.
The extensions or “Add ons” for FF are AWESOME. FF 3 do soon looks a LOT better than 2.
I like Safari, but use FF for the shear amount of extensions.
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Safari IS faster, however, your right F4W, the bookmarks utility is saddening. Its the reason I still use Firefox… >.>
WebSlices? Your joking? LOLz…god they are so obvious at copying.
IE8’s graphics are reminiscent of the old Java Swing graphics. They are repulsive and hideous. I denounce and reject MS’s graphics.
Safari is just okay.
Apple’s style of Bookmarking is terrible though! That’s enough reason to use Firefox.
So, Zune Tang, how is IE8?
When I use Windows, I use Safari. I didn’t like the display at first, but after a while, when I go back to FireFox on Windows, I realize how much better things look with Safari….
I think its wonderful that Bill and Steve are thinking about us. After all, a system that has a — RECOVERY from AUTOMATIC CRASHES — is neat.
But….er……why do we need Automatic Crashes??? 🙁
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“WebSlices”? So let me get this straight: Microsoft is expecting websites to incorporate features that will be usuable with only one browser? I’m sorry guys, but that ship sailed more than five years ago. I don’t think any site does Internet Explorer-only content anymore, except for cases where the site needs Microsoft DRM for their video content.
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Safari is nice except its memory leaks more than your cheap supermarket brand baby diaper…
For Firefox doubters (or those who hate its ugly look), FF3.0 looks and acts like it’s supposed to as a native Mac app. Not to mention its plenty fast and has fixed all major source of memory leaks as far as I am concerned…. But it’s good to have Safari/webkit around to keep the big boys on their toes…
IE is… um… for losers who don’t know any better…
@JAYGEE,Who would want to use Safari, when there is Firefox?
Because it’s MUCH faster. On my new Mac anyway. I like Firefox but it’s slower than Safari.
I pity the folks left at my old office who were restricted from using any browser under Windows except IE. (I was one of the few who had a Mac, so I could use Firefox and Safari because IE doesn’t exist under OS X.) Now I’m free of such small mindedness and can use whatever I please.
Actually Jaygee, I prefer Safari for most of my surfing, but I also keep a copy of FireFox in my apps folder for the occasional site that doesn’t want to cooperate with Cupertino.
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IE 8 is a major leap ahead for Microsoft. And just think, soon the seamount that is IE might even break the surface and experience usability on a par with the first Safari or Firefox. At least in an iteration or two. Or maybe three, or …
@ Raymond from DC
My sympathies to your old colleagues. It’s the standard IT mainstream arrogance: “We know better than you what you need to do your job.” And they don’t see the irony even though they can’t do your job.
It’s not unlike the spot where I work. We are now prohibited from putting in wireless access points individually. Ok, that’s reasonable and probably even the right idea. But, we have exactly one model of hardware we are required to use — and it usually comes in at between $800 and $1000 per access point! But it sure makes IT’s job easier. At the expense of my budget…
Downloaded and installed IE8 Beta 1 in my Dell XPS with Vista, been using it all afternoon and haven’t noted a single problem with it yet. Unlike Safari for Windows, whch is slower than slow, doesn’t work with my online banking websites, crashes constantly and is generally the poorest excuse for a browser I’ve ever seen.
Safari on my wife’s MacBook Pro is respectable, but it ain’t as good as Firefox.
When I compare OS-bundled browsers (OS X and Windows), Microsoft has the better product. IE7 has proven itself more secure than Safari, has better integration with the desktop environment and applications, works with more websites (my banking websites don’t work at all with Safari), and is faster than Safari could ever hope to be.
When Safari was under development and in its early stages it was pretty fast on Mac, but has turned into a pig and memory hog as of late. I’m not impressed
Safari for OS X is fine. Just fine. I prefer Firefox and Camino, but Safari for Windows has to be the worst Windows based web browser I’ve ever used.
Note: IT IS STILL IN BETA, and I have hopes that Apple will bring it up to the level of reliability and performance of the OS X version in the not too distant future.
That being said, the only thing wrong with IE 7 for Windows and indeed IE in general is that MS refuses to be an equal player on the field. Developers seeking to take advantage of IE apparently need to break every other browser out there.