Internet Explorer 8 vs web page coding

Sebby · May 12, 2009, 13:09:57

Lance · May 12, 2009, 13:13:19

Thanks Paul

Rik · May 12, 2009, 13:56:15

Thanks, Paul.

zappaDPJ · May 12, 2009, 14:47:36

Quote from: psp83 on May 12, 2009, 13:02:35
code above will work on all links, including this forum if you wanna use it.

It certainly does, thank you so much for posting that, I really appreciated it

psp83 · May 12, 2009, 15:19:56

no prob, i like to help where i can. plus we've just been paid to fix it on another site so why not share it

Rik · May 12, 2009, 16:22:30

Even better.

colonelsun · Jun 04, 2009, 21:02:08

Had to completely rollback IE 8 as it conflicted with PayPal. I couldn't make any payments on their website as the page loaded incorrectly with clickable buttons over the text, some of the text was missing anyway and the 'PAY' button was nowhere to be seen. A fruitful 30 minutes on Google led me to a Microsoft help page that rolled back the browser to IE 7 without losing my settings and PayPal works for me now.

Personally i thought IE 8 was bloated.

Sebby · Jun 04, 2009, 21:15:13

Did you try compatibility mode?

colonelsun · Jun 05, 2009, 17:49:50

Sebby...yeah tried that and the most important part of the PayPal page wouldn't load, the 'pay' button.

Apart from a few new security add ons i couldn't see the benefits of IE 8, they were completely lost on a regular internet user like me.

Sebby · Jun 05, 2009, 17:51:58

Tbh, I actually quite like IE8, but I would never choose to use IE as my main browser when there are much better alternatives, such as Firefox.

colonelsun · Jun 05, 2009, 20:21:20

Tbh, and i'm nearly choking on my jammy dodger biscuit here, IE 8 seemed a bit faster than IE 7 but i hated the way it looked cluttered around the top of the screen, especially where the URL box was....far too distracting for me.

Den · Jun 05, 2009, 20:30:43

At one time or another I have tried most of the brousers but I keep returning to IE and I truly think that IE8 is the best of the lot but I suppose Firefox would be my second choice.

Niall · Jun 07, 2009, 11:26:15

Does anyone actually like the new IE8? I've been forced to use it for a couple of things recently. Last night at a party I found myself spending 3 hours fixing someone's network, which only had IE8 installed. That browser is very bloated and sluggish compared to Firefox. For a change I actually gave IE a proper chance, and only installed Firefox on their computers after spending what felt like an ice age waiting for it to load certain websites I was downloading security software from, and installing all updates, etc.

It's horrid

Rik · Jun 07, 2009, 11:30:42

I think so, Niall, but others like it. I guess it will always provoke a love/hate reaction.

Simon · Jun 07, 2009, 11:31:41

I was also installing a router on a friends PC yesterday afternoon, and as the Windows Updates icon was present, I thought I might as well get them up to date, and lo and behold, IE8 appeared! I only had a very quick glance, and it didn't look much different to IE7 to me, but then, they use Firefox anyway, so hopefully, it won't be an issue.

Sebby · Jun 07, 2009, 13:44:50

I dislike IE, full stop, and won't use it unless I'm forced to (i.e. at work). That said, I do feel that IE8 is the best version yet.

Simon · Jun 07, 2009, 14:45:52

I'm actually on it now, just for testing, and the forum looks fine on it.

Rik · Jun 07, 2009, 15:44:32

That's a relief.

Sebby · Jun 07, 2009, 16:22:30

Well we have got the compatibility tag in there, so it should be fine.

Rik · Jun 07, 2009, 16:33:03

Phew.

colonelsun · Jun 07, 2009, 17:56:20

With IE 8 you'll find that Microsoft are always asking you to download security patches or updates. Why on earth they didn't just secure IE 7 and clean it up a bit...i don't know. But IE 8 is worringly a heavy download and 10 minutes later i was advised there was a whole clutch of patches for it....hardly inspiring is it?

But it's what you're most comfortable with. I just thank god AOL aren't in the browser market.

Rik · Jun 07, 2009, 17:57:10

They were for a time, of course.

Niall · Jun 07, 2009, 20:23:27

And what a shockingly bad one it was

Rik · Jun 08, 2009, 09:35:03

Though my first browser, back when you paid for them, was Netscape.

colonelsun · Jun 08, 2009, 21:50:43

AOL was my first ever ISP and so my first contact with the internet. An AOL rep once told me to stick with the AOL browser because IE had a tendency to fry your hard drive...yes honestly.

After about 6 months, getting used to the internet, solving computer problems myself, i thought it rather daring to close the AOL browser and click on the IE button. You've never seen so much sweat on one person's body before, except perhaps Paula Radcliffe when she stopped for an impromptu pee during the London Marathon and the good old BBC filmed every moment......so i exited the room with my pc in it and simply ran for it. Fifteen minutes later, clutching a cigarette and 2 sets of rosary beads, i entered the room to survey the damage. And IE stared back at me in all it's bewildering glory. There was no burnt hard drive and i never looked back.

I never contacted AOL again apart from their live customer services rep when i had speed issues. And i quickly told her what i thought of her when she suggested my slow broadband speed was due to the fact i had an earring.