IE8 ?

[john]

I removed the google toolbar (a necessary evil due to the spell check component) and it still didn't work in IE8 for me. I then tried IE8 on three other PCs/Laptops all with the same result.

I still maintain you cannot click the radio check boxes in IE8.

[EDIT] However you can click the text to the right of the check boxes which does toggle the radio button in IE8

Just tried it again and there was no problem, I didn't need to use the compatibility mode either.

I'm using the following version :

[Sebby]

Well it's nice to know that Firefox is good for something 

I don't understand that comment.

[Simon]

Well it's nice to know that Firefox is good for something 

Whereas, IE8 is good for nothing. 

[john]

Whereas, IE8 is good for nothing. 

You mean zero problems 

[zappaDPJ]

Just tried it again and there was no problem, I didn't need to use the compatibility mode either.

I'm using the following version :

I'm using what appears to be a later version or build. My version also reports a 256-bit Cypher Strength (which probably has nothing to do with it).

It does appear to be an issue with the build that I'm using (8.0.6001.18828) because I've recently encountered the same problem on another website. In this case around 2,500,000 people were required to access the site in order to update their account details and according to the web master everyone on that build has had issues with the site not displaying and/or reacting to interactive content correctly.

Thanks for the feedback, I'll try rolling back to an earlier build and see if that resolves the problem 

[netn00b]

I would suggest the OP is now thoroughly confused

Yes !

had a manic week and was ill last weekend so still trying to catch up on this epic now !

maybe by the time i read all of the posts i'll know what to do ! 

[Simon]

I doubt it!   

[bobleslie]

 

There'll be a new kid on the block just in time for the Olympics. 

[john]

Thanks Bob for that, I can't wait and there's no date given for even its beta release 

[Glenn]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/19/internet_explorer_9_standards/

[Sebby]

IE can only get better, surely?

[john]

In other words 'it goes from strength to strength' 

[Gary]

In other words 'it goes from strength to strength' 

It sure does, as the worlds slowest booting and rendering browser which does not follow web standards, and uses the highly unsafe active x 

[bobleslie]

Game, set, and match, to Gary.   

[john]

I think perhaps your a little biased Bob 

No matter how much you keep saying it's slow etc it doen't make any difference to me and many others who still cannot see any obvious difference in speed etc when compared to other browsers and it's still the most widely used one.

[Gary]

I think perhaps your a little biased Bob  

No matter how much you keep saying it's slow etc it doen't make any difference to me and many others who still cannot see any obvious difference in speed etc when compared to other browsers and it's still the most widely used one.

The speed gains are obvious and its rendering is slow, do some googling, active X is sadly still unsafe and the browser is like swiss cheese for holes, not saying others are not but many others get patched faster, Microsoft left one IE hole open for a year!

Its the most widly used browser mainly out of ignorance (not yours) but most people see it on the machine and use it, they people do not know there are alternatives unless they are techy types. We all use what suits us and that's fine, I would not want it any other way, but for drive by attacks IE is the worst, IE8 has to have a compatibility mode even now as some sites don't render correctly in it.

Google your browser, its speed issues its rendering issues, try the acid test, these will show in tried and tested means that IE8 comes bottom of the pack sadly. See these results below for some tests done on a broad range of browsers, the results speak for themselves about performance.

SunSpider 0.9 Benchmark

Total
Chrome                832.8ms +/- 1.7%
Safari                833.4ms +/- 1.7%
Firefox 3.5      1568.2ms +/- 0.6%
Opera                4048.0ms +/- 0.9%
IE8                  6671.8ms +/- 0.7%

V8 Javascript Benchmark

A benchmark to test Javascript performance.  Larger scores are better.

Chrome           2377
Safari           1683
Firefox 3.5    279
Opera             182
IE               71.3

[Den]

When I listen to music I listen to what I prefer not what somebody tells me I should listen to. When I use my computer I use what I prefer not what a report by someone I don't know telling me what is best. I may try other things but I use what I like best.   

[Lance]

Gary, In this instance benchmarks are meaningless and useless. All that matters is the perceived speed by the end user.

[john]

 

Having tried several browsers I could not detect any difference in the real life speeds of the usual sites that I visit. The acid test is meaningless to me because it's not a site that I would normally visit and the ones I do display okay. I suspect this is also true for most other users of IE and is the reason why we stick with what we know and like.

(Also I wouldn't like all those web designers who have gone to the trouble of ensuring their creations disply correctly in IE to have done the extra work for nothing  )

[bobleslie]

Thanks Bob for that, I can't wait and there's no date given for even its beta release 

Here's some additional information.

[Sebby]

Gary, In this instance benchmarks are meaningless and useless. All that matters is the perceived speed by the end user.

It's slow to use and in benchmarks to me.

[bobleslie]

You're not trying hard enough, Sebby. Close your eyes next time and really concentrate. 

[john]

 

Here's some additional information.

Bob  

[Sebby]

You're not trying hard enough, Sebby. Close your eyes next time and really concentrate.