Microsoft reveals IE8 Beta 2

[computeruler]

ie8 has a special pr0n mode...

[Broni]

I installed it today It wont open.

You screwed up your main computer?
If so, "look carefully"......

[!~*:.Pink Floyd.:*~!]

ie8 has a special pr0n mode...

Omg sweet!!!

I got It working now It keeps

Giving me this error report.

[Broni]

More news...

Microsoft: No more Windows Live Mail crashes with IE8 Beta 2

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9113900&intsrc=hm_list

But preview browser is still hinky with Hotmail, Netflix, Skype and other programs

  Microsoft Corp. today said that it made a mistake when it tagged one of its own programs as incompatible with Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, the browser preview it unveiled Wednesday.

In the release notes that accompanied IE8 Beta 2, Microsoft initially listed Windows Live Mail as problematic on PCs running the new browser. "If you install Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, Windows Live Mail will crash when you create or reply to an e-mail message," Microsoft warned in the release notes.

Windows Live Mail, formerly Windows Live Desktop, is the desktop mail client meant to replace Outlook Express and Windows Mail. It is different from the similarly named Windows Live Hotmail, which is the nameplate for Microsoft's Web-based e-mail service.

"This was actually an inaccuracy on our end that has since been fixed," said a Microsoft spokeswoman today via e-mail. "Live Mail will work just fine for IE8 Beta 2 users."

The release notes have since been modified to read: "Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is compatible with Windows Live Mail."

Computerworld confirmed that Windows Live Mail did not crash when it runs on a Windows XP system equipped with IE8 Beta 2.

The other incompatibility warnings in the release notes are, however, correct, said the spokeswoman. Among the problems:

    * Hotmail, Microsoft's online e-mail service. Apparently, IE8 Beta 2 will not always completely log off Hotmail after the user clicks the "Sign out" button, leaving the account active and making it possible for others using that computer to view the account's messages and use it to send mail. "To make sure that Internet Explorer logs off Hotmail, click the Hotmail Sign-In link after you log off Hotmail," Microsoft recommended in the release notes.

    * Netflix, the DVD subscription mail service. Users with IE8 Beta 2 cannot view Netflix's "On Demand" movies.

    * Skype, the popular voice-over-IP application. "IE8 Beta 2 displays a compatibility warning when certain versions of the Skype add-in are installed," said Microsoft. "When you disable this add-in, the main functionality of the Skype product is unaffected." Version 2.2.0.193 and later of the Skype add-in are compatible.

Microsoft has also warned potential IE8 Beta 2 users running Windows XP Service Pack 3 that they won't be able to uninstall either the service pack or IE8 under some circumstances.

[Dias de verano]

"hinky"? 

[Broni]

This is a straight copy, so you tell me what it means, since E is my SL.

[Dias de verano]

This is a straight copy, so you tell me what it means, since E is my SL.

I believe that it is US English slang for "strange, unusual; weird; nonstandard".

[drmsucks]

This is a straight copy, so you tell me what it means, since E is my SL.

I believe that it is US English slang for "strange, unusual; weird; nonstandard".

...but, we're talking Microsoft here; hinky = strange, unusual; weird; nonstandard = normal; as in 'Press Start' to shut down; as in "No, you can't remove this program even if it is a beta." It's not "hinky," it's a feature

[mcxeb52!]

microsoft browser is adding good features, it's just their browser (as of the beta 2) looks ugly. Apple's browser also looks ugly but I'd take IE's ugliness first

[Dairyman]

Microsoft: No more Windows Live Mail crashes with IE8 Beta 2

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9113900&intsrc=hm_list

But preview browser is still hinky with Hotmail, Netflix, Skype and other programs

Of course...

[mcxeb52!]

it's wierd how microsoft's own services doesn't work correctly with it's own programs. But then again, all programs more or less have bugs that needs to be figured out in beta stages.

[Broni]

it's wierd how microsoft's own services doesn't work correctly with it's own programs.

It's normal...

[kpac]

Anyone here hear of this: http://internetexplorer8.net/ 

[Broni]

I just went quickly through it, and I found one thing, which is not true:

One thing Chrome has done is simplified the traditional combination of address bar and search bar. Instead, you use the same box to type URLs and search criteria; if it's the latter, Chrome comes up with some helpful suggestions. IE8 does the same but keeps a separate search box just in case, while Firefox sticks with URLs and previously visited pages in the address bar and search suggestions in the search bar.

Firefox can be easily set to use address bar as a search bar at the same time. That's how I have it set up. I don't have search bar at all.
...and one statement, which is very doubtful:

Fighting evil
WINNER: IE8. NO, REALLY

Since IE uses ActiveX, it can't be a winner. Period.

[kpac]

Firefox can be easily set to use address bar as a search bar at the same time. That's how I have it set up. I don't have search bar at all.

Yea, I like that about FF.
It's like a Google "I'm feeling lucky" search. If it finds a match, it automatically redirects you to the page.