Should I get IE 8?

[PeckhamRose]

Well, should I?

(IE = Internet Explorer. And if you didn't know that, you probably not best placed to help. So let's see if anyone can help out here!)

[FrustratedLawyer]

In short no. Try Firefox, you will never go back to IE.

http://www.getfirefox.com

[SeanMacGabhann]

All about firefox. .

[PeckhamRose]

But but but I have NEVER had a problem with IE!

Ever!

And I am not a techie.

[FrustratedLawyer]

There's no techiness involved in Firefox. Just are very friendly. easy and useful interface. Especially the ICBM and Wikipedia search box.

Plus the in-browser spellchecker. Just like Word!

[mockney piers]

As a developer I can't help but hate IE, it's not web standards compliant, though it's improved a bit on that, it's just so many legacy products and cowboys out there develop specifically for IE, and it doesn't work on anything else.

Plus firefox has the utterly invaluable firebug. If you're not going to use (the millions of really useful) firefox extensions then I don't see it has anything much over IE7.

If you browse the web a bit, do the forum, go to ebay and read the beeb then I don't see the problem with the more recent IEs. Is there anything compelling to go for it? Not really except if you're on 7 you'll suddenly find your OS has upgraded without telling you, so you'll have no choice, and that's a bit annoying.

Mind you Google are going the same way and now have this irritating installer thing that keeps trying to foist chrome on you when all you want is google earth.

Mind you Apple do the same frankly.

Safari's nice though and I loved Opera. Give em all a go I say.

[louisiana]

Get Firefox.

I've been using it for years. I'm no geek.

The extensions are great.

(I spent Thursday in some corporate HQ with people struggling with a new version install of IE. Thing is with MS, they take a an interface that loads of people know, then throw it away and start again.)

[Mikecg]

Im downloading IE8 as we speak, I dont mind Microdross IE.

[mockney piers]

has it got the whole new ribbon thing? Ugh, hate new office, awful awful awful.

[Mikecg]

The only major change I can see at this stage is the way favorites are handled, it has three new tabs, favorites feeds and history.

[matthew123]

I've been using IE 8 for quite a few months since one of their Beta versions and now using Release Candidate 1... should have stuck with IE 7. I'm sure IE 8 will eventually run smoothly but probably still a while away... so stick with what you got for now.

[Mikecg]

It's IE7 with a few more pretty pictures added, microdross stylee.

[jaybee82]

Yep agreed. Stick with IE7 for now, until they bring out at least a couple of decent patches. I actually have never used Firefox but might give it a whirl.

Mockney - You know you can download the old GUI for Office 2007. I can't stand the ribbon menu's but found a natty little tool to convert it all back. And who said change was a good thing?

[Mikecg]

I hate the way the address bar now works, I use firefox anyway but I just wanted to check it out. It's a crock o sh!te.

[mockney piers]

cheers jaybee. Actually I think there's a setting in the apps to use the old style menus tucked away somewhere.

[bon3yard]

Mozilla all day, everyday. (tu)

[woofmarkthedog]

Buy a mac...............=......good fun..........

[Sue]

Just don't download Adobe 9, every time I try and print a pdf everything crashes :-S

[PeckhamRose]

I really appreciate all the advice folks.

"If it ain't broke don't fix it" seems to work for me so I shall refrain from uploading it for now.

I am not a techie and don't even understand what ICBM means.

TLA is just about the only TLA I understand. Let alone FLAs...

[FrustratedLawyer]

PeckhamRose Wrote:

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> I am not a techie and don't even understand what

> ICBM means.

InterContinental Ballistic Missile - i'm not too sure why you want to get involved in any of that, pretty dangerous stuff.

[LuvPeckham]

I just installed Opera 10 Alpha and it has spelling checker in it (automatically) and some other new features that I am about to play with...

So far I would recommend it over ie 8 (which I installed last week)

[Jah Lush]

I don't understand a word you're saying. Geeks the lot of you.