IE8 Beta 2 is out - Posted (2312 Views)
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MarkJH
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"InPrivate Browsing
Browse the web without saving your history with Internet Explorer 8’s InPrivate Browsing. Now you can shop for that special gift with confidence knowing your family won’t accidentally find out or use a shared computer without leaving a trace."

Yes, because that's what it'll be used for!<
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My first impressions: Impressive

Cold start is like lightspeed. Coloring of tabs opened from same site and ability to close them all at once is something I was looking for. CPU and MEM usage impressive compared to rivals. Passes Acid2 for sure this time, fixed many bugs previously was on in Beta 1.<
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What percent for Acid3?<
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HuwR
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Originally posted by phy1729
What percent for Acid3?
not much better than IE7.<
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HuwR
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yippee, they have fixed the session problem that broke my Web Applications smile<
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ruirib
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It looks quite an improvement. It's definitely more stable than the previous beta and there are some features that look really great. Developer Tools allows you to "dissect" a web according to several views and may be great to debug stuff you've done on your pages. Accelerators also look interesting, specially when more accelerators are added. I've used the translation one and it sure beats opening a new tab to visit babelfish.... The tab grouping feature is also very neat.
It's probably the best IE release for many years!<
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So the Developer Tools are built-in now? (as opposed to being a seperate download)<
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ruirib
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They are accessible through a menu or keyboard shortcut. I think they are built-in, haven't downloaded anything separately.<
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MarkJH
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Can it run alongside IE7?<
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you don't need it to, you can set IE8 to behave like IE7

The Dev tools are built in.<
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