Don't get too excited... yet...
IE8 is still available as a BETA program, so if you download it and install it, you do that at your own risk. BETA RC1 (Release Candidate 1) means it is almost ready to go public, but there are still some bugs to work out.
We have downloaded it here and tried it out. It is quite a bit different, and like a lot of the Microsoft new products, it is trying to do a lot of stuff, and I am not sure how well it is going to “help” out or be better.
We also found several features that were different and some that did not work at all. Things like cutting and pasting from MS Word to a web browser was not working on the Blogspot site. There is a “compatibility mode” which will allow older style websites work with the new browser.
We have downloaded it here and tried it out. It is quite a bit different, and like a lot of the Microsoft new products, it is trying to do a lot of stuff, and I am not sure how well it is going to “help” out or be better.
We also found several features that were different and some that did not work at all. Things like cutting and pasting from MS Word to a web browser was not working on the Blogspot site. There is a “compatibility mode” which will allow older style websites work with the new browser.
Better Security is one of the big areas they focused on, to keep us safer online. The other thing is usability, which is always different for each person. The Tabbing feature on the new IE8 is a lot more like FireFox now. One neat feature is that it asks you if you want to close all tabs, or just one of them.
I highly recommend you wait until IE8 has been released to the public in the final version, and then wait a few more months. My guess is, towards the end of the year. If you get a windows update telling you to download it, I would say no to IE8 at this point.
I will do some more testing and have a more thorough review in the next couple of months, and I will keep you updated.
Paul
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