Internet Explorer 8

[doctorhardware]

That would be real nice if they did it is kinda of a drag using USB. well at least it is faster then what it use to be.

[blutach]

Using it. Definitely faster than IE7.

I find it slow to open a new tab - although this could be AVG's fault.

Regards

[atifsh]

@Blutach
some trouble with S&D's imunize... google around to find answer.

[Wombler]

I find it slow to open a new tab - although this could be AVG's fault.

Regards

This affects a large number of people so here's the correct fix in detail.

Go to the Immunize section, right-click deselect all, select all the "… (Domains)" or "… (Secure Domains)" entries, then click Undo.

Spybots immunize technique is recognised by the authors as out dated and no longer efficient. It has been superceded by the latest (and more effective) browser techniques including those used in IE8 so you're at no disadvantage from disabling the above.

For the record the problem relates to the 'Restricted Zone' entries populated automatically by Spybot's 'Immunize' feature. Microsoft never intended this feature to be used this way and therefore have not built in support for such excessively large lists.


Wombler

[ed klein]

I see there are versions of IE8 out just for XP operating system.

I am waiting for it to appear in the Microsoft updates before I install it, and a better chance to be compatible with other software programs.

[blutach]

@Wombler - so basically you are saying to unimmunize in Spybot S&D?

Regards

[gonwk]

Hi folks,

At some other sites people are posting having problem(s) with Flash and multiple pages open at one time.

I recall someone suggesting to wait till IE8 SP1 is available ... may be I will do that!

G!

[MilesAhead]

Hmmmmm just yesterday I updated to Firefox 3.08. I was finally able to use AddOns in 3 to do everything I was doing in 2.x. Seems to be very stable. Only thing I notice is the first startup of FF since boot seems to take a long time. Guess it is a bit of a pig. TM shows it using 97 MB of ram!

Once up it runs fine though.

[Wombler]

@Wombler - so basically you are saying to unimmunize in Spybot S&D?

Regards

No, not entirely, only for the entries that end in "… (Domains)" or "… (Secure Domains)".

So basically deselect everything via right click then select all the entries with the "Domains" suffix before hitting undo.

This will selectively remove the problem entries.

When you next update obviously you'll have to deselect the "Domains" entries before hitting immunize which is a bit of a pain.

It's a Windows problem that as far as Microsoft is concerned doesn't need fixed so I'd imagine Spybot's fix will be to remove the option to immunize these entries in a future update.

The important thing though is that according to the Spybot team you no longer need to protect these entries anyway if you're using IE8.


Wombler

[atifsh]

The important thing though is that according to the Spybot team you no longer need to protect these entries anyway if you're using IE8.

that's important isn't.

[atifsh]

Hi folks,

At some other sites people are posting having problem(s) with Flash and multiple pages open at one time.

I recall someone suggesting to wait till IE8 SP1 is available ... may be I will do that!

G!

must be a joke, as windows tend to do better after atleast service pack 1, so they make a joke bout IE. ie doesnt get service packs but update rollups or somthing.

it working fine on vista on brothers laptop

[jmet]

I've been using IE8 for about 2 weeks now.............I downloaded FireFox at the same time also..........I prefer FireFox (thats a shocker I know) but IE 8 is not bad at all....hell of alot better than IE7 in my opinion............But SlimBrowser is still my browser of choice.......I tried Chrome awhile back, I liked it but was not compatible with a lot of stuff so I ditched it

[MilesAhead]

@jmet if you are using FF 3.08 stable, try FF 3.1 beta 3. I've been using it a couple of days now. It's very snappy without FasterFox(I uninstalled FasterFox completely) and I found SyncPlaces as a substitute for the old Bookmark Sync & Sort. In short, most of your AddOns should still work if you use Mr Tech to override the version check.

It's a memory hog but once you load it up the first time after a bootup, it seems to load pretty well(must be the Windows system caching.) I have finally uninstalled 2.x

btw the beta installs in a separate directory so you can back it off without hosing 3.08 if you want.

[MilesAhead]

Oops!! Now I'm going totally crazy!! Using Minefield March 31 build! Even snappier!!

edit: Whoops! Guess they call it Minefield for a reason!! Kept changing all my favicons to little blue dots. Took me 3 hours to straighten out one machine. Don't know why but I can't go back to 2.x on that system. Seems like I'm stuck with 3.x if I like it or not now.

FF 3.1 beta 3 seems stable though.

[blutach]

Well, unimmunising cured my problem. Thanks Wombler.

Regards