So, the first beta of IE8 is out... Looks no different to IE7 but apparently it passed the acid test and it's standards compliant!1!11 WOW!!1! So obviously I had to try it and review it just like I did for IE7.
Well first of all I can't spot any of the old CSS bugs (OMG I can't have been looking properly, seriously) but there are a few general bugs. If you view this site in it, the title of the page or blog entry kind of jumps when you hover over the navigation. Also, dropdown menus can't seem to decide whether they are as wide as the text inside them or as wide as the CSS says they should be. It seems if you click the menu, it is the correct width (i.e. that of the CSS) but if you click inside another field, it goes back to the width of the text inside.
Other than that, I couldn't find anything majorly wrong. I highly doubt I tested it fully, but still: could this be the end of IE hacks and having to make a separate stylesheet for IE because it interprets everything differently? Well, that certainly seems like an exciting prospect. The only thing I wonder is why Microsoft haven't done it before now.
Oh, and it has a handy "emulate IE7" button which is good only really for cross-browser checking... Can't easily install more than one IE on a computer so that's kind of useful. :P
Britney
8/03/2008 at 21:20
IE8 already? Wow. I'll have to check more into this. Even though I hate IE, but you know. :P If I had to use IE, I'd prefer IE6 over IE7. So I'll have to see how horrible IE8 is. Hopefully it's an improvement over 7.
Rachael
8/03/2008 at 21:38
Yay IE upgrades! Is this Beta safe to use yet, or should I stick with IE7 for the time being?
Amelie
8/03/2008 at 21:41
^ Up to you... I haven't upgraded my laptop, I only upgraded my VM at work :P
Rilla
8/03/2008 at 22:12
I'm not looking forward to IE8. That means I would have to test my designs in one extra browser and get a standalone IE7 or some crap. Ergh.
Amelie
8/03/2008 at 22:15
^ No need! IE8 has a "emulate IE7" button which transforms it into IE7 without needing to install an extra browser ;)
Cristina
9/03/2008 at 18:46
Man, I hope they've finally figured out the CSS bugs. I get so sick of stressin over stuff not looking properly in IE (such as my quilt).
Rilla
10/03/2008 at 9:32
@Amelie: Wow really. So I can install beta IE8 now and still get IE7?
Melissa
10/03/2008 at 19:57
Wooo! The one thing I'm looking forward to this is the great and hopeful chance that people will finally upgrade their browsers...at least to IE7. :P
Rilla
11/03/2008 at 6:31
OH!
OH!
OMFG OH! IE8 is even worse! My site looks so screwed in it.
Amelie
11/03/2008 at 7:34
^ Still got IE hacks? Take them out and see what happens...
Jem
12/03/2008 at 11:52
It's still IE, and is therefore automatically an inferior product.
Louise
12/03/2008 at 23:48
So it "emulates IE7" - Technically that would mean it's not 100% exactly the same as IE7 and may actually incur new bugs!
LOL or maybe not.
...Just my lame attempt at a joke. ^_^;
Christine
17/03/2008 at 21:27
oooo... *day dreams of the day she no longer has to stress about making it look good in ie6 and ff*
Vera
21/03/2008 at 9:41
I didn't like IE7 much... well aside that it resembles FF displaying more than IE6.
Also, you can have multiple IE versions on your computer (I have at work IE3 - IE 7): tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE
I'm not trying out any beta versions, had my fill of Microsoft beta releases. Will wait for the official release.
Niki
22/03/2008 at 11:58
Good marshmallows, its a miracle! At least I think so.
Let's just hope its "ancient" no more xP