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Old 08-27-2008   #1 (permalink)
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Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Now Available

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Now Available

Source: IEBlog : Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Now Available


We’re excited to release IE8 Beta 2 today for public download. You can find it at http://www.microsoft.com/ie8. Please try it out!

You’ll find versions for 32- and 64-bit editions of Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008. In addition to English, IE8 Beta 2 is available in Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), and German. Additional languages will be available soon.
While Beta 1 was for developers, we think that anyone who browses or works on the web will enjoy IE8 Beta 2. Before the team blogs about our Beta 2 in detail, here’s an overview of what you’ll find in IE8.
We focused our work around three themes: everyday browsing (the things that real people do all the time), safety (the term most people use for what we’ve called ‘trustworthy’ in previous posts), and the platform (the focus of Beta 1, how developers around the world will build the next billion web pages and the next waves of great services). ......

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Download Page: Internet Explorer 8: Worldwide sites



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  --Addition by dmex
Microsoft have released an updated “Report a Webpage Problem” tool to help us capture website compatibility issues with IE8.

If you have used the tool before or are new to it, You can download it from here When you encounter a site that is not rendering correctly, you can submit a report using the link found in the Tools Menu.

Microsoft use these compatibility reports to populate the compatibility test suite with real site issues seen by users around the world.

To Report Internet Explorer 8 bugs, see: https://connect.microsoft.com/IE
Tip
  To uninstall this beta version of Internet Explorer 8, you just need to select Windows Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 listed in the Programs and Features View Installed Updates link. For how, see: Windows Update - Uninstall

See also: How to uninstall Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2


Last edited by dmex; 09-02-2008 at 12:08 AM.. Reason: Added Report Tool Link
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Old 08-27-2008   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Now Available

If this breaks my new style...i'm not gonna be happy!!!
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Old 08-27-2008   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Now Available

LOL,

I'm downloading it now and fixing to install it to test and see.
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Old 08-27-2008   #4 (permalink)
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Re: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Now Available

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by Brink View Post
LOL,

I'm downloading it now and fixing to install it to test and see.
Nice, Going to give this a try now Added to the Forum Beta List too
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Old 08-27-2008   #5 (permalink)
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Re: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Now Available

John,

No problems that I can see so far. Everything looks great.
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Old 08-27-2008   #6 (permalink)
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Re: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Now Available

So far so good, only my google toolbar doesnt work, so there will be no spell check for me tonight

Edit:- googlebar now working.
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Old 08-27-2008   #7 (permalink)
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Re: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Now Available

I'll try it, but before I do install it, I'm going to create a restore point, I don't want something to get messed up in the process.

This being the second public beta means, that IE8 will most likely come out of beta in a month or two.
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Old 08-27-2008   #8 (permalink)
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Re: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Now Available

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by z3r010 View Post
So far so good, only my google toolbar doesnt work, so there will be no spell check for me tonight

Edit:- googlebar now working.

This version is awsome, Loving the speed and new tab coloured design plus the many, many other enhancements The favorites bar looks ugly but does have a few very interesting features though the Addressbar feature is another great aswome addition

Truely good release over any currenty released Internet Explorer... Cheers Microsoft

Last edited by dmex; 08-27-2008 at 07:58 PM..
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Old 08-27-2008   #9 (permalink)
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Re: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Now Available

Installing both the vista 32 and 64. I will keep you posted.

Had a site lock up and assumed it was IE8's fault. Went to firefox and same thing. So far so good.

Read where someone lost their IE favorites? Didnot happen to me with either vs.

Last edited by usmc_nam_vet; 08-28-2008 at 08:10 PM.. Reason: Further feedback
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Old 08-27-2008   #10 (permalink)
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Re: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Now Available

Yeah, since Vista x64 has both x64 and x86 versions, do we install *both* or will the x64 versions cover both?

Or can that even be done?
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