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    Welcome IE, goodbye Firefox


     

    Internet Explorer vs FirefoxI’ve been thinking to move from Firefox to Internet Explorer 8 RC1 for the last few months, and today I decided to do IT :-) . I’ve been using IE 8 beta as secondary browser since it was made public, and I think it is great and STABLE browser. I often had problems with Firefox crashes, but with IE sometimes I have crash only in one tab. That’s because in IE8 every tab has it’s own process, and if something happens in any tab, only that tab get’s restarted.

    Of course, there are other improvements in IE that I like and perhaps I’ll use them a lot, like Accelerators, Web Slices, Smart Screen filter, search suggestions… If you want to try new IE, download it from official site.

    P.S. Now I’m thinking to move from Windows Vista to Windows 7, as I see a lot of people using it as primary OS, and all of them are satisfied with it. I’ll probably do it today. I just don’t like the idea of installing all programs on new OS, but maybe it is worth of it.

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    By Ilija Brajkovic | March 2, 2009
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    • http://www.msserveradmin.com Daniel Anderson

      Gday Ilija
      I have been using Windows 7 as my OS on my notebook for some time now and find it far better than Vista. Give it a go, you will not be disappointed.

    • http://www.brajkovic.info/ Ilija

      I’ll do it, I just don’t like the fact that there will be no upgrade from Windows 7 beta to Windows 7 in the future, so I’ll have to install fresh new copy of Windows 7 once it hits the market.

    • http://www.brajkovic.info/ Ilija

      Just one question: is it going to be possible to upgrade from W7 beta to W7 RC, or will I have to install new copy?

    • http://medo64.blogspot.com Josip Medved

      Just be aware that Windows 7 has beta 1 of IE8. Google sites do not like it much (you need to use them in compatibility mode). IE8 RC will come with Windows 7 RC (hopefully in april).

    • http://www.brajkovic.info/ Ilija

      Uf, I would like to see IE8 RC1 on Windows 7.
      I’ll survive running Google sites in compatibility mode :-) .

    • Anton Sivic

      Hey Ilija, if you get IE 8 RC1 successfully working on Windows 7 let me know, because I wasn’t able to find RC1 installer for Windows 7 and I haven’t try to use any other installation for other OS (Vista etc.)

    • http://blog.frankovic.net Marin

      Well, I still use Firefox and IE 8 (Win 7 version), since some sites do not show correctly in IE. I suggest you create ful computer backup prior to installing Win 7, so you can allwasy revert if anything goes bad. You can upgrade Vista to Win 7, you should also be able to upgrade from BETA to RC1 (seamless upgrade as they call it :) ).

    • http://www.brajkovic.info/ Ilija

      @Anton
      As far as I know, it is not possible to install IE8 RC1 on Win7, but look what Josip Medved is saying: “IE8 RC will come with Windows 7 RC (hopefully in april).”

      @Marin
      I’ll install fresh new copy of Windows 7 beta on another partition, then I’ll copy files and setting from Windows Vista. I’ll let Vista installed, just in case :-) .

    • cappie

      You make it sound as if you’re being sponsored by Microsoft dude.. IE8 has a TON of site compatibility issues, that alone is enough reason to stick with Firefox 3.5 or better.

      By censoring this comment you are admitting that you’re a fraud and a Microsoft employee or fanboy.

    • http://www.brajkovic.info/ Ilija Brajkovic

      @cappie Of course I won’t delete your comment, as long as you don’t insult (which is not case in this situation).

      I use both IE8 and Firefox 3.5, and IE8 is very good piece of software.

      As I said in one post, I am not MS employee (just a student partner).
      Fanboy? If all I need to become a fanboy is using some technology (and I use MS solutions a lot), then yes, I am fanboy. I use MS solutions where I think those solutions are better than solutions from other vendors, and vice-versa.

      I write this blog to help others and share my “experience” and knowledge, and I’m used to be called “fanboy”. But if that’s the price, OK, I’ll survive.

      Thank you for your comment.

      Ilija

    • Joe

      your kinda-xml tag is goin' in the quote book.

    • Alex

      And how do you like IE? Still using it for anything? :) Still running Windows, too? :) Good luck :)

    • Anonymous

      I’m using Chrome now :-) . And of course, Windows7 :-) .

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