Filed under: About Kai | Tags: IE 8, IE 8 Beta 2, Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, Microsoft, Microsoft Update
Beta 2…? Sounds… interesting.
I downloaded the Internet Explorer Beta 2 version this morning on the kitchen computer, affectionately dubbed the ‘motherboard’. This afternoon, upon returning to school, I’ve looked at it, tweaked with the settings just a bit, and I’m making my first call on it.
…Microsoft needs help. Desperately. What happened to the Vista patches that might make the programme work with regular computers? Mine runs it nicely, but that’s because of the huge amount of memory in it…
…I guess they thought that releasing a new Internet Explorer update would pacify Vista users?
In addition, it’s a nightmare with WordPress, but it has a few nice features:
- InPrivate Browsing: InPrivate browsing automatically hides you while you have it activated, effectively rendering your cookies and history from that particular session useless. This means that if you log into something, you’ll be logged out as soon as you close the window. This also means I can shamelessly browse and post on fanfiction.net [my father seems to think that it contains inappropriate materials for a seventeen-year-old's eyes, nevermind that there are fifteen year olds writing it]. This is my favourite feature.
- A cleaner toolbar: the toolbar is no longer a mockery of Firefox [or at least, no as much], but somethnig that fits with Vista’s general ‘minimalist’ theme. It looks like they’re starting to get the hang of aesthetics, I credit them with that much.
- It would seem that choosing the search engine you want instead of the Live Search that my friends and I so desperately wish to destroy is much easier. I have Google set as mine – I was prompted to choose when I first opened up my new browser after a quick reboot.
Hopefully these little things will make it worth my time. The little things [such as the hugely distorted Title entry area in the WordPress 'Create New Post' area] are bugging me, but hopefully Microsoft will shine through when they release the full version of IE 8.
I’ll be waiting.
-RYK
Date: [Thursday] August 28, 2008
Location: Kitchen
Music: Storm [Gackt]
Mood: Mildly miffed at IE 8
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