[dba-Tech] IE8

That seems odd to me. Since I converted to it on my laptop I really
haven't noticed much of anything different except for when i open a
new tab it gives me some thumbnail screen shots of pages it thinks I
might want to open in that new tab. No difference in getting to any of
my regular pages. No time lag to get it going. It was really
completely painless for me.

The install did require a reboot I think but that was the only issue.

GK

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:
> When I first opened IE8, I found it took a good half and hour to remove
> enough security to make it useful. I just can not imagine a layman getting
> the product working well enough to really enjoy it.
>
> The one item of blocking JavaScript has always annoyed me. Considering that
> MS ASP.Net would not run without JS, it seems strange.
>
> This brings up a question that has had me wondering for years. There has
> been an 'urban legend' that somehow a skilled programmer can make JS running
> in a browser to actually access the host computer. I have spent days over
> the last years trying to investigate the theory but never found any tangible
> evidence.
>
> Has anyone else found anything to confirm this theory?
>
> On the other hand, IE8 seems like a very full package in its own right with
> lots of interesting features to explorer... I would prefer to do a bit of
> testing before launching it on any of my not so computer savvy clients.
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Dan Waters
> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 7:46 AM
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] IE8
>
> Hi Andy,
>
> I tried IE8 when MS first announced that that it was available several weeks
> ago.  When it first tried to run, I got a message that there was a security
> review that needed to be done.  So I had to download some software which
> would take care of that.  I did so, but then spent the rest of the day
> recovering.  It turned out that I had to reflash my BIOS to fully recover.
> I'm sorry I don't remember more details but then again I've tried to forget.
>
> If it asks you to run a security 'fixing' program, you may want to back out.
>
> I haven't tried again since then.
>
> Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Andy Lacey
> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 9:02 AM
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: [dba-Tech] IE8
>
> Hi all
>
> Any feedback on IE8? Should I or shouldn't I?
>
> Andy
>
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