Comments on: Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) vs. Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) (Performance)

By: jobardu

jobardu — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:24:31 +0000

Philbo:
Do you think Chrome is faster than Maxthon. I was starting to gain weight waiting for IE8 to load a web page and tried Maxthon, the lighter version, since it was supposed to be fast. It beats IE8 and Firefox into the dust on Vista (but is still slow compared to browsing on XP). Do you think Maxthon competes with Chrome?

Finally, do you think upgrading to Windows 7 will significantly speed up internet browsing. I’ve heard that Vista is slow due to massive loading of RAM by Aero and other Vista “stuff”, poor memory management and DRM security checks that slow down surfing while it checks if you are downloading media. What is your thought on this.

By: Philbo

Philbo — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:24:52 +0000

     Google Chrome is without hesitation faster at rendering websites compared to Internet Explorer 8 for multiple reasons as well as being more secure. I do not work with either Microsoft or Google but I am on Google’s side when it comes to Internet Browsers, although Google is less trustworthy in the long run.
     Google uses the fastest javascript rendering engine known at the moment and also has the fastest startup time due to its low-memory usage advantage and individual tab proccess feature (also used in Internet Explorer 8).
     Internet Explorer is commonly-used because of Microsoft integrating it with its Operating System (Windows Vista, Windows 7, Etc).

- For security and speed combined, I would trust Google Chrome
- For reliability I trust Internet Explorer 7 (Although Internet Explorer 8 is said to e more reliable by Micorsoft)

And John, you should be banned from this forum because your disgraceful to ven live on the same planets as us. I think you need to stop talking trash on the internet because your not man enough to take any of us in real life. Stop cyber-bullying, it doesnt make you cool to bully in the privacy of your own house (or your moms condo, in your case) because you cant say it to our faces. Thanks,

By: MARY

MARY — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 06:47:24 +0000

When I downloaded IE 8 it screwed my computer up, so I reformatted, and put IE 7 back on. This also happened to other people’s computers that I work on. So if you haven’t reinstalled IE 7, that’s your best bet.

It appears something is conflicting with IE 8. There are other things to beef-up your security, and Microsoft supplies many of them, FOR FREE.
Whenever something new comes out, I don’t download it right away. They still have to iron out the kinks. True, the only way they can find problems is by the errors that come up, but I don’t want to be the one that gets the problem.

GeekSquad.com is great with info, and doing searches getting statistics tells you alot.

Hopefully IE 9 works!!!

Take Care!

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 31 May 2010 21:22:44 +0000

I am having the same problems, never had spyware or Virus issues with 7, but with 8 it is a minute by minute nightmare

By: jobardu

jobardu — Thu, 27 May 2010 02:41:25 +0000

Internet Explorer 8 is the worst dog in the history of Internet Browsers. It is so slow that nothing will speed it up. I spoke with an executive of a major ISP who told me that they ended up getting rid of IE 8 because it was so slow and unresponsive. My own internet connection clocked at over 15mbs but loading a web page often takes a minute of more. Transitions within a web page take half a minute, and freezes are common. Basically Internet Explorer moves at slow dial up connections.
I’ve tried about a dozen speed up procedures, registry hacks and stripped down all add ons, plug ins, accelerators and tool bars. It still sucks. Some people have said that the problem is that IE8 doesn’t work well with security software or other programs on the net like Adobe software. I’ve tried to work with it by changing firewall and anti-virus, but here’s the thing, I don’t know what will work. Microsoft should put out a list of what software won’t kill IE 8, or even better, patch it so it enables browsing at 1998 speeds.

I hear the security is much better in IE8 than in IE 7. But what good is it if the door to your house is so locked down that you can’t get in or out. I’ve also heard that Microsoft’s worship of the media companies puts substantial DRM functionality in IE8 that slows down the browser.

My guess is that this zombie will be put to rest very soon and that IE9 will be out well before the end of the year in the hope that IE8 will be quickly forgotten.

By: praveen

praveen — Sat, 01 May 2010 12:10:27 +0000

MS spoils all its user’s expectations due to its release of vista and ie8…ie8 has no advantages than chrome nor firefox nor even its older ie7 ..ie7 is more reliable..ie8 is often stucking and not responding..so i’ve switched back to ie7

By: sue

sue — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:22:45 +0000

I am so relieved to see many others agree with my (negative) opinion of IE8. I unsuspectingly downloaded it to my laptop last fall with MS updates. Opened my browser and “whoa! WTH happened?” Did NOT like the way favorites were no longer on the same toolbar with tabs, and NO “Add to favorites” meaning more clicks to save a page. I found the MS support page on how to uninstall IE8 and did. Ever since, as Mike says above, I am also experiencing my pc erroring a lot. Many times when I turn it on, all I get is a black screen, so I have to turn it back off, on again, and get the “windows was shut down incorrectly” (paraphrasing) screen. It also locks up occasionally. What a pain! My husband bought a new desktop last November, which came with Vista and IE8, and he has had to take it in twice to get adware viruses scrubbed. Every time I download updates, I make sure I unselect IE8.

By: sue

sue — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:58:30 +0000

Right on, Pb0071! John should be blocked for abusive messages.

By: babyhead

babyhead — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:53:53 +0000

IE 8 is absolutely rubbish, Microsoft became a rubbish producer since Vista. Microsoft is going to die soon. Google will beat such a fucking company cause so much problem to web designers!

By: Pb0071

Pb0071 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:03:52 +0000

To John, “Fuck” seems to be your favorite word. You sound like an immature jerk. You been trying to promote IE8 but I’m sure IE8 would not want to associate their product or be their spokeperson to a person such as you.