Overview of Platform Improvements in IE8 RC1

re: Overview of Platform Improvements in IE8 RC1

Phil — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:34:11 GMT

Squirreldude, Sun's Java Virtual Machine and ie plugin is a performance, security, and reliability nightmare. Of course, why would Sun bother to make it any good for ie/windows, since they have every incentive to make windows (which competes with their platform) look bad?

Stuart, dxtrans is a part of IE's display filters, and isn't used by other programs. it's not a part of directx-- it *uses* directx.

Vinifera, IE "blocks any possible script"? WTH are you talking about?

re: Overview of Platform Improvements in IE8 RC1

Mr Squirrel — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:00:26 GMT

If your tabs open slow, the blame goes to Java?

Great. Now it's all Java's fault that IE can't figure out how to play nice with the rest of the world. Again.

As one of those rare folks who programs entire website backends in Java, and even writes game applets, I am tired of hearing Java blamed for your problems.

I've occasionally had to uninstall Microsoft updates from my Windows machine, because they cause my Java applications to fail. As a result, I am biting the bullet and porting all my remaining Windows boxes to Linux. I am tired of Windows breaking my Java.

It is as if Java is always the implicit evil here at MicrosoftCloudCuckooLand. I am dismayed to find out by reading these forums that Java has once again become the de facto bugbear for Microsoft's development woes. It is amusing, in a sad way, but mostly just depressing.

Anyway, good luck on achieving that day somewhere way off in the distant future, when your browser learns to play with the rest of the kids.

re: Overview of Platform Improvements in IE8 RC1

Michael L. Parmley — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:39:32 GMT

When I enable the acellerators, I get an error on every website of "The instruction at "0x..." referenced memory at "0x...". The memory could not be written.

Click on OK to terminate the program.

Click on Cancel to Debug the program.

No matter what you do, you end up in a circle that requires "ctrl alt delete" "terminate program"

re: Overview of Platform Improvements in IE8 RC1

steve_web — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:41:24 GMT

@Klimax - hey, sorry about the language thing (one forgets sometimes about the other lang installs)

In particular I noticed that the VERY FIRST tab created after the browser is opened takes quite a while. (e.g. not the homepage that is loaded, but the new tab created right after that)

I'm not at my normal office so I can't post any hardware specs ATM.

re: Overview of Platform Improvements in IE8 RC1

hAl — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:10:25 GMT

Without addons

(X) Very Fast

With addons

(X) Average

re: Overview of Platform Improvements in IE8 RC1

Klimax — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:18:16 GMT

Tool referenced in the link by steve_web is done against english version and does not work on IE with other languages.(regardless of version.)

Will try to correct at least for czech version.

(So far max was 269ms and median 109ms in row of 10 tabs,in already loaded browser on Win7,Lenovo R500 - core2)

re: Overview of Platform Improvements in IE8 RC1

Klimax — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:17:04 GMT

Tool referenced in the link by steve_web is done against english version and does not work on IE with other languages.(regardless of version.)

Will try to correct at least for czech version.

re: Overview of Platform Improvements in IE8 RC1

Klimax — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:44:11 GMT

@steve_web:

OK.Only for comparsion(I forgot to include last info) it was measured on compaq nx7300.(Core2 duo with 1,5GB RAM)

Your report has interesting results.Few details are however missing.What addons in each cases were,if any other software likely to interact with any browser was running(AV,Spybot and such) and specs of computers.

I will test out my main PC with your EXE.(IE7,Core2 E4600?,1GB RAM,XP SP3,PATA HDD 250GB)

And BTW this was missing in other reports pon this blogs.

Thank you.

re: Overview of Platform Improvements in IE8 RC1

Rimbaud — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:39:19 GMT

Please, please, please ditch your terrible trident rendering engine and just use Gecko or Webkit. You have made web developers' lives a nightmare for so long.

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