IE8 in Windows 7 RC: Reliability and Telemetry

re: IE8 in Windows 7 RC: Reliability and Telemetry

EricLaw [MSFT] — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:00:05 GMT

For anyone who doesn't understand the (geeky) instructions above, simply import the following registry script:

http://www.enhanceie.com/dl/NoWin7HRPrompt.reg

Remember, this only applies to Windows 7 RC users.

re: IE8 in Windows 7 RC: Reliability and Telemetry

techbiz — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:25:29 GMT

I am the webmaster for vbatech.com, and when I upgraded to IE8.0, suprise!, surprise!. Apparently support for .gif format graphics has been dropped.?! You need to warn anyone creating graphics on their webpage that no one will be able to see them in IO8.0. They will need to make everything a .jpg to be seen.

Was this intentional? Compatibility does not correct for this.

re: IE8 in Windows 7 RC: Reliability and Telemetry

ieblog — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:58:19 GMT

@techbiz: No, support for .GIF images has not been dropped, and the GIF files on http://vbatech.com look fine.

re: IE8 in Windows 7 RC: Reliability and Telemetry

Stefan — Mon, 04 May 2009 21:10:44 GMT

Is there a way to get this Message on Vista based systems?

If not, it would be really cool if you be willing to made an update available to add this functionality on non-W7-systems.

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Dave — Tue, 05 May 2009 00:05:42 GMT

That's nice...how long is the timer set for by default, and how do I change it?

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re: IE8 in Windows 7 RC: Reliability and Telemetry

Catto — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:52:40 GMT

Hey Now,

Never knew about Telemetry

Thx 4 the info,

Catto

Accelerator unpleasant experience

Andrew — Tue, 05 May 2009 06:59:28 GMT

Hello,

love accelerator translate

but not quite pleasant to use yet

u see, i want to translate

from japanese into english

i block the font,

i have to wait the translate service on

then i have to select the language from to

here the problem start

when i block another font,

i have to do the same thing over and over again

I HAVE TO SELECT FROM JAPANESE TO ENGLISH AGAIN !!!!

this still on the same page !

why not translate the whole site u ask ?

because thats not what i want to do

to me block the font is like using color marker on real life

I HATE TO SELECT FROM TO LANGUAGE THOUSAND TIMES on same page or even better until i change the default or where the hell place to change FROM TO .....

hope helps

re: IE8 in Windows 7 RC: Reliability and Telemetry

hAl — Tue, 05 May 2009 08:54:07 GMT

@Andrew

Would that have something to do with the locale you have set or the language the websitie defines the text ?

If I select your above reaction and use the live translate accelerator it automatically translates direct from English to my personal firstlanguage choice without having to select that choice.

re: IE8 in Windows 7 RC: Reliability and Telemetry

Vygantas — Tue, 05 May 2009 10:23:10 GMT

Yes, they dropped .gif support, but on Windows, not IE

re: IE8 in Windows 7 RC: Reliability and Telemetry

Duryodhan — Tue, 05 May 2009 10:32:14 GMT

What do I need to do to make you guys start working immediately *FULL ON* on IE9 instead of taking a long vacation like you did after IE7 RTM?

re: IE8 in Windows 7 RC: Reliability and Telemetry

EricLaw [MSFT] — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:36:44 GMT

@Vygantas: I have no idea what problem you're having, but no, neither IE nor Windows "dropped GIF support." GIF images display throughout all versions of Windows and IE.

@Duryodhan: As someone who has worked on IE for nearly 5 years, I can assure you that there was no "vacation" after IE7, nor was there one after IE8. Dean's "What's next" section (http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2009/03/19/internet-explorer-8-final-available-now.aspx) describes how we're approaching the task of delivering the world's most broadly used browser. In addition to the IE9 work, we're obviously working hard to deliver IE8 in Windows 7, which contains a number of features unique to that platform (http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/tags/Windows+7/default.aspx).

thanks!

re: IE8 in Windows 7 RC: Reliability and Telemetry

sroussey — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:26:38 GMT

Eric,

I think some people hope that the IE development was more like Silverlight. Right when they finish one version, the beta of the next version is already available.

Which does beg the question of what integration of Silverlight is going to make its way into IE. Like the JavaScript DLR, for example.

re: IE8 in Windows 7 RC: Reliability and Telemetry

Franco — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:35:01 GMT

Please add this feature to IE8 for Vista. Thanks

Known, reproducible application hang (cpu %tage activity maximized due to infinite execution loop) bugs in IE 8 final release

Gérard Talbot — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:08:30 GMT

IE Team,

Please forget about telemetry for a min.

It is extremely difficult to understand why IE 8 RTW was released with known, reproducible and testcase-ed application hang (cpu %tage activity maximized due to infinite execution loop) bugs.

In my opinion, there is no acceptable justification whatsoever for releasing IE 8 with known and reproducible hang bugs. We filed bug 366200 (september 2008) and bug 414807 (february 2009).

connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=366200

connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=414807

Reproducible hang bugs should be considered blockers, as very serious bugs, with an higher severity, higher gravity; I know they would be treated as such in other browsers.

regards, Gérard

re: IE8 in Windows 7 RC: Reliability and Telemetry

Dan — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:31:21 GMT

Gerard, no software is perfect, and all software ships with bugs. There's an interesting discussion (with links) on this topic here: http://labs.opera.com/news/2006/08/01/

There's an obvious "acceptable" justification for MS shipping with such hangs-- they had more important things to fix.

Just because you can write HTML that causes users not to visit your page doesn't mean the browser has to fix it... you could just put up a worthless / annoying web page and end up with the same result.

Windows 7 RC Tab Hang Reporting Update Available

IEBlog — Tue, 05 May 2009 23:21:30 GMT

As we described on Monday , the IE8 in Windows 7 RC includes additional tab “hang” reporting functionality.

re: IE8 in Windows 7 RC: Reliability and Telemetry

Jim — Wed, 06 May 2009 11:23:41 GMT

i am having to type this from the browser on my phone because i just downloaded and installed the W7 RC tonight. i have installed several updates already, but i am having a major issue with IE8. it will launch ok, but then after about 5 secs, it crashes to the point where it is completely unreliable and i can not get on the web!!! will the registry key listed above fix this?!?!?

Windows 7 RC Tab Hang Reporting Update Available

Блог команды разработчиков Internet Explorer 8 — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:46:22 GMT

Доступно обновление для IE8 в Windows 7 RC Как было написано в предыдущем сообщении блога , IE8 в Windows

re: IE8 in Windows 7 RC: Reliability and Telemetry

EricLaw [MSFT] — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:32:22 GMT

@Jim, most IE crashes (across all platforms and versions) are caused by buggy browser addons. Please see www.enhanceie.com/ie/troubleshoot.asp#crash for troubleshooting steps.

Windows 7 RC Tab Hang Reporting Update Available

Bink.nu — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:13:33 GMT

As we described on Monday , the IE8 in Windows 7 RC includes additional tab “hang” reporting functionality

IE8 on Windows 7 RC: Boink Boink

The Windows7 Blog — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:28:01 GMT

IE8 on Windows 7 RC: Boink Boink

re: IE8 in Windows 7 RC: Reliability and Telemetry

Andrew — Thu, 07 May 2009 08:37:29 GMT

@ hAl

how ?

how to set it that way ?

this my default

Arabisch-Engels

try block more than once,

u will see what i mean,

u have to select from to language again and again

re: IE8 in Windows 7 RC: Reliability and Telemetry

Vygantas — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:22:07 GMT

EricLaw [MSFT],

I mean that when viewing pics via Windows Photo Gallery, it displays no animations.