[Info-vax] IE8 got me too :-( Sorry Jeff.

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 13-01-2010 08:50, AEF wrote:
> I actually tried IE8 at work, hoping it would be better than IE6. But
> it was blurrier on the monitor. I checked it on others' machines and
> the blurriness varied, and all the monitors were ViewSonics. (I did
> only check 2 or 3 others, but mine was blurrier than IE6 and that's
> all that really mattered to me.) So I went back to IE6. And I did
> check if you could do that before I tried IE8. It turns out that all
> you have to do is uninstall it, except that a certain OS patch would
> get in the way if you have it and you'd have to uninstall that first,
> then reinstall after expunging IE8 from your machine.
>
> I do have Firefox installed at work and I use that for some sites, but
> others work better on IE6. Hate the spastic Find function in IE6, but
> at least you can use it to highlight a link, or get near it with an
> easier target and then tab to the link, and without the mouse just
> press Return and it works! Safari can't do that, but Safari is better
> with multiple choice items in forms and for printing. Safari puts all
> the print params on a single page! I've never understood why all the
> important things like page size, orientation, number of copies,
> certain things on the Page Setup dialog box and such aren't all in one
> place. WHY THE HELL DON'T THEY PUT THEM ALL IN ONE PLACE LIKE SAFARI
> DOES? Arghhhh.

IE6 is pretty bad in AJAX context due to its deviation
from the standards. IE8 is a lot better. It actually passed
ACID2.

Arne