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Gordon B 01-10-08 08:21 AM
Internet Explorer 8 Beta
 
is now available for those who like to have a tinker...

SoulKiss 01-10-08 08:30 AM
Re: Internet Explorer 8 Beta
 
The 11th Commandment

Thou shalt not cry when a MS Beta hoses your system.

Ed 01-10-08 08:40 AM
Re: Internet Explorer 8 Beta
 
Being a technical numpty - are there advatages or disadvantages to installing this? Best avoided?

Gordon B 01-10-08 08:41 AM
Re: Internet Explorer 8 Beta
 
Yep, should mention this is not for the faint hearted.....

SoulKiss 01-10-08 08:44 AM
Re: Internet Explorer 8 Beta
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ed (Post 1640186)
Being a technical numpty - are there advatages or disadvantages to installing this? Best avoided?
Seriously Ed, if you are a tech-numpty you should NEVER use Beta software.

Just because Google have re-defined what Beta means in regard to their software, and so people are used to using "Beta" programs (They defined that Gmail etc is "Beta" because it is still under development with new features being added, where other people would have called it Gmail 1.0 then 1.1 etc.)

Beta software is expected to have bugs in it, to not work properly, to have security holes in it, it really meant for people who like to poke at things and try and break them, then send details of how they broke it etc back so that the release version doesnt suffer from those flaws.

Ed 01-10-08 09:36 AM
Re: Internet Explorer 8 Beta
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SoulKiss (Post 1640191)
Seriously Ed, if you are a tech-numpty you should NEVER use Beta software.

Just because Google have re-defined what Beta means in regard to their software, and so people are used to using "Beta" programs (They defined that Gmail etc is "Beta" because it is still under development with new features being added, where other people would have called it Gmail 1.0 then 1.1 etc.)

Beta software is expected to have bugs in it, to not work properly, to have security holes in it, it really meant for people who like to poke at things and try and break them, then send details of how they broke it etc back so that the release version doesnt suffer from those flaws.
TVM - I didn't even know what 'Beta' means.

I'd like to know more but I never seem to have the time to explore!

SoulKiss 01-10-08 09:42 AM
Re: Internet Explorer 8 Beta
 
Traditionally there are 3 classes of Software apart from that which is sold.

Alpha = Breaks all the time - pretty much proof of concept.

Beta = Should be fine, but you wouldn't bet your life or business on it.

Release Candidate = we think we have found all the bugs and if none show up in the next week/month we will release this version.

So to put that into SV terms... the Curvy was an Alpha, the K3 a Beta and the K4 was the release version :)

DanAbnormal 01-10-08 09:43 AM
Re: Internet Explorer 8 Beta
 
Been using this for a while now. It's pretty good. The things I like are the Private browsing mode - good for sites of a questionable nature! Also I like the virus scan while you download files, hand for stuff that I download. No not porn.

embee 01-10-08 11:17 AM
Re: Internet Explorer 8 Beta
 
....or curveys were XP, pointies were Vista? :)

suzsv650 01-10-08 01:10 PM
Re: Internet Explorer 8 Beta
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by embee (Post 1640313)
....or curveys were XP, pointies were Vista? :)

10 Points Awesome!


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