Posts Tagged ‘Internet Explorer 8’
Internet Explorer first, Safari last against phishing
An independent security research group named NSS Labs found that Internet Explorer 8 came out on top at stopping phishing attacks. Firefox and Internet Explorer both tied first followed by Opera and Chrome. Safari was the biggest loser, coming last with only 2% of phishing attempts being blocked and there was no difference between the Mac or Windows client.
You can read the full PDF document that NSS Labs has detailing the testing process and their results.
Tags: Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer 8, Opera, Safari
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2
Microsoft have released English, German, Japanese and Simplified Chinese beta 2 versions of Internet Explorer 8. The installer weighs in at 23.1 MB and users will be required to remove beta 1 before it can be installed.
As per the previous releases of Internet Explorer 8, there is compatability mode which allows the sites to render as if they would if you were viewing them in Internet Explorer 7.
One of the things I noticed during the install, is you can import settings from other installed browsers, which was neat.
View: Internet Explorer 8 Screenshots
Download: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2
Remember, it still is a beta, so there will be bugs. If you happen to find any bugs, please comment and let me know what you find.
Tags: Internet Explorer 8
Some Beta Testing
As most of you probably know, Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta has been floating around, and Microsoft just released Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1. I was thinking the other day of testing WLM9, and just saw about IE8 getting released, and thought what better time to test it.
I am in the process of downloading them now, and I will report back on how they work, if they crashed. If you have used either, please tell me what you thought of them.
Update: Okay, so I removed Internet Explorer 8, as it’s more of a “development” release, so some site’s didn’t want to work. On the other hand, Windows Live Messenger 9 is quite good, I’m starting to like it. Some of the new features are that if someone has a link in their display name / personal message, your able to click it now. Also another feature is the ability to have animated gif files as your display picture.
You are now also able to sign in at multiple locations, the same way you can with Skype. There is also a list of new sounds (called signature sounds) which you set, and it’s what people on your contact list here when you sign in.
Tags: Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft, Windows Live Messenger 9