IE8 RTM - Yay my google toolbar returns and some other niceties

While I was using the release candidate of IE8, I missed the Google toolbar, especially for the auto-fill feature for forms. But it is compatible with the final release of IE8 so it reappeared without all of the incompatibility warnings.

Another thing that I'll be watching for is the frequent rogue IEExplore.exe instances hanging around in memory that I always had to go kill directly in the task bar. I have faith that this will no longer be a problem.

On the bright side, I'm already fond of the developer toolbar and some of the accelerators. I look forward to having numerous web slices available to me in the future to build my own web page views.

The one thing I wish I could do with IE is to take a tab and split it off to another IE container. There have been so many times when I have a few pages open in various tabs and realize I want to see them side by side on my separate monitors. But I have to start up another instance of IE and re-open one of those sites in that window. Maybe IE9. :-)

#1 Dave on 3.31.2009 at 4:50 PM

Google Chrome allows you to take a tab and split it off to another.I love it!Went from IE to Firefox and now Chrome.Also, Chrome is fast!

#2 Harrogate Wedding Photographers on 9.23.2009 at 6:10 AM

Great point about having tabs in different sizes. I've had endless issues with memory leaks from IE8 so opening two pages compounds the issues. After painstaking research, I was recommended Opera and Mozilla but they pretty much have the same issue, memory usage goes through the roof, especially when looking at my photographs. I'll try Bing though Dave, never tried it - thanks!

#3 Tim Driver on 11.02.2009 at 7:34 PM

I like Chrome - but have not really played with IE 8 as yet - Must do soon to check site compatibility - Would love proper dual monitor support as well

#4 Shirley Baziuk on 1.11.2010 at 9:46 AM

Julie, I too appreciate the occasional haphazard return of my Google Bar, since the fateful day when I mistakenly upgraded to IE8. I wish the GB would stay with me.

#5 Geldanlagen on 2.14.2010 at 8:14 AM

Your toolbar wont return :-D

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