If you need/want to use IE, why not just go back to IE7?

Code:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700/

try enabling "compatibility view settings"

I hate it...

I had a ton of problems with IE 8 (not limited to blackhatworld.com). Out of frustration, I switched to FireFox and wondered why I hadn't done it sooner.

You can install FireFox without uninstalling IE. If you decide to go that route, check out the Ad Block Plus extension. It blocks all those pain in the ass banner ads -- you know, the ones we pay to have show up on other people's computers

-SDT

I remember i used to use IE occasionally for speed in loading, but the extras i get with Firefox mean i'm happy to wait an extra few seconds. If i want speed i use Opera. If i want to feel like i'm giving information about what i'm doing, to a company who already knows too much about me, then i use Chrome. Which i never have for what it's worth!

Well i was big fan of IE until i discovered benefit's of Firefox ill open IE once a month for now

Funny thing for me is that I went looking for an alternative browser because IE took soo long to load the homepage on startup, way back when firefox was Phoenix, and LOVED the lightness and speed compared to IE6, but now it does load a little slower, but thats because of all the addons I have it loaded with, but there is NO way i'm going to give them up, even for the slight bump in startup speed.

@kaidoristm

Same here, I used to use IE only all the time. Until I tried Firefox with many useful plugins, I moved away from IE completely.

Firefox tends to be more stable anyways, from my experience.

IE is just a garbage program, way too much of a headache to even be worth fixing the errors.

Originally Posted by tony-raymondo

Ok I know a lot of people here probably hate IE8, but I use it often.

Anyone here get errors like me?

For example, I can't create SMILEYS in the editor, nor can i invoke any drop-down menus.

It appears that IE doesn't like the code used for menu creation.

I have to log in to Mozilla whenever I want to check my PM's because the Menu doesn't function in IE.

Would be cool if they could fix that, so i wouldn't have to use 2 browsers when using Black Hat World.

Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee

ERROR MESSAGE

Webpage error details
User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.5.21022; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; InfoPath.2; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
Timestamp: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 2111 UTC

Message: Object doesn't support this property or method
Line: 11
Char: 21865
Code: 0
URI: http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackha...lobal.js?v=384

Message: 'this.menu' is null or not an object
Line: 5
Char: 2
Code: 0
URI: http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackha...ript/sdmenu.js

ie8 is the bug man, get a real fucking browser!

I'm not going to come at you with any arrogance, but with an honest opinion.

Firefox has amazing add-ons, it's very fast (IE stays preloaded , that's why it "appears" to load faster), it's complaint with web standards, it's more secure, it's open source, etc, etc ..

If you're serious about usability and security, choose firefox

Firefox>>>>>>IE

oh man

i knew this would turn into an "i hate IE" thread



mods just give me the password - i'll fix the code!

lol

Originally Posted by tony-raymondo

oh man

i knew this would turn into an "i hate IE" thread



mods just give me the password - i'll fix the code!

lol

go install chrome frame if you really must use ie :P

Originally Posted by tony-raymondo

1. The only reason i use it is because it boots up 3 times as fast as firefox.

i always find FF to boot faster for me, and if this is true, there are about:config tweaks you can do to FireFox to make it boot faster.

Use IE8 for offline browsing and use browser (I mean FireFox) to surf the internet