Guest TJD Posted August 27, 2008 Posted August 27, 2008 Has anyone tried this yet? Does it improve compatibility? I would really like to use a 64-bit browser, but I have heard there are too many problems as of yet. http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Microsoft_Windows_Internet_Explorer_v8_for_Windows_Vista2008_64bit/1204745864/2
Guest S.SubZero Posted August 27, 2008 Posted August 27, 2008 Re: IE 8 for Vista 64-bit - beta For everything that 64-bit IE can do, it works perfectly. There is no "compatibility" to improve. You may be thinking of plugins.. Well, since 64-bit IE can **ONLY** use 64-bit plugins, I'd say the compatiblity there is 100% when talking about 64-bit plugins (which there are few if any).
Guest Jeff Gaines Posted August 27, 2008 Posted August 27, 2008 Re: IE 8 for Vista 64-bit - beta On 27/08/2008 in message <ek5piOJCJHA.1224@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl> TJD wrote: >Has anyone tried this yet? Does it improve compatibility? I would really >like to use a 64-bit browser, but I have heard there are too many problems >as of yet. > >http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Microsoft_Windows_Internet_Explorer_v8_for_Windows_Vista2008_64bit/1204745864/2 You could always use IE7 64 bit until the bugs are out of IE8. -- Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK There are 3 types of people in this world. Those who can count, and those who can't.
Guest David Stevens Posted August 27, 2008 Posted August 27, 2008 Re: IE 8 for Vista 64-bit - beta > Has anyone tried this yet? Does it improve compatibility? I would really > like to use a 64-bit browser, but I have heard there are too many problems > as of yet. I don't do beta releases. But I use IE7's 64-bit browser for nearly all my browsing, and never encountered anything I consider a problem with compatibility. I resist using ActiveX controls (like Adobe Flash), nearly all of which are still 32-bit. If the compatibility issues you mention are due to ActiveX controls, nothing in IE8 *can* fix your problem: it's up to the provider of those add-ons to make them 64-bit compatible. - David Stevens
Guest TJD Posted August 27, 2008 Posted August 27, 2008 Re: IE 8 for Vista 64-bit - beta Thanks, David. Your reply clarifies and answers my question exactly. I need to be able to run Flash, Shockwave, Java, etc. and I was under the false assumption that IE8 64-bit might be able make these somehow more compatible. Too bad. I guess we have to wait for 64-bit to become more mainstream. "David Stevens" <passchendaele@ymail.com> wrote in message news:ep$W9fJCJHA.1632@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Has anyone tried this yet? Does it improve compatibility? I would really >> like to use a 64-bit browser, but I have heard there are too many >> problems as of yet. > > I don't do beta releases. But I use IE7's 64-bit browser for nearly all > my browsing, and never encountered anything I consider a problem > with compatibility. > > I resist using ActiveX controls (like Adobe Flash), nearly all of which > are still 32-bit. If the compatibility issues you mention are due to > ActiveX controls, nothing in IE8 *can* fix your problem: it's up > to the provider of those add-ons to make them 64-bit compatible. > > - David Stevens >
Guest Tom Ferguson Posted August 28, 2008 Posted August 28, 2008 Re: IE 8 for Vista 64-bit - beta Beta2 is now available. I believe you will find that the download "for Windows Vista... 64 bit ..." is actually a 32 bit application. If you want an indication, set it as the default browser. 64 bit versions of IE cannot be set to be the default, by design. At least, that has been the case up until now. I'd be grateful if someone can provide authoritative reference to the contrary. -- Tom MSMVP 1998-2007 "TJD" <TJDanon@cox.net> wrote in message news:ek5piOJCJHA.1224@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Has anyone tried this yet? Does it improve compatibility? I would really > like to use a 64-bit browser, but I have heard there are too many problems > as of yet. > > http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Microsoft_Windows_Internet_Explorer_v8_for_Windows_Vista2008_64bit/1204745864/2
Guest R. C. White Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 Re: IE 8 for Vista 64-bit - beta Hi, Tom. I'm running Vista Ultimate x64 SP1. I've been running Google Earth for nearly a year, but had to reinstall it (and everything else, including Vista) after bad RAM crashed my computer last month. Google Earth has been running fine as a 32-bit application in Vista x64. There is evidently no such thing as 64-bit Google Earth. There is not even a Google folder in my Program Files folder, even though there is one in Program Files (x86). I installed IE8b2 yesterday. I never checked the "bitness" until now. I've been running only the 32-bit IE8b2 in 64-bit Vista. (Help | About Internet Explorer does not mention "bits" in the 32-bit version, except for Cipher strength.) Just now, I've navigated to C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe to be sure I have the 64-bit version running. The good news is that 64-bit IE8b2 runs in Vista x64. The bad news is that there still is apparently not a 64-bit version of Google Earth. At http://earth.com, there is a menu offering to download several packages, including both "Google Earth 2008" and "Google Earth 4.3". Both claim to be the "Latest Version of Google Earth". I'm too confused and too busy right now to check it out. The 32-bit version that I'm now running shows: Google Earth 4.2.0205.5730 Build Date Nov 13 2007 So I guess 4.3 is newer, but I don't know if it is different from "2008", or newer or older. I don't have time to fully explore now, but at least one glaring problem seems to be fixed. Google Maps (32-bit) was badly mangled in IE8b1 on my computer, but now seems to be displaying correctly. ;<) Yes, in both 32-bit and 64-bit IE8b2! RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@grandecom.net Microsoft Windows MVP (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1) "Tom Ferguson" <tom.newsgroups@gmail.com> wrote in message news:unJw2kNCJHA.5012@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Beta2 is now available. I believe you will find that the download "for > Windows Vista... 64 bit ..." is actually a 32 bit application. If you want > an indication, set it as the default browser. 64 bit versions of IE cannot > be set to be the default, by design. At least, that has been the case up > until now. I'd be grateful if someone can provide authoritative reference > to the contrary. > -- > > Tom > MSMVP 1998-2007 > > > "TJD" <TJDanon@cox.net> wrote in message > news:ek5piOJCJHA.1224@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Has anyone tried this yet? Does it improve compatibility? I would really >> like to use a 64-bit browser, but I have heard there are too many >> problems as of yet. >> >> http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Microsoft_Windows_Internet_Explorer_v8_for_Windows_Vista2008_64bit/1204745864/2
Guest nospam Posted September 4, 2008 Posted September 4, 2008 Re: IE 8 for Vista 64-bit - beta FWIW - The only strange thing which I found with IE 8 is that it's a huge resource hog. In this day and age, I believe Microsoft could have coded the browser thinner and better, like Firefox, for instance. I am trying to unintall the IE 8 beta 2 but don't know how....... :( done better when compared to Firefox. "TJD" <TJDanon@cox.net> wrote in message news:ek5piOJCJHA.1224@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Has anyone tried this yet? Does it improve compatibility? I would really > like to use a 64-bit browser, but I have heard there are too many problems > as of yet. > > http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Microsoft_Windows_Internet_Explorer_v8_for_Windows_Vista2008_64bit/1204745864/2
Guest Vj Posted September 29, 2008 Posted September 29, 2008 Re: IE 8 for Vista 64-bit - beta You are forgetting that IE8 is still in "Beta2", let's wait for RTM to come out and then we can see how much of a resource hog it really is. I've been using Google Chrome and IE8 Beta2 and I can easily say that IE8 is faster than Chrome. I am hoping for it to be more stable and complete by the final release. Uninstalling IE8 can be done from Add/Remove programs (XP) or Programs and Features (Vista). "nospam" wrote: > FWIW - The only strange thing which I found with IE 8 is that it's a huge > resource hog. In this day and age, I believe Microsoft could have coded the > browser thinner and better, like Firefox, for instance. I am trying to > unintall the IE 8 beta 2 but don't know how....... :( > > done better when compared to Firefox. > "TJD" <TJDanon@cox.net> wrote in message > news:ek5piOJCJHA.1224@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > Has anyone tried this yet? Does it improve compatibility? I would really > > like to use a 64-bit browser, but I have heard there are too many problems > > as of yet. > > > > http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Microsoft_Windows_Internet_Explorer_v8_for_Windows_Vista2008_64bit/1204745864/2 >
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