I swear I am just amazed (I'm not sure if I should be anymore however) at the amount of idiotic hypocrisy that I have found on Slashdot recently.
Changing the User Interface is ALWAYS going to happen and just because you got used to some pre-1990s feature doesn't mean it should get in the way of the new users coming on board. It also by NO MEANS WHAT SO EVER, should come in the way of the natural evolution of software.
Exactly the same thing happened with Office 2007 came out with their brand new UI. For Christ sake, how can anyone think the old UI was better than the new one? It just ISN'T. Likewise with the new "awesome bar". Its far more uniform with technology of today (tagging, searching and relevance) than the old location bar.
In terms of web standards I think IE8 has moved dramatically forward, and its a great thing to see.
The biggest issue with IE8 which I am surprised no one has mentioned, is the performance.
My PC (AMD XP1600+, ATI x700 and 1.4gb of ram), STRUGGLES to render anything! For example, if I go to slashdot, the menu on the left chugs and chugs and has huge delays in when the containers register hover effects. And don't even get me started on scrolling.
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I swear I am just amazed (I'm not sure if I should be anymore however) at the amount of idiotic hypocrisy that I have found on Slashdot recently. Changing the User Interface is ALWAYS going to happen and just because you got used to some pre-1990s feature doesn't mean it should get in the way of the new users coming on board. It also by NO MEANS WHAT SO EVER, should come in the way of the natural evolution of software. Exactly the same thing happened with Office 2007 came out with their brand new UI. For Christ sake, how can anyone think the old UI was better than the new one? It just ISN'T. Likewise with the new "awesome bar". Its far more uniform with technology of today (tagging, searching and relevance) than the old location bar.
In terms of web standards I think IE8 has moved dramatically forward, and its a great thing to see. The biggest issue with IE8 which I am surprised no one has mentioned, is the performance. My PC (AMD XP1600+, ATI x700 and 1.4gb of ram), STRUGGLES to render anything! For example, if I go to slashdot, the menu on the left chugs and chugs and has huge delays in when the containers register hover effects. And don't even get me started on scrolling.