Re: Want To Beta Test IE8?

Larry — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:33:51 GMT

I don't have IE8 on this machine, but I'm sure Control-F will let you inline search. But that's actually a good point (inline search). I mean, if a browser window has focus and I'm not clicked into a text entry field and I start typing, it should probably consider that the beginning of an inline search.

Re: Want To Beta Test IE8?

quikboy — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:12:59 GMT

That sounds rather strange. Why not just wait until it publicly comes out? After all, this is still a beta anyway.

And the IE team could do a better job with bug tracking and all that. E-mailing and giving bugs like that. Ever heard of Bugzilla? Or the bug tracking forms for Webkit and Opera? Making things easier for your testers would be really nice.

I'm also shocked IE8 doesn't include any type of inline search at all. I mean, I need this feature if there's a really long page, and I just want to find something real quick, but not have to scan every text myself. Oh sure, there's 3rd party add-ons, but every modern browser should include something like this by default. Safari has a great (and I mean great) built-in inline search. You start typing letters in the special Find box, and the whole page dims like a screen is over it, and the first text result related to what you typed appears highlighted in a very deep yellow. With other related text in a bright white. And it's super easy to go to the next result.

Oh, and Safari is very graphical. Moving tabs is really swift feeling. And the download manager is very useful.

I'm also still waiting for a way to make custom skins/themes, spell check, dynamic zooming, tab history, and an easier way to manage bookmarks and RSS feeds and History, and search them instantly right from the address bar.

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