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Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) Beta Review

Internet Explorer 8 Beta released yesterday really excited me, this version of IE is supposed to be following open and widely accepted standards. Usually whenever Im doin some site designing I have found my site either working with IE (mostly) and will break up in Firefox. Since majority viewers use IE, I sometimes forget Firefox. So it was always  bad news for users of firefox.

 Internet Explorer 8 IE8, Following the new standards is a big boost to other browsers

Not only this site ,But I have seen several sites rendering differently in IE and Firefox. Also It seems Firefox has recently Adapted itself to suit IE’s rendering. The main concern area of IE7 and previous  IE versions was the CSS rendering. Since Microsoft had its own way of understanding CSS the sites looked awful if written for IE and rendered in some other browser.

So what does IE 8 do? Microsoft has enabled IE8 to follow the web standards by default. So is it good? Yes it is good in the long term.. But bad for web designers in the short term. IE8’s default rendering breaks most(yes it does) site’s  layout(including this site). And strangely this site works well with both IE7 and Firfox(not as good as IE7) but only breaks with IE8, which indicates how much Firefox has tweaked itself to survive with Microsoft OS.

But there is a “Emulate IE7” button in IE8 which saved me this time, you can always click emulate IE7 and close all windows and open them your browser will work in IE7 mode..as a charm and my website works 🙂 . So what does IE8 add to our arsenal, it helps developers have a real feel of what users will see after launch of IE8. With open standards and buzz created by this it is expected IE8 will occupy 50% off all internet hits and completely replace IE7.

So any other change in IE8 from IE7? As far as I have seen nothing much differs, its all feautures of IE7 with much more stability and fixes.. that is IE8 for you. Will get back to you with more news if available in future. By the way if you want to try IE8 Beta You can follow the link below.

Download Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) Beta version Free

Internet Explorer 8 for VISTA

Internet Explorer 8 for Windows XP

For others and everybody(including VISTA and XP if above links dont work)

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Yahoo to reject Microsoft’s bid..

The rumour mills are amok with the news Yahoo might reject Microsoft’s bid, It seems yahoo board of directors feel the Microsoft ‘s bid amount is low and yahoo is highly undervalued. They are also concerned about possible action from US regulators blocking the deal with anti-trust sections. It is to be noted Google is already fighting the deal even before its start.

Possible scenarios could well be a hostile takeover by Microsoft’s Steve Balmer and the upcoming days will be interesting.

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HP Pavilion DV2620US Windows XP drivers.. Forced to use Windows VISTA

I bought a HP Pavilion dv2620us Laptop recently, the laptop came with a preloaded Windows VISTA, Some how I did not find VISTA amusing from day one. I wanted to go back to my reliable windows XP, So went on to find out about drivers fro mXP. To my horror, HP did not provide drivers for Windows XP.

I went on finding the hardware specification for my model ie Sound card Name version..Graphics card details and finally was able to get all drivers for XP  🙂 . Now here comes the sad part. After installation the screen looks pathetic even with proper driver Display aint correct, it simply looks bleak. It looks very good on VISTA. Then Sound is good but non of short cut keys work in XP. Moreover even if i connect headphone jack speaker doesnt turnoff 🙁 .

Not a good XP experience.By the time I realised it is not going to pleasurable, I had gotten used to VISTA, after few pathces and updates VISTA doesnt give me blue screen errors/anything. So HP and Microsoft forced me into using Windows VISTA. A shrewd strategy on part of Microsoft(I hate it).

Im currently eagerly awaiting the arrival of Windows VISTA SP1.

 By the if you want Windows XP drivers for HP Pavilion dv2620us, You can download it here. But Im warning you its a not  a great experience.Some drivers need to be forced, so any help jus mail me.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=F3WJJHB3

The Rar file has

HP Pavilion DV2620US  Windows XP Display Drivers
HP Pavilion DV2620US Windows XP  Motherboard Drivers,Chipset Drivers
HP Pavilion DV2620US Windows XP Sound card drivers
HP Pavilion DV2620US  Windows XP WLAN,Blurtooth,wifi,card reader,Modem,Touch pad and Network (LAN)

Download here