IE8 Final - Full of bugs!

This is unbelievable! I downloaded the "final" IE8 last night and it's like
an alpha preview!
Version 8.0.6001.18702
Vista Home Premium, SP1, 32bit, never had an IE8 beta installed as I had
this funny feeling that I should wait - now I'm afraid I'll need to re-format
to get completely rid of this sloppy code.
Windows Explorer now opens each window in new tab although explicitly told
not to, documented.
Trying to move data (preparing to format if needed) I can't right click/copy
within Windows Explorer or it hang and crashes.
Cannot open links from within Hotmail
Right clicking a link doesn't open a new tab or new window - perpetual green
tab "loading" - documented
"Down Arrow" to go back to recent pages (near address bar) doesn't function
This is all that I've found as I installed last night, used it for about 5
minutes as it was late, and realized within 10 minutes this morning that I've
made a terrible mistake with this install.
Had to use Firefox all day as I'm afraid that I will now need to re-format
to get rid of it and I had to wait until my wife was through with the PC for
the day.
I'm still somewhat shocked that this was released as final code - with the
current browser competition, this is a huge set back for MS.
I'm not interested in disabling add-ons like some have suggested - if this
needs to be done the browser should disable them during install.
Back to IE7 with it's bugs and probably off to Firefox land for the next 6
months until this all gets fixed.
I did make it back to IE7, all problems appear to be fixed.
Find it mildly amusing that the IE8 uninstall page,
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700 , was updated on the 20th
"Article ID: 957700 - Last Review: March 20, 2009 - Revision: 6.0"
It's obvious that MS knows there's a huge issue with the release code!

 

Posted By calebjk on 03/20/2009 11:40 PM
well duh... I know, I know...
But this is the final release code - and it has some major issues!  It concerns me that it's so deeply embedded within the OS.  I'll probably re-format (quick with my Acronis images) as this is the only way to really fix things.
I always expect something, but this is terrible!

 

Posted By CyberJester on 03/21/2009 08:19 AM
Remember, Microsoft never has final code.  They have production code.  Then the hundreds of security and functional updates that follow!
I know - it's always a pain!
Seems like their betas are typically more stable than the RTM's.
Unfortunately, I run an Athlon CPU and have never been able to get OSX installed properly - easier with Intel chipset.
Can't get the hang of GIMP so Photoshop CS3 keeps me with M$ - and I have't invested enough time in my Suse install (or any of my countless past Linux distros) to get CS2 intalled with Wine.
I would still be in XP (or 2000 Pro if still supported) if Vista didn't ship with this PC but I do dual-boot Vista and Suse.
I actually don't know why I use Firefox so little...hmm...Chrome was okay but Mozilla's fine.

 

Did you fix this problem - sounds very odd.
I use Firefox as well, both on Vista and Linux, but there are quite a few kewl browsers out there!
Gave up on IE8 until I need to re-format again - might be sooner than later as I'm playing with PC LinusOS 2009 and I know when I install it over Suse it'll corrupt the Grub/dual boot I have with Vista.
-Eric

 

I am interested in running it and will either wait for MS to fix the issues that I had (fairly widespread, according to MS IE forums) or re-format and try again.
-Eric

 

Box has been running slow so I decided to re-format and give it another try.  I use Acronis True Image so I have images saved on various hard drives (this proggie is awesome as I like to play with Linux) and started with a fairly fresh install of Vista (with SP1, all updates as of May 2008 and all Gateway crap stripped).
IE8 installed this time and seems to be fairly fast, similar to Chrome and Firefox (which I also use).
-Eric