Comments on IE 8

Even though the interface is little changed, IE8 does have some major improvements over IE7. . .

Internet Explorer 8 has been designed to improve the performance of web applications. This is especially significant as more of our computing tasks are moving off the desktop and into web applications like Gmail and Google Docs and other Java related services.

The new browser also contains each webapp in its own tab, allowing it to be saved even if other tabs crash. CSS support has been improved, with standard improvements in SVG and other audio/visual support to be added in later versions, it appears.

Other features are much new and improved, too. IE8 has a smarter address bar than before. Start typing a URL and a drop-down offers suggestions from your recent history and/or favorites, returning preliminary results as you type. It also allows easy addition of a plug-in search engine to most any websites, complete with images, text and page descriptions.

IE8 even has a browsing mode to protect against scripting and other attacks. You can even make context sensitive commands when you right-click on different page elements, for example by being given options to "Blog this" or "Search for this" or "Translate this." Try it, you''ll easily figure it out.

There are new little features that will please, like a new bookmark manager and the
ability to isolate and print a specific part of any page.

As most know, Mozilla has been ahead of the curve on many of these features, such as the smart address bar and the security protections for a long time. Opera is way ahead on emerging standards like those applying to CSS and HTML. Google Chrome too is ahead with its private browsing mode, with the ability to isolate web applications within tabs.

Microsoft's IE8 is faster than IE7, although it does use up more memory. Yet, it's still not the fastest or the most innovative of the browsers available. Overall, it serves the mainstream user well with its broader affinity for most on and offline applications, reflecting the reality that up to 75% of the web is particularly Microsoft friendly.

Presently, IE8 is a manual download- that may change in the near future for Windows XP Service Pack 2 and 3/ Vista users.

More later. . .But, any comments below now are appreciated.

Please see a reprint of this post at OpEdNews:

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Some-Initial-Comments-on-I-by-Timothy-F-Newkirk-090330-353.html




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John Mica Must Go

Here is just one more reason why. Please, follow this link:

John Mica Doesn't Support Medical Research!


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Some Insight into the GOP Party of NO

"Cruel people are ever cowards in emergency."
--Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)


Remember the republicans who want to prosecute doctors for performing abortions, or even giving contraceptive advice for billions in poverty due to serious population and ecological pressures? Remember the republicans who want to change public policy on the environment and more to the obvious public detriment, because science disagrees with their political and religious idealogy? Remember the republicans who deride others as traitors or want to throw persons into prison without due process just because they disagree with them, forget the explicit provisions otherwise in our constitution. . .Shall we go on? A cruel and insensitive lot, to be sure.

True to form, in this economic crisis the GOP Party of NO has derided and obstructed every serious attempt to ameliorate it without any valid response otherwise, prolonging the hardships of the American people. The republicans perceive partisan gain a value above all, damn the rest of us. They have shown themselves to be utterly cowardly and self-serving in this great emergency!

Keep the bums out of power.

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Florida GOP Reps Leaders in the Party of NO

Florida's Republicans are in typical, cynical denial just to serve their own wayward partisan interests. This time, they refuse to accept the fact that Barack Obama is the President of the United States.

For examples of their latest irrationality (but certainly not a thinking role model for children):


Congressman Bill Posey from Melbourne has drafted legislation designed to fan the rumors on the extreme fringe of the Republican Party questioning President Obama's citizenship. Can you believe it? These rumors are of course, completely false. But the Party of NO just won't give up. Congressman Posey should be focused on creating jobs and jumpstarting the economy, but it seems he's only obsessed with pandering to the right wing, which he does so well. Obama's birth certificate is soooo on the record.

State Senator Rhonda Storms refused to acknowledge the fact that President Obama is the President during a hearing in the State Senate. Senator Storms repeatedly called Obama, "Senator Obama," "Candidate Obama," then she called him "The Messiah." And when the Democrats objected, the Republican Committee Chairman just got mad. She refuses to acknowledge the outcome of the overwhelming election nationwide of Barack Obama.

Bill Posey, Rhonda Storms and too many other Florida Republicans remind us that there is so much more work to be done before we can truly bring change to Florida. Their attitudes belong to another age that does not serve well the interests of modern Florida.

If these characters' obsurd views weren't enough bad news for Florida and the nation, click on the OpEdNews link below exposing the latest hypocrisy of John Mica of Florida 7- a Party of NO senior member. . .

http://www.opednews.com/articles/GOP-Party-of-NO-is-NO-good-by-Timothy-Newkirk-090313-818.html

Sad, sad, sad. . . yet people still vote for these reprobate fools!



Florida Republicans don't want to talk about Florida's problems because their policies caused the worst economic crisis in this state since the Great Depression. Now, Republican corruption, fiscal mismanagement and the continuing support of these policies by the jerks above is festering, making things worse.

Florida Democrats want change so that we can jumpstart the economy and create jobs. Democrats will clean up the corruption across our state - putting an end to the Republican waste, fraud and abuse.

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