Gets the job done (most of the time) (Microsoft Internet Explorer 8)

Member Name: Trengot

Product:	Microsoft Internet Explorer 8
Date:	11/10/09 (14 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy to use, familiar

Disadvantages: crashes too often

The latest update to one of the most used internet browsers available.

I use IE and Chrome in about equal measure and while these may be equal in terms of most things they stand head and shoulders above the rest.

When I used IE6 and 7 I downloaded and used IE pro to provide the additional functionality that I wanted to have access to. This has been rectified in the new version and I no longer require it. The features such as re open the last closed tab and a download manager are among the most useful on offer.

Other than this it does what all browsers ought to and that is showing the web pages that we want to see. All other things are second to that, and for the most part it gets the job done. However, there are times when it has failed to work and just stops and hangs. This is something to do with the software not the hardware because other browsers don't do it and its only IE that stops working. All other applications run fine. Other than this I can't really fault it. It still has the intuitive controls and uncomplicated layout that we've come to expect.

It may not have all the benefits of other browsers (mozilla addins or chrome's simplicity) but it works.

Summary: While its working it works fine.

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