[OPLINTECH] IE 8 for public computers?

[Mohamed Ragheb]

Hi Phil,
I wouldn't go with IE8 yet even though it's a final version, there's a whole
punch of issues need to be fixed and I assume it will be done pretty soon.
So I would stick with IE7 especially for the public for another month or so.
Thanks

Mohamed A. Ragheb 
Technology Manager 
Wadsworth Public Library 
132 Broad Street 
Wadsworth, OH 44281-1897 
Phone: 330-335-2600 
Fax: 330-334-6605 
http://www.wadsworthlibrary.com 

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Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 9:34 AM
To: oplintech at oplin.org; syslib-l at listserv.indiana.edu
Subject: [OPLINTECH] IE 8 for public computers?

Would you put IE 8 on public computers now, or stick with IE 7?  It 
looks like IE 8's Compatibility View feature is supposed to be able to 
deal with all kinds of things, but I'm not sure how well it will work. 
What concerns me most is web sites that require IE; we'll have the 
latest version of Firefox as an alternative that should display most 
things well, but it would stink if a site required IE but didn't work 
properly with IE8.  I'm not finding anything that mentions any sites 
failing to work with IE8.

This would be a good time for us to put out 8 because we're going to be 
putting out new public computers.  I'd like to give patrons the latest 
software, but I don't want people go go away frustrated because 
something didn't work on our brand new computers.

Thanks.

Phil
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Phil Shirley
Technology Services Coordinator
Cuyahoga Falls Library
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
330-928-2117, ext. 109
pshirley at CuyahogaFallsLibrary dot org

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