IE10, Long time in, Good Or Not? What's the status of the browser?

hi there,

I am thinking to upgrade to IE10 since i just understood that some BASIC functionalities of gmail are gone (cannot attach multiple files, cannot see progress during attachment) after they introduced this lovely "new compose", so either i switch email or i need to upgrade from IE9.

Personally i like IE9, is fast and works OK, occasionally i get the "this tab has stopped working" with the RED x but is no big deal, happens rarely.

After all, IE10 has been around for a while now and i bet that there's been several patches for it so i'd like how it's working right now, and if there are any major issues with it.

Many Thanks
Gabrio

ThrashZone said:

I have ie10 on two machine with very few issues,
I also have Google toolbar installed and use gmail so I can say I'm not having any issues with either,
There is a few tweaks which I've learned to use for a better experience which also apply to ie9 as well,
Adobe shockwave player is probably the biggest role player in how well ie9 or 10 operates/ I usually run with it Disabled and only enable if a I want to watch a video,
I've found little to no need for Java from Oracle so Uninstalling it might help a bit and making sure the Java deployment kit is disabled/ haven't found a way to completely remove Java deployment as of yet ?
I've also found Alt+TB or Menubar/ Tools/ Compatibility view settings/ Uncheck Download comp-view lists from Microsoft automatically and good thing to do/ except for Intranet leave Checked and of course Uncheck view all sites in comp-view. will help either version of ie.
But as always there can be third party Security suites which will not understand and therefor block Internet explorer's processes so Please state what you use Microsoft security essentials is popular on this and many other help forums,
For added security you can add another popular one Malwarebytes Pro/ very cheap and works well with MSE,
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/products/security-essentials
http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free
But be sure to remove any existing security suite before adding another one to replace it,
Fill out your system spec's page and post your existing security suite.
Avast and AVG have issues with ie10 along with Mcafee and Norton.
Edit,
There is some more tweaks but please add more information.

Cheers for feedback.

Ive just installed IE10 and so far so good, I will test it a bit over the next couple of days... cheers!

I personally disliked it because it didn't play nice with my routers internet GUI like IE9 does. Also very sluggish accessing the GUI for my NAS MyBook Live. Fiddling with compatibility modes and document modes made no difference so I rolled back. I think someone said it responds better with my routers GUI using InPrivate Browsing mode but I didn't want to go back and try. Basically my issue was sometimes I'd click my router link and it'd respond loading the page instantly, then later on it'd be waiting for reply for anything upto 15 seconds. There was no ryhme or reason. Maybe IE10 is pinickity when accessing internal device web pages (my model Netgear WNDR 3700 v2). External browsing seemed fine though.

I also noticed a nasty bug where trying to attach pictures from within internet explorer browse mode (ie. facebook) that browsing to the pictures folder saw that loads of folders were missing. I've seen others raise this issue. I think recreating the folder solves the issue but what an oversight by Microsoft. Personally IE9 is fine and far less buggy for me. I dislike Microsoft's policy of change for the sake of change when IE9 was ticking along just fine.

Scottyboy99 said:

I personally disliked it because it didn't play nice with my routers internet GUI like IE9 does. Also very sluggish accessing the GUI for my NAS MyBook Live. Fiddling with compatibility modes and document modes made no difference so I rolled back. I think someone said it responds better with my routers GUI using InPrivate Browsing mode but I didn't want to go back and try. Basically my issue was sometimes I'd click my router link and it'd respond loading the page instantly, then later on it'd be waiting for reply for anything upto 15 seconds. There was no ryhme or reason. Maybe IE10 is pinickity when accessing internal device web pages (my model Netgear WNDR 3700 v2). External browsing seemed fine though.

I also noticed a nasty bug where trying to attach pictures from within internet explorer browse mode (ie. facebook) that browsing to the pictures folder saw that loads of folders were missing. I've seen others raise this issue. I think recreating the folder solves the issue but what an oversight by Microsoft. Personally IE9 is fine and far less buggy for me. I dislike Microsoft's policy of change for the sake of change when IE9 was ticking along just fine.

I've just tested this and it appears to be working fine. localhost and facebook upload, no problem here. in regards to localhost, it might be your router, I noticed that mine sometimes refreshes in one fraction of second, sometimes takes a little but is no biggie to me. Happened the same with IE9.

gab

Well I did only download ie 10 shortly after release so it may be better now. But I saw the pictures library issue on my machine, my wife's and in the work machine. My firm has rolled back to ie 9 too and I work in a reasonably large corporate. I don't know the issues they had but I guess some pretty major concerns.

As for the router UI yes I think ie 10 does not like its older interface for some reason. I do have other access points with different UI and they do work better. It just frustrates that IE9 copes fine with it as does Mozilla and chrome yet IE10 plays oddball.

Maybe ie10 is better now. Has it been patched other than the bog standard patch tuesday security fixes?