MANUEL GONZALEZ

A lot of advancement that has been made on this version of the Internet Explorer, but you still encounter some of the primitive problems that have been a long standing phenomenon with the Internet Explorer browser. Some of them are detailed below, the most important of them being the users complaining that they cannot open websites from IE8 on several cases.

Security

There has not been any striking security advancement on this version of the browser. Remember, a few years back, there were a lot of objections to use Internet Banking and other personalized features with the IE because of its security issues. Till date, there has not been any response from the developers regarding this and even when a new version of the browser was developed, this problem was not stressed upon. Even today, the IE8 allows many unsafe sites to be opened with just warnings. In some cases, people complain that they cannot open websites from IE 8 on many occasions, but the behavior of the browser isn’t too predictable.

Many people are not still convinced with such a response. Even today, browsers like Firefox, Google Chrome, and Opera are considered to be superior options over Internet Explorer 8.

Some of the folks recommend that when you cannot open websites from IE 8, it would be a wise idea to stop using the internet explorer browser; but it’s always easier said than done. Many people are habituated to the Internet Explorer, and they just cannot switch over so easily!

Plug-ins Support

Internet explorer still expects you to download and install a few plug-ins, and it does not have an option of automatic update of the browser. Mozilla Firefox allows automatic updates and that is why it is being preferred by many even when there are many new browsers day in and day out. When it happens that you need to open a site that has many plug ins many of which are not installed in your computer, you only end up with the following message: ‘cannot open websites from IE 8 ‘. This is causing unrest with many people especially with those who have been ardent supporters of the Internet Explorer right from the dawn of it.

Cause of the Error

If you cannot open websites from IE 8, there are certain simple steps through which you can set it out easily. This problem occurs basically if the computer is not able to understand the JavaScript code in the website that you are trying to open.

Recommendations to Website Owners

You may try out these steps as the website owner -

1. Removing all the codes of Google AdSense, FeedBurner and other similar JavaScript snippets.

2. Now, add the codes one by one and try figuring out when the error message pops up.

3. Any specific code would be the one causing the problem.

4. Try removing or replacing that code alone.

5. If you have Google Maps API, you may face such problems with opening a few sites.