IE 8 beta2 and WB nor working

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Hey there today I decided to try IE8beta2 on my notebook - but it s*s concerning wb -menu are not showing text, only empty forms. Only way I found was to disable wb for IE compeltley -that looks ugly Anyone has an idea how to tweak that a bit? Ruben
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I loaded IE8 today with no problems. On an XP machine.  ;) 
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
IE8 beta 2 running sweetly for me, and being skinned just fine :)
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I have tested WB with IE8 beta 2 on Vista 32 and it works correctly.  Tabs do not skin, but thats due to Microsoft hardcoding new tab designs vs using the OS theme.

What version of WB are you running?

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
newest version of wb - menu's are not skinned

Ruben
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
SO now IE tabs... dont skin again? great  :LOL:  X-( 
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
To quote Philly and Zubaz (Ken Kwilas, too  ;) ):

"Nothing on earth is forcing you to install the beta versions. It can get rough on the bleeding edge. "

-- Kris Kwilas, 'Essays on Mind and Matter

What's the rush to use ie, or any Beta? FF3 has great extensions like "stealthier fox"...
so I don't get it... :NOTSURE: 

******FLASH******

Check out Google News Science and Tech section about ie8 B2 and XPSP3 !!
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
hm, didn't wanna start a browser war -anyone seeing the same porblem,and has found a solution

Ruben
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
"Kris" Kwilas
:)
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Browser war? Good Knight! Perish the thought! ;) LOL.

"Kris" Kwilas
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Woops! :SURPRISED:
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
running ie8 on vista ultimate 64 here. guess what? the toolbar buttons in ie8 are skinned. that wasn't the case with ie7.
Reply #12 from Stardock Forums Top
Tabs do not skin, but thats due to Microsoft hardcoding new tab designs vs using the OS theme.
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I do hope someone at Stardock is going to find a way around that... I tried IE8 and immediately uninstalled it beacuse of the unskinned tabs. I have a BLACK theme, and shiny silver tabs look fugly in contrast to it, and ya know Microsoft is gonna make IE8 mandatory eventually. And, yeah I know I could use Firefox, but Firefox is never skinned properly, either, cause it has it's own skinning system.