Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1

I tried the IE8 beta on 7^th March 2008. I’m still documenting user interface problems in IE7, slowly.

Notes

Menu bar at top and shown by default. Is this just the IE7 registry tweak carried forwards?
Address bar only shows domain name in normal style. Rest of it used the disabled text style.
Command Bar still hogs the tab bar.
Command Bar still starts without enough space so it needs a chevron.
The star to open the Favourites sidebar now has Favourites as label text!
The Favourites Bar is displayed by default. So much for saving screen space.
The search box is very wide by default. Cannot grab the space between it and the Stop button to change this.
Page Zoom fits to width by default!

Birth of a Security Feature: ClickJacking Defense, 3^rd February 2009.: Another <meta> tag instead of baking security into the browser.
IE and Windows XP Service Pack 3, 12^th May 2008.: Follow-up to balance out my previous message.
IE and Windows XP Service Pack 3, 6^th May 2008.: It shouldn’t be this hard.
Add-on Management Improvements in Internet Explorer 8, 27^th March 2008.: Another follow-up to previous review.
re: Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, 23^rd March 2008.: Follow-up to previous review.
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, 21^st March 2008.: Detailed review of Manage Add-ons.
The IE8 Favorites Bar, 23^rd March, 2008.: Why the sidebar shouldn’t cut into the status bar. As if this needs an explanation.
The IE8 Favorites Bar, 12^th March 2008.: Tabbed sidebar but gaps around controls.
Improved Productivity Through Internet Explorer 8 Developer Tools, 8^th March, 2008.: Developer toolbar is getting more fiddly.