As we all know Internet Explorer 8 has been released and you can download it here. Its faster and better than previous IE versions. So we decided to give it a try and found a funny bug while testing it.
This bug appears when a page is not loaded and IE shows the "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" error message. So to recreate this bug, you'll need to open a URL which throws this error.
1. Open IE8 and provide following URL:
http://localhost
2. IE will show "Cannot display the webpage" error message.
3. Click on "More Information" button and guess what? The "More Information" text will not change to "Less Information". In fact it should change to "Less Information".
Its really a funny bug. If you can remember the same bug was found in IE7 in Vista but it was fixed in SP1. And now it has come back again in IE8. Interesting...
PS: This bug is also present in Windows 7 IE8 version.
This article was posted in Browsers / Internet, Internet Explorer, Windows 7.
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Puneet Darji
I think that microsoft has not learned from its mistakes.lolzzzz
Joyette
Actually, I have been having that problem this weekend and it is not isolated to just IE 8, it happens in FF & Chrome.
Riza
Hehe, so neither FF and Chrome are perfect.
Dementor
In Russian version this bug does not appear
Laczyi
Also in hungarian version, I not have this bug.
VG
It seems its only present in English versions. The bug has been forwarded to IE team and should be fixed in next release.
Tyler
Joyette, this isn't in firefox. This is IE only.
fic
this is not a bug. You're closing the "more information" list
VG
^^ It was a bug and has been fixed in the latest IE testing build. I got the confirmation from IE team.
Liverbird
There's no date for when this article was posted ... nor for the replies .. so sorry if its old :S
For anybody getting this error of "Cannot display Webpage" in IE8 ... usually when they click on a link which will open a new taab or perhaps a google search result ... then deleting browsing history should fix it.
If not also check the "Lan Settings" found on connections tab of tools/internet options in the browser ..... make sure all boxes are cleared unless of course you know you need proxy server checked.
Hope it helps someone out there