Internet Explorer 8.0 (IE 8.0) is not supported for HOPEX V1R2-V1R3 and this is controlled at login.
However, this control can be disabled under customer responsibility: in this mode, IE 8.0 can run but remains very slow.
Since HOPEX V1R2-V1R3 CP9.0, new security features have been included to HOPEX Web Frond-End that are not supported by IE 8.0. As a consequence, IE 8.0 cannot be used any longer as a web client.
Let us remind that Microsoft support for IE 8.0 ends on January 12, 2016.