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“The first public beta of Internet Explorer 8”
by Elena Santos
Microsoft has made the first public beta of Internet Explorer 8 available for download. While generally keeping the same design as IE 7, this new version features some new functionality and is also fully standard-compliant.
First of all bear in mind that this beta of Internet Explorer 8 is intended solely for web developers and designers, not for the average user. This beta is still under heavy development and may not work properly with certain web pages. True, you've got a button to "emulate" IE7 while running IE8 but that's not the point. So if you're not a programmer or do not like strong emotions you'd better stay away from this one.
Internet Explorer 8 includes a couple of exciting new features: Activities and Weclips. The first ones are a collection of customizable add-ons that let you access online services from the browser's context menu. As for webclips, they work like RSS feeds, but focusing only on certain areas of a given webpage that are being constantly updated. Besides these two elements, Internet Explorer also features some other goodies like integration with Facebook and Live Maps and a crash recovery system.
This first public beta of Internet Explorer 8 lets you take a sneak peek at the future next version of Microsoft's web browser and start playing with its new feature. For a more extended review, check out our blog OnSoftware.
Languages:
English
OS requirements for Internet Explorer:
- OS: WinXP
- Standard compliant
- New features: activities and webclips
- Crash recovery tool
- Integration with many online services
- Still at beta stage: doesn't render some pages properly and may be a bit unstable
From the publisher of Internet Explorer
Welcome to the website for Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1. Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 is a developer preview for web designers and developers to help prepare their websites for the launch of Internet Explorer 8. Some of the new features designed for developers include a developer toolbar and improved interoperability and compatibility.
Internet Explorer 8 will take the web experience beyond the page. Internet Explorer 8 introduces a new way to seamlessly experience the best of the web whether you are a web developer writing to standards or a user discovering a new online service. Be one of the first developers to take advantage of improvements in Internet Explorer 8 for your websites and applications.
More Internet Explorer screenshots
Posts about Internet Explorer in our blog
- Best Internet Explorer add-ons by Francesca Migliorini
- First look at Internet Explorer 8 Beta by Elena Santos
- Extending Internet Explorer with add ons by Tom Clarke
- Weblin: chat while you browse the web by Elena Santos
- How to speed up Internet Explorer by James Thornton
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Reviews for Internet Explorer in other languages
- Internet Explorer (Testbericht auf Deutsch)
- Internet Explorer (Análisis en español)
- Internet Explorer (Le test en français)
Internet Explorer in other platforms
- Internet Explorer (Mac)
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