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Title: Internet Explorer 8
Post by: Clive on March 06, 2008, 08:49

Microsoft has made available the Beta 1 release of Windows Internet Explorer 8.

Some of the end-user features that you can expect to see in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 include the following:

Activities: Activities are contextual services to quickly access a service from any webpage. Users typically copy and paste from one webpage to another. Internet Explorer 8 Activities make this common pattern easier to do.

WebSlices: WebSlices is a new feature for websites to connect to their users by subscribing to content directly within a webpage. WebSlices behave just like feeds where clients can subscribe to get updates and notify the user of changes.

Favorites Bar: In Internet Explorer 7, the Links bar provided users with one-click access to their favorite sites. The Links bar has undergone a complete makeover for Internet Explorer 8. It has been renamed the Favorites bar to enable users to associate this bar as a place to put and easily access all their favorite web content such as links, feeds, WebSlices and even Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents.

Automatic Crash Recovery: Automatic Crash Recovery (ACR) is a feature of Windows Internet Explorer 8 that can help to prevent the loss of work and productivity in the unlikely event of the browser crashing or hanging. The ACR feature takes advantage of the Loosely-Coupled Internet Explorer feature to provide new crash recovery capabilities, such as tab recovery, which will minimize interruptions to users' browsing sessions.

Improved Phishing Filter: Internet Explorer 7 introduced the Phishing Filter, a feature which helps warn users when they visit a Phishing site. Phishing sites spoof a trusted legitimate site, with the goal of stealing the user's personal or financial information. For Internet Explorer 8, we are building on the success of the Phishing Filter with a more comprehensive feature called the "Safety Filter."
 
 

Title: Re: Internet Explorer 8
Post by: Simon on March 06, 2008, 10:00

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Automatic Crash Recovery: Automatic Crash Recovery (ACR) is a feature of Windows Internet Explorer 8 that can help to prevent the loss of work and productivity in the unlikely event of the browser crashing or hanging.

Unlikely??  :haha:

Title: Re: Internet Explorer 8
Post by: Clive on March 06, 2008, 14:51

Oh ye of little faith!   ;D

Title: Re: Internet Explorer 8
Post by: Reno on March 07, 2008, 03:22

ABP makes any version of IE left wanting.

Title: Re: Internet Explorer 8
Post by: Clive on March 07, 2008, 09:19

First review of Internet Explorer 8 beta 1--Don't Use it

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2274013,00.asp 

Title: Re: Internet Explorer 8
Post by: Simon on March 07, 2008, 10:21

Quote from: Reno on March 07, 2008, 03:22

ABP makes any version of IE left wanting.

ABP?   :dunno:

Title: Re: Internet Explorer 8
Post by: Simon on March 07, 2008, 10:22

Quote from: Clive on March 07, 2008, 09:19

First review of Internet Explorer 8 beta 1--Don't Use it

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2274013,00.asp 

I wonder how long it will be before 'I8IE8' badges start appearing!  :)x

Title: Re: Internet Explorer 8
Post by: Rik on March 07, 2008, 10:48

I wonder who will try to get the numberplate??  ;D

Title: Re: Internet Explorer 8
Post by: Simon on March 07, 2008, 10:51

The CEO of the Mozilla Foundation?   ;)

Title: Re: Internet Explorer 8
Post by: Rik on March 07, 2008, 10:53

True. :)

Title: Re: Internet Explorer 8
Post by: Reno on March 07, 2008, 17:44

Quote from: Simon on March 07, 2008, 10:21

ABP?   :dunno:

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Title: Re: Internet Explorer 8
Post by: Simon on March 07, 2008, 17:50

Ah, right.

Title: Re: Internet Explorer 8
Post by: TR on March 07, 2008, 17:52

The choice is truly yours  ;)

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Title: Re: Internet Explorer 8
Post by: Simon on March 07, 2008, 19:07

Not if Microsoft have anything to do with it!  ;D