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IE8 Beta Released To Public

Posted by Soulskill on from the upgrades dept.

Tim writes "English, German, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese versions of Internet Explorer 8 have been released for public beta. New features include accelerators, which provide instant context menu access for a number of common tasks; automatic crash recovery, which prevents a single page's failures from taking down your entire browser; and browser privacy, a feature that didn't make Firefox 3. I'm primarily a Firefox user, and I've been using IE8 at work (MS) for the past few weeks. It's a definite improvement over previous versions, and brings a lot to the table that Firefox requires extensions for. Give it a spin, submit feedback, and help keep all browser makers on their toes by facing each other's competition."

2 of 605 comments (clear)

  1. Oh, I'd like a version by HuguesT · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Can I have a version for Linux, or barring that, for OS/X so I might try it ? Thanks.

  2. Anon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    But does it function properly?
    I.E. 7 was a step-down in function for Microsoft as
    it fail to connect as quickly to sites as version 6 and despite all its new features, performed quite poorly compared to IE 6 as one's exclusive web experience.