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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."

3 of 605 comments (clear)

  1. I tested it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    at goatse.cz and was not impressed.

  2. Re:Oh, I'd like a version by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh, go fuck a dick you shit.

  3. Does it have viewing options? by netglen · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Does the new IE8 have the option to change the Look-N-Feel to emulate my old Gopher client? Bonus points to emulate my old TVI-950 screen.