Internet Explorer 8 – ready for battle
Internet Explorer is available to download, and this final release includes only minor changes over the RC release candidate version from January.
IE 8 comes with a new faster rendering engine that makes the browser more responsive and compatible with true W3C web standards while still having support for IE-specific pages. It is also user friendly – visual search suggestions, smart address bar, accelerators, Web Slices – a user can make a snippet of any part of a website and have it continuously update itself, better find on page, one click favorites, tab grouping, private browsing, tab crash protection, option for add-ons and other improvements.
IE8 is still slowest among the other browsers (Apple Safari, Google Chrome, and upcoming Mozilla Firefox) but this time IE focus on usability, security, stability and browsing efficiency. There are many advanced usability tweaks already build in and ready for download that will tweak your overall internet experience and improve your protection against deceptive and malicious websites which can compromise your data, privacy, and identity.
IE 8 is now available for Windows XP and Vista and will be a core feature of Windows 7 in US an optional feature in Europe becouse EU antitrust force a choice between browsers that lets users install an alternative browser without installing Internet Explorer.
Read more and download IE 8 here. Get an add-on here.
