Teklogs:News archive/Internet Explorer 8 beta now available to public

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Created 01:33, 9 March 2008 (UTC) by Tcrow777 (talk · contribs · logs · count)

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Microsoft has released Windows Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 to the public.^[1] Some of the new features include:

• IE 8 Standards mode enabled by default,^[2] Microsoft has released the Internet Explorer 8 Readiness Toolkit to help web developers prepare for this and other things that could effect backward compatibility.
• WebSlices and Activities.^[3]
• Redesigned Favorites Bar.
• Safety Filter
• Full-page zoom now reflows the text to remove the appearance of horizontal scrollbars on zooming.^[4]
• Tools that allow HTML, CSS and JavaScript debugging directly from the browser.^[5]
• Automatic Crash Recovery.^[6]
• See also: wikipedia:en:Internet Explorer 8#Features.

Contents 1 Sources 2 See also 2.1 Internal and/or interwiki 2.2 External

[edit] Sources

1. ↑ http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/ie8/readiness/Install.htm
2. ↑ http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/mar08/03-03WebStandards.mspx
3. ↑ http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1241
4. ↑ http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/ie8/readiness/DevelopersExisting.htm#accessibility
5. ↑ http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/ie8/readiness/DevelopersNew.htm#tools
6. ↑ http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/ie8/readiness/NewFeatures.htm#crash

[edit] See also

[edit] Internal and/or interwiki

• wikipedia:en:Internet Explorer 8

[edit] External

• A WTF?!? Moment From Microsoft – Codedread