Download Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 : IE 8 Features Revealed

Microsoft has released the Beta 1 of Internet Explorer 8 and put up a dedicated page for Internet Explorer 8 Beta.

Internet Explorer 8 Beta Logo

The IE 8 Beta 1 page lists out the new features which will be available in Internet Explorer 8 along with download links to Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1.

The new features in Internet Explorer 8 are :

  1. Activities
  2. WebSlices
  3. Favorites Bar
  4. Automatic Crash Recovery
  5. Improved Phishing Filter

That’s it. No more new features. Sadly, I don’t find any feature above exciting enough for me to be waiting for Internet Explorer 8. Neither do I find any new UI for Internet Explorer 8 from the screenhots on the page. :(

Hopefully MS will add more features on the way and also give a new UI to Internet Explorer 8. If not Mozilla Firefox 3 will be THE browser for me. Anywayz it is even now. :P

Internet Explorer 8 New Features

Download Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 

Download Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Window XP SP2

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 Download Page

Update : Mozilla Links has put up a review of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 and compared it to the Firefox 3 Beta which is under development now. A post worth reading….

6 comments ↓

#1 Nirmal on 03.07.08 at 10:32 am

I too tried it out, the ACR feature looks good as it was crashing all the time on my Vista.

#2 Manas on 03.07.08 at 11:20 am

May be MS wanted to show that they have a Crash Recovery feature. Thats why they programmed IE 8 Beta 1 to crash frequently… :P

#3 Falkor on 03.09.08 at 2:36 pm

IE is for dinosaurs dude!

Mozilla’s latest version will be a IE killer version. Amen

:)

#4 Manas on 03.10.08 at 11:01 am

@ Falkor - Firefox 3 is rocking …..

#5 Falkor on 03.11.08 at 7:38 pm

Waiting for it dude.

Btw, are you aware more than 50% internet traffic is on Firefox.

:D

#6 Manas on 03.12.08 at 9:44 am

Hmm…. Had no idea about that….

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