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.

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….