Internet Explorer 8

Have you heard of the advent of Internet Explorer 8?However, I'm not just knew about it today but was lazy to write about it.I'm not quite sure whether this Internet Explorer 8 is still in the beta version indeed,but I don't think it is.But the Microsoft claimed that it loads pages faster with the help of its accelerator and safer.If it is a internet browser in beta form,i think it must have lots of bugs and problems anyway.

There are several new and interesting features. Web Slices lets you save predefined sections of a Web page for at-a-glance viewing. Instead of going to a traffic Web site for updates, the latest commuting news comes to you. Similarly, Accelerators make repetitive tasks one-click behaviors, for instance finding directions or blogging. InPrivate browsing introduces a cache and history on-off switch, while related tabs are color-coded and automatically reorganized as you open them. There's also tab sand boxing, which means that when a tab crashes, IE itself won't, and it even tries to resurrect the page that crashed.

There's a greater emphasis on Web standards and security than before. The SmartScreen and cross-site scripting filters throw up a red warning page when you're about to visit an unsafe site. There's also domain highlighting, which grays out the name of the URL you're looking at except for the domain itself. This sounds simple, but effectively draws attention to spoofed site URLs. There's also a compatibility button so that sites designed specifically for IE 7 and earlier can still be viewed.

IE 8 lacks a default "smart" location bar that many other browsers have, but you can search your history and most visited pages from there. Also, the installation process still requires a reboot--unimpressive, to say the least. Drawbacks aside, there's no reason to not upgrade if you're an old fan of IE, and there's even a few things in IE 8 for new users.

Just because I rarely use internet explorer,i.e. it is not my default and favorite browser,i decided not to upgrade it and continually enjoy using Mozilla Firefox.I have read some reviews.Many said that IE(Internet Explorer) 8 starts up much slower than IE7."Better than IE7 but slower than Firefox and others",more than five people said.

Again,I'm not going to try it yet. It's too time consuming to roll-back after using, IE 7 works just fine.

For further information about IE8,go to the following links or websites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_8
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/Internet-explorer/default.aspx