Microsoft’s Answer to Google Chrome – Internet Explorer 8 (Beta 2)
I’m sure you have already heard that Google has came up with an awesome web browser called – Google Chrome, which is fast, sleek & very light weight.
But now Microsoft has also joined the battle zone with Internet Explorer 8 (Beta 2), and IE looks rock solid once again.
Internet Explorer 8 looks more elegant and easier to use, while adding many of the missing features. The brand-new implementation of Standards mode in Internet Explorer 8 offers the best viewing experience of web pages created according to the some of the latest web standards. That means many of the web pages that include code custom tailored for IE won’t look very good, so you need to enable a compatibility view (for some reason, intranet sites are rendered in the compatibility mode by default).
IE has brought several CSS improvements, support for data URIs, AJAX enhancements and support for DOM storage. Internet Explorer 8 has added support for suggestions in the search box and this feature is no longer restricted to Live Search. Microsoft lists many search providers that can be added: Google, Yahoo, Wikipedia and others.
Another cool feature that should have been added to IE7 is inline search: now you can search inside a page from an elegant bar similar to the one from Safari, Google Chrome & Firefox.
IE8 includes a security feature that will be rarely used for non-adult sites: private browsing. InPrivate Browsing in Internet Explorer 8 helps prevent your browsing history, temporary Internet files, form data, cookies, and usernames and passwords from being retained by the browser, leaving no evidence of your browsing or search history. (~This feature is known as Incognito in Google Chrome~)
Overall, this is a highly recommended update for IE7, even though you’ll find some sites aren’t displayed properly.
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It’s great to learn that the IE team are improving on their browser.. but no matter how polished their latest version is, there are still users out there who are still happily running IE6..which is the real pain in the ass for web developers. =(
@ember – Yeah …I agree!! That day i saw a lady using Internet Explorer 5 …in RHB bank!! :S
well, there’s not much reason for us to upgrade to IE7 or even IE8, after all those stories floating out there, saying how much resources IE consumes and how much adware it brings in… everybody’s just happier with firefox and dont bother to upgrade IE…
(im using safari and IE6 too, as my secondary browser, and now chrome XD)
I read from CNet that chrome got some ad and personal details problem. Google will try to put ads in their web browser by some time and every words you type in can be traced by other hackers. Unless you don’t use the remember password function. It also has a good function that can privately search or click in for personal ’secrets’ viewing, not knowing by other same pc user.
@Saad Kamal – IE five? In a BANK? =O That’s.. worrisome!
@MiKa SH Wee – I was referring to those who still use IE6 on a daily basis. If you’re using FF/Safari/Chrome then great! By all means..leave IE6 to rot! =P
@ember – Ya, 25% from the web browsers still use IE6! Research done by CNet.