IE8 Beta Now Available for Download
Posted by Jason on
March 11, 2008
If you’ve just got used to Internet Explorer 7 you probably won’t want to know that the beta version of IE8 has now been publicly unleashed. One of the key features of Microsoft’s latest browser is crash recovery and if it throws a wobbly when it is restarted there’s an option to ‘restore last session. Other highlights include a new Favourites Bar, which is a bit like the old Links bar but as well as web page shortcuts it can also hold RSS links and a new facility WebSlices. This displays a thumbnail view of specially configured web pages. It depends on web developers creating the mini preview pages, and so far not many do, so don’t hold your breath on this one.
Activities is a new set of right-click menu options when you highlight or click on an item, they include Translate, Map, Blog, Define, Send with Hotmail, with more becoming available or defined by the user. Don’t forget this is Beta software, and it is at quite an early stage so you install it at your own risk, so don’t complain to Microsoft if something nasty happens. You have been warned!
