March 5, 2008

Internet Explorer 8 is now available

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Internet Explorer 8 logoIn a surprise move at the MIX08 Conference, Microsoft announced that Internet Explorer 8 is now available for download

The list of enhancements include:

  • Facebook Integration — Get status updates directly from your browser
  • eBay Integration — You can use their new “webslices” to subscribe to individual portions of a page.
  • Live Maps Integration — Highlight text on a page, like an address, then right-click and choose “Live Maps” to see a preview map in a small pop-up window.
  • Better support for AJAX pages

I haven’t downloaded yet, but I’m just about to. Once you get it, leave a comment and let us know what you think!

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/ie8/readiness/Install.htm

Comments

  1. Not off to a good start. I’ve downloaded the install file twice (for XP) and both times the installer had aborted with a “file corrupt” message…

  2. I’ve now got it installed on a couple of my PCs, and I’m pretty pleased.

    One funny note — when trying to run Windows Update from this PC, it tells me that “this requires at least Internet Explorer version 5”. I rebooted, reinstalled, no dice.

    Fortunately, there is button in IE8 to “Emulate IE7” and that does the trick.

  3. Amen, Jim! I spend way too much time getting pages to work with IE. So far IE 8 isn’t doing all that bad on the acid standards test. Is standards compatibility too much to hope for?

  4. There is hope! A recent SitePoint newsletter shared very promising insights into IE8 treatment of CSS and even claims that IE 8 has moved ahead of competitors in terms of standards compliance. I love Firefox and my 40 plugins, so I have not rushed to install or test IE 8 for myself.

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