Today Microsoft announced the availability of Windows Internet Explorer 8. The latest version of the popular browser includes features that make browsing the web safer, faster and easier to use including the following:
· Accelerators make it faster and easier to perform common tasks online by making Web-based services such as ESPN.com and Live Search available for use directly from the page people are viewing. Users can simply right-click a word or phrase and instantly map, e-mail, or share it.
· Web Slices in Internet Explorer 8 makes favourite information from sites such as Digg, Yahoo! Mail and eBay instantly available wherever someone goes on the Web.
· Visual search suggestions. The Instant Search Box in Internet Explorer 8 enables rich, real-time search from sites such as Wikipedia, as well as sites from people’s own Favourites and History, complete with visuals and detailed information that saves time.
“The new features in IE8 provide an enhanced browser experience with improved security and reliability,” says Microsoft Professional Geek, Nick Hodge. “Features such as Web Slices will give users a rich, visual update on all of their favourite websites directly from the new Favorites Bar. RSS is a great geek acronym, but Web Slices is how non-geeks will know when websites change.”
Windows Internet Explorer 8 is ready to download from 3.00am 20th March 2009 in 25 languages at: http://www.microsoft.com/ie8
The full media release is available at Microsoft PressPass: http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2009/mar09/03-18IE8AvailablePR.mspx