Internet Explorer 8 - Beta Download 

What is the Internet Explorer 8 Beta Download?

This Internet Explorer 8 "beta" is aimed at web developers and web designers to help them take advantage of exciting new features in Internet Explorer 8 that will enhance their websites!

If you want to see how the websites you build, look in the next version of Internet Explorer, then this is download is for you.

What is new in this Internet Explorer 8 Beta Download?

This public version of the Internet Explorer 8 beta 1 download offers some new features for developers and designers to test against the projects:

(Checkout the 2 videos that talk more about this information over at Internet Explorer 8 Beta)

STANDARDS:

The Internet Explorer 8 layout engine is built to be cascading style sheets 2.1 compliant, enabling web developers and designers to write their pages once and have them render properly across all cascading style sheets 2.1 compatible browsers. However, Microsoft is not finished—hence, Microsoft is seeking feedback from developers working with Internet Explorer 8 Developer Beta 1.

ACTIVITIES:

Activities are contextual services that provide quick access to external services from any webpage. Activities typically involve one of two types of actions:

"Look up" information related to data in the current webpage

"Send" content from the current webpage to another application

For example, if you highlight a street address in IE8, the right click menu will allow you to bring up the location on through the Live Maps service. Find an interesting item you're looking to buy? Right click and be taken directly to the Ebay search results for that product!

WebSlices:

WebSlices is a new feature for websites that enables the IE8 user to subscribe to content directly within a webpage.

WebSlices behave just like "feeds" in that users can "subscribe" to them and receive update notifications when the content changes!

E.g.  When you find the perfect item on Ebay you can use a webslice to subscribe to just that one item; which is then easily followed from the IE8 toolbar!

Websites are polled at user-defined intervals, similar to the way RSS feeds are polled. Website operators may also define a minimum wait time between polls to minimize requests.

Developers can mark parts of webpages as "WebSlices" and enable users to monitor information they rely on as they move about the web.

With a click in the Favorites bar, users see rich "WebSlice" visuals and website developers establish a valuable, persistent end-user connection. Learn more about building WebSlices at the Microsoft Developer Network.

Fig 1.1 - Screenshot of the Internet Explorer 8 Installation

If you want to give this beat of internet Explorer 8 a try then PLEASE read the release notes first!  http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/949787

IE8 Beta 1 - Download Link:

Download Internet Explorer 8 Beta

Available for:

Windows Vista x64 and x86

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) x64 and x86

Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

Windows Server 2008 x64 and x86

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) x64 and x86

Download Link:

Internet Explorer 8 Readiness Toolkit

(essential information for developers...)

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