Today, sometime, Microsoft is making available for download the final release of Internet Explorer 8. They have a press release announcing its availability, here. However the IE8 homepage - http://www.microsoft.com/ie8 - still points to the RC1 download. That will change at some point this morning obviously and I will update this post with links to the download then.
Download now live
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/worldwide-sites.aspx
For now check out the IE8 Fact sheet and start getting yourself ready for the download. Those of you planning on deploying IE8 using the IEAK can start by studying up on its documentation here.
What’s new for IE8:
- Full CSS 2.1 support
- Passes the ACID 2 test
- DOM and HTML 4.01 improvements
- Accelerators
- Web Slices
- Instant Search
- Enhanced Find on Page
- InPrivate browsing
- SmartScreen Filter (enhanced Phishing Filter)
- Compatibility View
- Smart Address Bar
- Tab Groups
- and More…
Be sure to check out the IE8 compatibility list below which has over 3,000 sites which need compatibility mode to function correctly, and if your site is in the this list hang your head in shame and get to work on correcting it....its small sites like digg, cnn, aol....
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=b885e621-91b7-432d-8175-a745b87d2588
Posted
Mar 19 2009, 08:19 AM
by
Josh Phillips
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