Download and Test Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2!

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Five months after launching the first beta of Internet Explorer 8 and more than 2 million downloads, Microsoft confirms its ambition to release a final version of its browser before the end of the year with the release of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2. This beta confirms the progress of the development team as it is presented in 4 languages (English, German, Simplified Chinese, Japanese), 21 other languages including french follow in the next few days!

With this version of Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft has taken a giant step on the interoperability of its browser and care standards by the latter. As a reminder, this version represents an improvement of some services such as anti-phishing filter, but also new services such as WebSlides, the bar favorites, the automatic restoration after a crash. The beta 2 provides stability and performance (up to 10% less CPU on all treatments can be made when navigating), which sorely lacked the beta 1, enabling it to address a other than developers. They are also standards like CSS 2.1 are now fully supported by the browser. Close collaboration took place between the teams development of Internet Explorer 8 and the working group dedicated to CSS. The team provides more than 2500 additional tests to the test suite dedicated to CSS 2.
The Beta 2 also introduces functionality in-private "in ensuring privacy. A user can erase traces of his research on the machine in question.

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is available for owners of Windows Vista, Windows Vista SP1, Windows 2008 Server, Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows XP SP3 (novelty for this beta 2), Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2.

Download Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2: Here or Here

The FAQ for companies (in English): here
Some good advice for the installation or uninstalling (in English): Here
The full list of new features (in English): Here