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Internet Explorer 8

Internet Explorer 8

Our fastest, easiest, safest browser ever. New features help you find and use things on the web a lot faster.

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Internet Explorer 8 is our fastest, easiest, and safest browser ever. Built-in security features help you stay safe by protecting against deceptive and malicious websites which can compromise your data, privacy, and identity. Here's just a small taste of the smart new features in Internet Explorer 8. To see more—or download it for yourself—visit the Internet Explorer 8 website.

Instant Search

The search box now displays relevant suggestions the moment you start typing. When you spot your search term, you can just click it—a huge time saver. Internet Explorer 8 even uses your browsing history to narrow its suggestions.

Results are also more visual—with weather reports, stock charts, photos, and other relevant images.

Accelerators

Need to map an address? Define a word? Forward a link? Then you need Accelerators. New in Internet Explorer 8, Accelerators make it easier to do things without navigating to other websites.

Simply highlight some text, then click the blue Accelerator icon that appears to see what you can do. Look for Accelerators from popular sites like Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Yahoo!, Wikipedia, and more.

Web Slices

How often do you check weather reports, sports scores, stock prices, or auction bids? It can be a chore to keep up with fast-changing sites. Now a new feature called Web Slices can do it for you.

When you spot the green Web Slices icon on a site, click it. If something changes on that site, the Web Slices icon in your Favorites bar lights up. Point to the glowing icon to see what's changed.

Internet Explorer 8 Web Slice

Compatibility View

If a webpage doesn't look right, just click the new Compatibility View button on the Address bar. The button corrects misaligned text or images on pages designed for older browsers.

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