Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, the next generation and upgrade of Internet Explorer 7, has made available to selected testers on Microsoft Connect website. The general public availability of Internet Explorer 8 Beta for free download will come later.
IE8 Beta 1 is primarily focused on the developer community, with the goal of gaining valuable feedback to improve Internet Explorer 8 during the development process. It is exclusively by invitation only.
The main features of IE8 includes full compatibility with Acid2 Web standard, and availability of 3 modes while browsing for standards support – “Quirks mode” which remains the same, and compatible with current content, “Standards mode” that remains the same as IE7, and compatible with current content, and full standards compliant and support mode.
Microsoft is expected to offer sneak peak into IE8 on MIX2008, a Web technology conference sponsored by Microsoft scheduled on 8th March in Las Vegas.
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