Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 8 Release Candidate 1 was made available for Windows Vista, XP and Server versions. A new version of the Internet Explorer browser integrated into Windows 7 Beta will be provided with the next update of the operating system. The IE 8 RC 1 browser will show an improved usage experience both for developers as well as for end-users by offering a faster browsing speed and an increased security and compatibility with modern web standards and applications.

IE 8 RC 1 has many enhancements which simplifies the browsing actions, allowing users to rapidly execute common tasks. In this version you will discover a new smart address bar, an enhanced find on page functionality, results highlighting, the tab grouping option for pages with related content and more.

Developers will enjoy the new benefits represented by the major additions and modifications of modern standards support. IE 8 RC 1 has a better HTML parser and mechanism of processing Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) code. In the same time, it is able to render web pages based on future standards, like W3C’s HTML 5 Draft DOM Storage standard. Also, upon final version release, the browser will have full support for CSS 2.1.

The developer tools, which allow the debugging of HTML, CSS and JavaScript code in a visual environment, are built directly into IE 8 RC 1 browser. Even more, now the development of a website can be performed based on a single group of standards for multiple web browsers.The Internet Explorer Administration Kit will ensure a simplified management of the deployment settings.

The Internet Explorer 8 RC 1 web browser is available for free download from the official website in several languages, being compatible with the next operating systems: Windows XP, Windows XP 64-bit Edition, Windows Vista, Windows Vista 64-bit Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 64-bit Edition, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 64-bit Edition.

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