The world's most popular web browser is better and safe than ever,as Microsoft's new beta version of the awaiting IE 8 provides many features of security and safer browsing experience. But till now, the only full browser available to us are IE 7, so lets talk first about IE 7 and then to IE 8 beta 2.
IE 7 :
Internet Explorer 7 is a useful program that includes advancements in security and browsing experience for end users, functionality and compatibility for developers, and manageability for corporate network administrators.
Here are some key features of IE7:
# Security Status Bar : For better website security and privacy settings, next to
address Bar.
# Toolbar Search Box : Choose your search engine and make your search, removes the need of additional toolbar.
# Delete Browsing History : Allows you to clean all your browsing data like history, cookies, passwords etc at a single option window.
# Tabbed Browsing : Open all your linked pages in a single window, although not very successful as crashing of one tab results in the whole window crashes.
# Phishing Filter : Proactively warns and protect you against fraudlent sites and may block, if necessary.
# Improved AJAX support, RSS feeds and platforms.
# URL handling security and International domain name anti-spoofing.
# Application Compatability toolkit, a boon for IT pro and developers.
Download Link:
Click Here to Download IE 7 (microsoft's link).
Click Here to Download IE 7 (softpedia link)
IE 8 :
Although Microsoft makes remarkable improvement in this version of IE, but crash
ing of tabbed browser, comparable slow speed with other browsers makes it not so poular. So MS launched its IE 8 soon after the IE7 with its beta version. Now we have IE8 beta 2 as the latest IE browser. In IE 8 MS proved why they are called the masters. Remarkable improvement and almost perfect in security and speed makes IE 8 a very awaiting browser. As the full version is not out, we can hope a great browsing experience with coming soon IE 8.
Here are some features of IE 8 beta 2:
# Grouped Tabs : If you have open dozens of tabs at the same time, then it will be difficult to remember which tab is the hyperlink of other. So tabs of a same group have same colour, although you can disable it if you dont like it.
# Compatability : With IE 8 you can view the old sites too which are sometime not openwith new browsers.
# Accelerators : IE 8 provides tools that easily allow access to multiple points of information such as translations, maps, definitions etc - all in a single window, to accelerate your access to information on the web.
# Web Slices : The most innovative thing about IE 8 is web slices or "the suggested sites button" which make it one step ahead the other browsers. Microsoft uses ‘Web Slices’ technology to automatically trace sites that may be related to the one you are viewing. Using Web Slices, you can keep up with frequently updated sites directly from the Favorites Bar.
# Private Browsing : With this, the browsing history is cleared as you close your browser.
Although, its really fast and secure to use IE 8 but it lacks the looks , which microsoft always lacked. You easily get bored early as it dont match up with the cool, smooth and clear contrasts of other eye-catching browser like opera, safari and firefox.
As the browser war is at its peak, this MS product is still under copyright issuess. Where the other browsers are free, you can get it only if you have the registered version of windows.
Click Here to download IE 8beta 2 (microsoft site)
Click Here to download IE 8beta 2 (public)
Before downloading or installing, its advisable to see the system requirements and the setup for your OS.
