Average users will likely see weird rendering of web pages in IE8. Note that IE8 is still in beta stage, and the release is probably mainly meant for developers, webmasters, bloggers, website designers and publishers to test the compliance of their sites with IE8. Use with IE Tab as a guard against those Zero-Day IE bugs. The release note for Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 can be read here. Running old versions of IE is risky, but IE Tab can be locked down so it is only used on the sites that need it. Other features include contextual services to quickly access a service from any webpage named Activities, WebSlices for content subscribing within webpage, Favorites Bar has replaced Links bar, Automatic Crash Recovery and improved Phishing Filter. IE 8 features improvements in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and layout, programming model, performance, reliability, usability and service integration.
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Windows Server 2003 SP2 圆4 Edition and Windows XP SP2 Pro 圆4 Editionĭirect Download: IE8-WindowsServer2003-圆4-ENU.exe Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Windows Server 2003 SP2 (x86)ĭirect Download: IE8-WindowsServer2003-x86-ENU.exe Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Window XP SP2ĭirect Download: IE8-WindowsXP-x86-ENU.exe Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Windows Vista 圆4 Edition and Windows Server 2008 圆4 Editionĭirect Download: IE8-WindowsVista-圆4-ENU.exe Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 (x86)ĭirect Download: IE8-WindowsVista-x86-ENU.exe Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) is the familiar web browser you are most comfortable using, helping you get everything you want from the web faster, easier. Here’s where you can download IE8 Beta 1, together with direct download link to get the setup installation executable file from Microsoft Download Center server.
IE8 Beta 1 also does not work on checked (debug) version of Windows.
Consequently, if you are using Windows 10 or Windows 8.1, then there’s no need to download Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer 8 can be installed on Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) (but not pre-release or beta version), Windows Vista, Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2). After receiving the approval e-mail with the download software link, click on the link to get to the. It is worth noting that, the latest version of Internet Explorer, i.e., Internet Explorer 11 comes preinstalled with both Windows 10 and Windows 8.1. Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) Beta 1 has been released for public free download on IE8 Readiness Toolkit page (no longer available).