Microsoft published the final version of Internet Explorer 8th

With Internet Explorer 8 will Microsoft in the browser market to make good soil: The program includes the smaller but more innovative competitors to long. Was renewed for the safety, convenience and speed. Published MSIE8 is the finale on Thursday evening.

 

About two months after the publication of the almost finished Microsoft Release Candidate is the first full version of Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, just MSIE8, download free. From about 18 German clock time is
The download is possible.

Competition in the browser: Microsoft sets the MSIE8 - and wants to re-floor is yours

For Microsoft, the publication is an important step in the relegation battle: For years, the company is continuously losing weight in a market a few years ago they almost completely dominated. But Microsoft rested after Netscape's competitors had successfully suppressed, too long on his laurels and developed the MSIE browser is not fast enough to continue. The result: Small competitors like Opera and Netscape emerged from the Mozilla browser, Firefox later Microsoft withdrew them - with a clever innovation, better performance and security.

News MSIE is the world's still around 67 percent and has so within a year lost about eight percent (figures: Net Applications). The trend was highlighted by the publication of the beta versions and release candidate of version 8 is not able to stop.

How many of the innovations in MSIE8 as adjustments to the standards which were set by rivals Microsoft has given a lot to catch up. That the company is so serious, it also shows that they are waived on special ways: As the first Microsoft browser of the Millennium will be on the MSIE8 international Web standards and proprietary specifications to renounce. With which Microsoft had long tried, even the standards on the Web as follows: web designers were forced to their sides for a proper representation in the Internet Explorer adapt.

One last joke from stairs this time: websites, which until today, the MSIE8 now no longer display correctly. Therefore, the software program under the hood, with a MSIE7 emulate it. Microsoft therefore needs a software crutch, so that the sins of the past is not noticeable.

That being said, the company has the software but aufgebohrt force. Especially in the security and speed of Microsoft now wants to score points. According to the company, the browser MSIE8 competition now in many benchmark tests.

New are also functions such as Web Slices, which are part of an offer separately from the rest of the page and watch "subscribe" to. Last Bugs and hook the release candidates will have Microsoft ausgebürstet.

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