Windows Internet Explorer 8 for Windows Vista (final software patches)

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Works with:
Windows Vista

Requires
Windows Vista

Size of file
13MB

Name of patch
IE8-WindowsVista-x86-ENU.exe

Author/Supplier
Microsoft

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About
Windows Web Explorer 8 (also called Web Explorer 8 or basically IE8) is the next browser from Microsoft. This version of Windows Web Explorer 8 will only run on Vista. It works on Vista with SP1 or without SP1 – it doesn’t matter. There is a separate download for Windows XP – see the Windows section of this site (top left of this page).

According to Microsoft, Web Explorer 8 features:
Activities: these are contextual services that provide fast access to outside services from any webpage. These are “Look up” information related to information in the current webpage and “Send” content from the current webpage to another application.
WebSlices: this option can expose portions of a page as a WebSlice that users can subscribe to and bring that content with them on their links bar wherever they are on the net. Users receive update notifications when the content changes.
Web Explorer 8 Beta 1 will ship in standards mode by default. However, three different rendering modes that may be set using the X-UA-Compatible header:
Quirks mode which supports Web Explorer 5 and legacy browsers
Strict mode which supports Web Explorer 7 and is accessed through the emulate Web Explorer 7 button
Web Explorer 8 standards mode
Cascading style sheets 2.1 compliance
Cross-browser inconsistencies have been fixed
Enhanced protection from misleading sites and phishing
Domain Highlighting – a know-how that highlights the top level domain in the address bar, allowing users to quickly confirm that the world wide web-site they are visiting is the site they intended to visit. The domain name is in bold and black font, standing out from other characters in the URL which are grey.

The file will download directly from Microsoft’s servers.

Related posts:

1. Windows Internet Explorer 8 for Windows Vista (final release)
2. Windows Internet Explorer 8 for Windows XP (final release)
3. Windows Internet Explorer 8 for Windows Vista (64-bit) or Windows Server 2008
4. Windows Vista 64-bit and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (final software patches)
5. Windows Internet Explorer 9 for Windows (beta)