In pictures: Internet Explorer 8
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19 Mar 2009, Daniel Robinson , V3
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The first time you run IE8 after installing, this welcome page highlights some of the new features such as Accelerators and Web Slices.
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Accelerators allow users to link directly to functions based on content in a web page. This example shows how you can see a pop-up map by highlighting a postcode.
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Web slices bring up to date information right to the Favourites bar in a similar way to RSS feeds. Shown here is a Slice that lists the top sites on Digg.com.
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Visual Search suggestions are designed to be more helpful than simply linking to a search engine's web page, and can even show images associated with results.
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The Safety button provides access to protection tools, such as InPrivate browsing mode which stores no details of the sites you visit, and SmartScreen filtering.
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Turning on SmartScreen provides more security, warning users if the page they are trying to view appears to be unsafe.
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Users are left in no doubt if the site they are visiting has been reported as unsafe. This is what happened when we followed a link sent in a phishing email.
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Some web pages may not display correctly in IE8, so the browser supports a Compatibility View that renders them as they would look in IE7.
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The latest version of Microsoft's web browser is available to download from today, adding improvements in security, performance, and usability. We take a look at the key features of IE8 in pictures.
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