- Posted by justin on March 5, 2008
IE 8 (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/ie8/readiness/Install.htm):
Follows standards and renders same way as firefox and opera.
Goal of full compliance with w3 test. IE 8 By default will be in standards mode. Developers have control over the rendering. IE8 will include an IE7 view so that you can see how page will look at in IE7 as well as IE8 without having to install multiple browsers.
Lot of performance enhancements. JScript reported to be much faster.
Helpers make the back button actually work with ajax. Warns user if they lose network connectivity.
Ability to debug javascript (set breakpoints, watches, etc) right in the browser.
Ability to modify/trace css styles right in the browser.
Usability enhancements to tie the web together. The standards will be open.
Example activity: highlight address, click on icon popup, and select maps. it them takes you rights to a map web sites with the address already shown.
Users can subscribe to parts of web pages. Web Site developers adds some very light-weight markup that has little impact to the site.