Microsoft has unveiled the latest release of its flagship product, i.e. Internet Explorer (IE) 8. Since it is the beta version 1, it is only relevant to Web developers and designers looking to understand what made this version different from IE7, and possibly collect feedback from them. According to IE8 blog, several activities are on the way, Microsoft is trying to fulfill the following areas of its IE8:

1) Full CSS 2.1 support in the final IE8 product.

2) Better scripting performance.

3) Support for HTML5.

4) Delivered a better way for web services to integrate into the user’s workflow.

5) Delivered a better way for web services to enable their users to keep an eye on interesting parts of a webpage within the browser with WebSlices.

You can download this IE8 beta version by clicking here, temporarily only available for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. However, it should be noted that this version failed to pass the ACID2 test, as it is related to a cross-domain problem.

via [IE8 blog]