Internet Explorer 8

Internet Explorer 8
	Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7
Developer(s)	Microsoft
Initial release	March 19, 2009
Stable release	Service Pack 1 (8.00.7601.17514) / February 22, 2011
Engine	MSHTML 4.0
Operating system	Windows XP SP2 or later; Windows XP x64 Edition SP2; Windows Server 2003 SP2; Windows Vista; Windows Server 2008;
Platform	c.f. § system requirements
Included with	Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Predecessor	Internet Explorer 7 (2006)
Successor	Internet Explorer 9 (2011)
Type	Web browser; Aggregator; FTP client
License	Proprietary, requires Windows license
Website	technet.microsoft.com/library/dd566230.aspx

Windows Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) is the eighth and, by now, discontinued version of the Internet Explorer web browser for Windows. It was released by Microsoft on March 19, 2009, as the successor to Internet Explorer 7. It was the default browser in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

Internet Explorer 8 is the first version of IE to pass the Acid2 test, the last of the major browsers to do so. (In the later Acid3 Test, it only scores 24/100.) It is also the last version of Internet Explorer to support Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, as well as Itanium-based processors. Additionally, it introduced a Compatibility View mode to optionally emulate older versions' rendering behaviour, and colour-coded tab groups where links opened in new tabs share the colour of which they originated from. According to Microsoft, security, ease of use, and improvements in RSS, CSS, and Ajax support were its priorities for IE8.

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