Google Chrome upped the ante with private browsing mode (aka "porn mode") and isolated web apps within tabs.Īnd IE8 is faster than IE7, but it's not the fastest. Opera is way ahead on emerging standards like CSS 3 and HTML 5. Mozilla's open source Firefox browser has long been ahead of the curve on many of these features, like the smart address bar and the security protections. If you're a devotee of any other browser, you're probably groaning yourself silly right now, and with good reason. But it's the "five S's" - speed, stability, security, standards and search - that are the most important enhancements. There are bunches of little things, like new bookmark manager and the ability to isolate and print a specific part of any page, that are just added niceties. Users upgrading from previous versions of IE are going to be pleased. Highlight some text and right-click, for example, and you're given options to "Blog this" or "Search for this" or "Translate this." A feature called "Accelerators" extends the semantic web by providing context-sensitive commands in when you right-click on different page elements. There's a private browsing mode and new protections against scripting attacks.
IE8 arrives with options to install such smart engines for Amazon, The New York Times and Wikipedia with a few clicks. Any website can build a plug-in search engine that gives richer results, complete with thumbnail images, snippets of text and page descriptions.
The search box also returns preliminary results as you type. IE8 has a smart address bar - start typing a URL and a drop-down offers suggested destinations from your recent history, favorites and feeds. Search is central to the experience, as it should be.
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