Bkjia.com: Microsoft announced the global release of Windows IE 8.0 browser in the early morning of August 1, Beijing time. The official Microsoft website has opened IE8 for official download, and must pass genuine verification before download.
IE8 has been publicly tested for nearly a year, but its release on Thursday marks its first full public debut. According to Microsoft, IE8 can run on both Microsoft's Windows Vista and Windows XP operating systems.
The first release of IE8 includes Arabic, simplified and Traditional Chinese versions, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, and Italian, japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish.
Microsoft said it would create new opportunities for network companies
Microsoft claims that the new IE8 browser has better performance, more convenient network R & D tools, improved security and reliability, and brought new opportunities for network companies.
At a press conference on Thursday, Dean Hachamovitch, general manager of Microsoft's IE browser team, presented Microsoft's industry partners, such as ESPN, eBay, Digg, Facebook, and OneRiot provide IE 8.0 solutions to create new value for customers. "With the launch of IE 8.0, Microsoft has created an opportunity for its website to take a new approach to serve its customers. It will not only bring more traffic, but also make the online experience more valuable," hamamovich said ."
Internet companies will benefit from the excellent performance of IE 8.0, and new features of IE 8.0 make website users more closely connected with website content. The Accelerators and Web Slices functions provide users with new ways to choose to browse website content and services. IE 8.0 enhances the search function and capabilities, provides more interesting and relevant content, and provides faster search speed, stronger security, better performance, and more reliable.
Integrated development tools that comply with industry standards
Internet Explorer 8.0 is Microsoft's most industry-standard browser, benefiting from the company's cooperation with standards organizations, the standard of Internet Explorer 8.0 has improved. As part of its commitment to complying with industry standards, Microsoft submitted more than 7000 CSS 2.1 tests to W3C last year to promote more convenient and measurable standards for all developers. In addition, IE 8.0 has passed more W3C CSS 2.1 tests than other browsers on sale, and has made every effort to support HTML 5.
After the IE development toolbar is integrated into IE 8.0, Microsoft enables developers to quickly debug HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, these enhanced features help developers develop applications for consumers and enterprises to provide a better network experience.
Refer to IE8.0 for each version:
Operating System |
Minimum Memory |
|
Windows XP SP2 or SP3) |
64 MB |
English version |
Windows XP Professional x64 |
128 MB |
English version |
Windows Vista |
512 MB |
English version |
Windows Vista x64 |
512 MB |
English version |
Windows Server 2003SP2) |
64 MB |
English version |
Windows Server 2003 x64SP2) |
128 MB |
English version |
Windows Server 2008 |
512 MB |
English version |
Windows Server 2008x64 |
512 MB |
English version |