Internet Explorer 8 was released on March 19th 2009.
New features of Internet Explorer 8.
- Accelerators - This new functionality provideds quick access to web services. Allows you to access other web based information on visited web pages or keywords.
- Web Slice - Provides updates on changes to a particular website.
- Compatibility View - Helps correct or justify rendering issues caused by IE8 on older web pages. Internet Explorer 8 has adjusted its rendering model which will break the layout of some web pages.
- Search Suggestions - Provides suggestions as you type in a search query.
- New Tab features - Allows you to re-open accidentally closed tabs. This tool also allows you to group related tabs together using color codes (color labels).
- Tab isolation - This fail safe tool will prevents a faulty web site from crashing the browser or getting frozen. It will cause the tag (of the faulty page) to close instead of the browser crashing.
- InPrivate - This tool is for privacy protection. It prevents your browser from storing any private data (like passwords, cookies, browsing history, etc.).
- SmartScreen - This tool is for added security and protects the user against installation of malware, or malicious software.
Internet Explorer Market Share 2009. These statistics are based on W3Schools users.
| 2009 |
Total |
IE 7 |
IE 6 |
IE 8 |
| August |
39.3 % |
15.1 % |
13.6 % |
10.6 % |
| July |
39.4 % |
15.9 % |
14.4 % |
9.1 % |
| June |
40.7 % |
18.7 % |
14.9 % |
7.1 % |
| May |
41.0 % |
21.3 % |
14.5 % |
5.2 % |
| April |
42.1 % |
23.2 % |
15.4 % |
3.5 % |
| March |
43.3 % |
24.9 % |
17.0 % |
1.4 % |
| February |
43.6 % |
25.4 % |
17.4 % |
0.8 % |
| January |
44.8 % |
25.7 % |
18.5 % |
0.6 % |