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Windows Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) is a web browser for Windows. It was released by Microsoft on March 19, 2009, and is the default browser on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. [3] Internet Explorer 8 is the first version of IE to pass the Acid2 test, the last of the major browsers to do so.
Menu bar of Mozilla Firefox, showing a submenu. A menu bar is a graphical control element which contains drop-down menus.. The menu bar's purpose is to supply a common housing for window- or application-specific menus which provide access to such functions as opening files, interacting with an application, or displaying help documentation or manuals.
Internet Explorer 6 is the sixth major version of Internet Explorer, released on August 24, 2001, for Windows NT 4.0 SP6a, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows ME and as the default web browser for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
In Internet Explorer 8, the previous session can no longer be automatically restored the next time. The user must remember to manually open the session the next time. [37] Internet Explorer 8 on any Windows version does not support inline AutoComplete in its address bar. [38]
With the release of Internet Explorer 7 in 2006, all major web browsers featured a tabbed interface. Users quickly adopted the use of tabs in web browsing and web search. A study of tabbed browsing behavior in June 2009 found that users switched tabs in 57% of tab sessions, and 36% of users used new tabs to open search engine results at least ...
The menu also offered the ability to shut down and log off from their computer. Later developments in Internet Explorer and subsequent Windows releases make it possible to customize the Start menu and to access and expand Internet Explorer Favorites, My Documents and Administrative Tools (Windows 2000 and later) from the
Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1, which offered several security enhancements, coincided with the Windows XP SP1 patch release and it is the last version of Internet Explorer to support Windows NT 4.0 SP6a, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP RTM–SP1 and Windows Server 2003 RTM.
A Wikipedia Toolbar Button is also available for the Google Toolbar for Internet browsers (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox) allowing direct searches from the search box or from highlighting any text on any page. It also displays the most recent pages added in a menu.