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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.
The first version of Internet Explorer, (at that time named Microsoft Internet Explorer, later referred to as Internet Explorer 1) made its debut on August 24, 1995. [1] It was a reworked version of Spyglass Mosaic, which Microsoft licensed from Spyglass Inc., like many other companies initiating browser development.
Internet Explorer 8 is the eighth major version of Internet Explorer, released on March 19, 2009, for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and as the default web browser for Windows 7 (later default was Internet Explorer 11) and Windows Server 2008 R2.
The About Internet Explorer dialog no longer displays the latest installed cumulative update in the "Update Versions" field. This is corrected in Internet Explorer 9 and later. The ability to customize the toolbar layout is removed. The position of the address bar and the 'command bar' cannot be readjusted.
Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) is the eleventh and final version of the Internet Explorer web browser. It was initially included in the release of Windows 8.1 , Windows RT 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 on October 17, 2013, and was later released for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 on November 7, 2013.
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.
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]
[1] [2] [3] In Windows Runtime apps, a menu button appears on the title bar that can be used to access the functions that previously required its usage. [4] Users are no longer able to synchronize Start menu layouts across all devices associated with a Microsoft account. A Microsoft developer justified the change by explaining that a user may ...