Do you remember that a while ago I told you about Windows day and some of the talks you had heard? Well, this is the summary of one of the talks that I liked the most: the session on the Internet Explorer 8.
Even though it is the first release candidate, it works extremely well (by IE parameters, that is, quite acceptable). Once the security policies are saved, which will be as annoying as the version of the Microsoft OS that we are using, one can begin to enjoy the browser itself.
Let's see very briefly the characteristics that they weigh about the product, and I ask you to help me detect the functionality that they propose as 'new' in other browsers, because I am almost sure that 'someone else has already done it': razz::
* Association to all standards
Now? But they did say that in the last version! I sincerely hope that finally when developing a website, you can define a style for ALL browsers and not be inventing or correcting inconsistencies with IE.
* Microsoft listens to its users and modifies IE8 taking into account the opinion of consumers
For companies: manageability
Common user claim: speed, comfort and performance
* Stylized interface
Personally I find IE7 more beautiful, but that is already a matter of taste. Nor did it have a radical change, only the eyelashes seem not to have relief.
* Improved search
This is where in my opinion the major changes have been made, in the improvement of the box and the search engine. To make the user experience easier and more productive, features that are strangely familiar to me were added:
Domain Name Highlighting: Known domains are highlighted.
Autocomplete in the navigation bar: It was time.
Open already closed tabs- I found this quite useful, we are always closing things by mistake and recovering them would be useful, for those who are lovers of multiple tabs.
Tab grouping: all the tabs that are related are shown grouped together, that is, in consecutive tabs. I have had mixed opinions about this, in my opinion it is really useless.
Advanced searches integrated with search providers (not classics, for example eBay) without leaving the current window.
Compatibility (backwards): indicates which sites are not compatible with the new browser and indicates it in the address bar. Even so, it is possible to see these 'not compatible' sites (well it would be that from one version to another you could not see sites made to match the standards of the previous one ...)
Accelerators (third party): they are, plain and simple, add-ons that can be added to the browser to obtain extra functionalities (weather reports, maps, searches in very specific places, etc). Personally, I do not like the outsourced functionalities in the browser at all, since they do not comply with a minimum quality policy, a question for which these accelerators seemed irrelevant to me.
InPrivate Browsing- When activating this option, the browsing session is not recorded in history or favorites, and addresses are not saved. I think (and if anyone tried, they will correct me) that private sessions tabs are not clustered either. In my opinion (and in the opinion of other people whom I consulted) this functionality seemed to me made in order to visit adult pages without registering the session.
Specific functionalities for Windows 7: unfortunately the specialist who gave the talk could not delve much into these questions because as he had told you, 'Windows 7 is a new version that works very well' This is the maximum amount of information that can be obtained regarding the new version of Microsoft's OS. IE8's specific functionalities are basically related to stylistic issues (such as previews when sliding the mouse over minimized windows in the taskbar).
I hope someone has tried it and makes me remember if I have forgotten something, and see if anyone discovers these features in other browsers, this time it is very easy!
Regards!