



Top this meal off with our integrated Developer Tools.

Additionally, we have laid a great foundation for the development of secure mashups through cross-document messaging (XDM) and cross-domain requests (XDRs) which, when coupled with better script performance, dramatically improves the JavaScript-heavy Web applications experience. Making your website compatible across multiple versions of Internet Explorer has been dramatically simplified with version targeting. We have unleashed the power of the standards-based Web through Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) 2.1 compliance, while simultaneously protecting compatibility with the content of today. For more in-depth discussion, see the other articles written by the Internet Explorer team in this issue of CODE Focus. This article briefly introduces the features included in Internet Explorer?8 Beta 2. The Microsoft Internet Explorer team's goals for the final Internet Explorer?8 Beta 2 release remain: to fully support CSS 2.1, to improve script performance, to enable new Web scenarios by including early HTML 5 support, to ship built-in developer tools, to integrate Web services into the user's workflow through Web Slices and Accelerators, and to strengthen Internet Explorer's foundation in the security and privacy realms. Internet Explorer?8 Beta 2 represents the third release of Internet Explorer that I have personally had the privilege to participate in and it outshines any browser we have shipped to date. From in-box Developer Tools, to Web Slices and Accelerators, to improved performance and a platform built for today's Web 2.0 applications, there is plenty to feast on in Internet Explorer?8 Beta 2. Internet Explorer?8 Beta 2 is the latest installment of Microsoft's Web browser and includes new features for end users and developers alike. Internet Explorer?8 Beta 2 dispenses a four-course meal guaranteed to please even the most discriminating of palates.Īll of this talk about food makes me hungry, so let's dig in. Released to the Web in August 2008, Internet Explorer?8 Beta 2 delivers much more than just a snack for today's ravenous tech-savvy users. For those of you who have been waiting to see what Microsoft has been cooking up for the standards-based Web, dinner is served!
