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class="vector-toc-link" href="#End_of_life"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>End of life</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-End_of_life-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-New_features" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#New_features"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>New features</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-New_features-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle New features subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-New_features-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Accelerators" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Accelerators"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Accelerators</span> 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<span>Developer tools</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Developer_tools-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Favorites_Bar" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Favorites_Bar"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Favorites Bar</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Favorites_Bar-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Inline_search_within_pages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Inline_search_within_pages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Inline search within pages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Inline_search_within_pages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-InPrivate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#InPrivate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>InPrivate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-InPrivate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Performance_and_stability" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Performance_and_stability"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.8</span> <span>Performance and stability</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Performance_and_stability-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-SmartScreen_Filter" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#SmartScreen_Filter"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9</span> <span>SmartScreen Filter</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-SmartScreen_Filter-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Suggested_sites" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Suggested_sites"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.10</span> <span>Suggested sites</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Suggested_sites-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Web_Slices_and_authenticated_feeds" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Web_Slices_and_authenticated_feeds"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.11</span> <span>Web Slices and authenticated feeds</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Web_Slices_and_authenticated_feeds-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Zooming_and_image_scaling" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Zooming_and_image_scaling"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.12</span> <span>Zooming and image scaling</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Zooming_and_image_scaling-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-ActiveX_behavior_control" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#ActiveX_behavior_control"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.13</span> <span>ActiveX behavior control</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-ActiveX_behavior_control-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Removed_features" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Removed_features"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Removed features</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Removed_features-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Standards_support" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Standards_support"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Standards support</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Standards_support-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Standards 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id="toc-Adoption-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Reviews_and_reception" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reviews_and_reception"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Reviews and reception</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Reviews_and_reception-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-System_requirements" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#System_requirements"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>System requirements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-System_requirements-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_8" title="Internet Explorer 8 – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Internet Explorer 8" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer#Verze_8" title="Internet Explorer – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Internet Explorer" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_8" title="Internet Explorer 8 – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Internet Explorer 8" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_8" title="Internet Explorer 8 – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Internet Explorer 8" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_8" title="Internet Explorer 8 – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Internet Explorer 8" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_8" title="Internet Explorer 8 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Internet Explorer 8" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B1_%DB%B8" title="اینترنت اکسپلورر ۸ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اینترنت اکسپلورر ۸" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_8" title="Internet Explorer 8 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Internet Explorer 8" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B8%ED%84%B0%EB%84%B7_%EC%9D%B5%EC%8A%A4%ED%94%8C%EB%A1%9C%EB%9F%AC_8" title="인터넷 익스플로러 8 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="인터넷 익스플로러 8" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Internet_Explorer_8" title="Windows Internet Explorer 8 – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Windows Internet Explorer 8" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%87%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%BC_8" title="ഇന്റർനെറ്റ് എക്സ്പ്ലോറർ 8 – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഇന്റർനെറ്റ് എക്സ്പ്ലോറർ 8" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_8" title="Internet Explorer 8 – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Internet Explorer 8" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_8" title="Internet Explorer 8 – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Internet Explorer 8" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_8" title="Internet Explorer 8 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Internet Explorer 8" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_8" title="Internet Explorer 8 – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Internet Explorer 8" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_8" title="Internet Explorer 8 – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Internet Explorer 8" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_8" title="Internet Explorer 8 – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Internet Explorer 8" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_8" title="Internet Explorer 8 – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Internet Explorer 8" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_8" title="Internet Explorer 8 – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Internet Explorer 8" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D_8" title="இண்டர்நெட் எக்ஸ்ப்ளோரர் 8 – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="இண்டர்நெட் எக்ஸ்ப்ளோரர் 8" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%8B%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C#อินเทอร์เน็ตเอกซ์พลอเรอร์_8" title="อินเทอร์เน็ตเอกซ์พลอเรอร์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="อินเทอร์เน็ตเอกซ์พลอเรอร์" 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with</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Windows_7" title="Windows 7">Windows 7</a> and <a href="/wiki/Windows_Server_2008_R2" title="Windows Server 2008 R2">Windows Server 2008 R2</a><sup id="cite_ref-KB2398632_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KB2398632-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer_7" title="Internet Explorer 7">Internet Explorer 7</a> (2006)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer_9" title="Internet Explorer 9">Internet Explorer 9</a> (2011)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_categories#Categorization_approaches" title="Software categories">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Web_browser" title="Web browser">Web browser</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Feed_aggregator" class="mw-redirect" title="Feed aggregator">Aggregator</a><br /><a href="/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol" title="File Transfer Protocol">FTP client</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a>, <a href="/wiki/End-user_license_agreement" title="End-user license agreement">requires</a> Windows license</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://technet.microsoft.com/library/dd566230.aspx">technet<wbr />.microsoft<wbr />.com<wbr />/library<wbr />/dd566230<wbr />.aspx</a></span> <span class="penicon autoconfirmed-show"><span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q841259?uselang=en#P856" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Windows Internet Explorer 8</b> (<b>IE8</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Web_browser" title="Web browser">web browser</a> for <a href="/wiki/Windows" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows">Windows</a>. It was released by <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> on March 19, 2009, and was the default browser on <a href="/wiki/Windows_7" title="Windows 7">Windows 7</a> and <a href="/wiki/Windows_Server_2008_R2" title="Windows Server 2008 R2">Windows Server 2008 R2</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is the first version of IE to pass the <a href="/wiki/Acid2" title="Acid2">Acid2</a> test, the last of the major browsers to do so. (In the later <a href="/wiki/Acid3" title="Acid3">Acid3</a> Test, it only scores 24/100.) It is the last version of Internet Explorer to support <a href="/wiki/Windows_XP" title="Windows XP">Windows XP</a> SP2–SP3, <a href="/wiki/Windows_XP_x64_Edition" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows XP x64 Edition">Windows XP x64 Edition</a> SP2, <a href="/wiki/Windows_Server_2003" title="Windows Server 2003">Windows Server 2003</a> SP2, <a href="/wiki/Windows_Vista" title="Windows Vista">Windows Vista</a> RTM–SP1, and <a href="/wiki/Windows_Server_2008" title="Windows Server 2008">Windows Server 2008</a> RTM, as well as <a href="/wiki/Itanium" title="Itanium">Itanium</a>-based processors.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, it introduced a <a href="#Compatibility_View_mode">Compatibility View mode</a> to optionally emulate older versions' rendering behaviour, and color-coded <a href="/wiki/Tabbed_browsing" class="mw-redirect" title="Tabbed browsing">tab</a> groups where links opened in new tabs share the color of the website they originated from.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Microsoft, security, ease of use, and improvements in <a href="/wiki/RSS" title="RSS">RSS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cascading_Style_Sheets" class="mw-redirect" title="Cascading Style Sheets">CSS</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ajax_(programming)" title="Ajax (programming)">Ajax</a> support were its priorities for IE8.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IE8Hints_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IE8Hints-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Internet_Explorer_8&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Development">Development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Internet_Explorer_8&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Internet_Explorer_8_wordmark_(2005-2011).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Internet_Explorer_8_wordmark_%282005-2011%29.svg/220px-Internet_Explorer_8_wordmark_%282005-2011%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Internet_Explorer_8_wordmark_%282005-2011%29.svg/330px-Internet_Explorer_8_wordmark_%282005-2011%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Internet_Explorer_8_wordmark_%282005-2011%29.svg/440px-Internet_Explorer_8_wordmark_%282005-2011%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="40" /></a><figcaption>Browser's wordmark</figcaption></figure> <p>IE8 development started in or before March 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2008, Microsoft sent out private invitations for IE8 Beta 1,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and on March 5, 2008, released Beta 1 to the general public,<sup id="cite_ref-IE8_readiness_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IE8_readiness-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although with a focus on web developers.<sup id="cite_ref-wsbetareview_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsbetareview-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The release launched with a <i>Windows Internet Explorer 8 Readiness Toolkit</i> website promoting IE8 <a href="/wiki/White_papers" class="mw-redirect" title="White papers">white papers</a>, related software tools, and new features in addition to download links to the Beta.<sup id="cite_ref-IE8_readiness_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IE8_readiness-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-msdnie8new_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msdnie8new-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Developer_Network" title="Microsoft Developer Network">Microsoft Developer Network</a> (MSDN) added new sections detailing new IE8 technology.<sup id="cite_ref-IE8_readiness_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IE8_readiness-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Major press focused on a controversy about Version Targeting, and two new features then called <i>WebSlice</i> and <i>Activities</i>. The readiness toolkit was promoted as something "developers can exploit to make Internet Explorer 8 'light up'."<sup id="cite_ref-IE8_readiness_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IE8_readiness-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 27, 2008, Microsoft made IE8 Beta 2 generally available.<sup id="cite_ref-dlpage_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dlpage-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/PC_World_(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="PC World (magazine)">PC World</a> noted various Beta 2 features such as InPrivate mode, tab isolation and color-coding, and improved standards and compatibility compared to Internet Explorer 7.<sup id="cite_ref-Mediati2008Aug27_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mediati2008Aug27-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two name changes included <i>Activities</i> to <i>Accelerators</i>, and the IE7 <i>Phishing filter</i> renamed <i>Safety Filter</i> in the first Beta to <i>SmartScreen</i>, both accompanied by incremental technical changes as well.<sup id="cite_ref-Mediati2008Aug27_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mediati2008Aug27-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By August 2008, the new feature called <i>InPrivate</i> had taken the spotlight.<sup id="cite_ref-Mediati2008Aug27_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mediati2008Aug27-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 5, 2009, a tool was provided by Microsoft to block the automatic install of Internet Explorer 8 via <a href="/wiki/Windows_Update" title="Windows Update">Windows Update</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>IE8 reached general availability on March 19, 2009. A version optimized for Bing and MSN was also available.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Language_support">Language support</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Internet_Explorer_8&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Language support"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Language support (localization) was not complete on release. IE8 was released with 25 languages.<sup id="cite_ref-Internet_Explorer_8_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Internet_Explorer_8-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This grew up to 63 for 32-bit in June 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Support for additional languages can come pre-installed based on the OS, or downloaded and installed via <i>Multilingual User Interface</i> (MUI) packages.<sup id="cite_ref-blogs.msdn.com_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blogs.msdn.com-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Release_history">Release history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Internet_Explorer_8&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Release history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; text-align: center"> <caption>Internet Explorer 8 release history </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Version </th> <th rowspan="2">Release Date </th> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Windows_XP" title="Windows XP">Windows XP</a> /<br /><a href="/wiki/Windows_Server_2003" title="Windows Server 2003">Windows Server 2003</a> </th> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Windows_Vista" title="Windows Vista">Windows Vista</a> /<br /><a href="/wiki/Windows_Server_2008" title="Windows Server 2008">Windows Server 2008</a> </th> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Windows_7" title="Windows 7">Windows 7</a> /<br /><a href="/wiki/Windows_Server_2008_R2" title="Windows Server 2008 R2">Windows Server 2008 R2</a> </th> <th rowspan="2">Languages </th></tr> <tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Number </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:LightPink">Beta 1<sup id="cite_ref-IE8_readiness_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IE8_readiness-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>8.0.6001.17184 </td> <td>March 5, 2008 </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>3<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:LightPink">Beta 2<sup id="cite_ref-dlpage_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dlpage-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>8.0.6001.18241 </td> <td>August 27, 2008 </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>25<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:LightPink"><span class="nowrap">Partner Build</span> <span class="nowrap">(Pre RC)</span><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>8.0.6001.18343 </td> <td>December 10, 2008 </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:LightPink">Release Candidate<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>8.0.6001.18372 </td> <td>January 26, 2009 </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>25<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:LightGreen">Final Release<sup id="cite_ref-Internet_Explorer_8_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Internet_Explorer_8-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>8.0.6001.18702 </td> <td>March 19, 2009 </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">Included </td> <td>25–63<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_Asterisk"><a href="#endnote_Asterisk"><big>*</big></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:LightGreen">Service Pack 1 </th> <td>8.0.7601.17514 </td> <td>February 9, 2011 </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">Included </td> <td>25–63<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_Asterisk"><a href="#endnote_Asterisk"><big>*</big></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <dl><dd>*<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_Asterisk"><b><a href="#ref_Asterisk">^</a></b></span> Initially, Internet Explorer supported 25 languages;<sup id="cite_ref-Internet_Explorer_8_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Internet_Explorer_8-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> additional languages, for a total of 63 were released by June 2009, but not all languages are available on all Windows versions.<sup id="cite_ref-blogs.msdn.com_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blogs.msdn.com-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="End_of_life">End of life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Internet_Explorer_8&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: End of life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Support for IE8 on most supported Windows versions ended on January 12, 2016, when Microsoft began requiring customers to use the latest version of Internet Explorer available for each Windows version.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For versions of Windows in which IE8 was the final version of Internet Explorer available, support ended alongside the end of support for that version of Windows. This meant that support for IE8 on XP ended with its <a href="/wiki/Windows_XP#End_of_support" title="Windows XP">end of extended support</a> on April 8, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-cw-dumpie_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cw-dumpie-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 13, 2020, Microsoft released the final IE8 update for Windows Embedded Standard 7, marking the end of IE8 support on all platforms.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="New_features">New features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Internet_Explorer_8&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: New features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IE8_quick_tabs.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/77/IE8_quick_tabs.png/220px-IE8_quick_tabs.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/77/IE8_quick_tabs.png/330px-IE8_quick_tabs.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/IE8_quick_tabs.png 2x" data-file-width="417" data-file-height="239" /></a><figcaption>Quick Tabs on Internet Explorer 8</figcaption></figure> <p>IE8 contains many new features, including <i>WebSlices</i> and <i>Accelerators</i>. At the first glance, the most visible change of the user interface is that the tabs have an inward <a href="/wiki/Colour_gradient" class="mw-redirect" title="Colour gradient">colour gradient</a> instead of outward.<sup id="cite_ref-mjfoley_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mjfoley-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gallery_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gallery-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accelerators">Accelerators</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Internet_Explorer_8&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Accelerators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Accelerator_(Internet_Explorer)" title="Accelerator (Internet Explorer)">Accelerator (Internet Explorer)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Internet_Explorer_8_Beta_1_Activities.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3a/Internet_Explorer_8_Beta_1_Activities.png/220px-Internet_Explorer_8_Beta_1_Activities.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3a/Internet_Explorer_8_Beta_1_Activities.png/330px-Internet_Explorer_8_Beta_1_Activities.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/Internet_Explorer_8_Beta_1_Activities.png 2x" data-file-width="420" data-file-height="237" /></a><figcaption>A map Accelerator using the IE8 Accelerators <a href="/wiki/Smart_tag_(Microsoft)" title="Smart tag (Microsoft)">Smart tag</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Accelerators are a form of <a href="/wiki/Selection-based_search" title="Selection-based search">selection-based search</a> which allow a user to invoke an online service from any other page using only the mouse.<sup id="cite_ref-newfeat_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newfeat-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Actions such as selecting the text or other objects will give users access to the usable Accelerator services (such as blogging with the selected text, or viewing a map of a selected geographical location), which can then be invoked with the selected object. According to <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a>, Accelerators eliminate the need to copy and paste content between web pages.<sup id="cite_ref-mjfoley_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mjfoley-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> IE8 specifies an <a href="/wiki/XML" title="XML">XML</a>-based encoding which allows a <a href="/wiki/Web_application" title="Web application">web application</a> or <a href="/wiki/Web_service" title="Web service">web service</a> to be invoked as an Accelerator service. How the service will be invoked and for what categories of content it will show up are specified in the XML file.<sup id="cite_ref-lightup_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lightup-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similarities have been drawn between Accelerators and the controversial <a href="/wiki/Smart_tag_(Microsoft)" title="Smart tag (Microsoft)">Smart tags</a> feature experimented with in the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer_6" title="Internet Explorer 6">IE 6 Beta</a> but withdrawn after criticism (though later included in MS Office).<sup id="cite_ref-wsbetareview_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsbetareview-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Autocomplete_changes">Autocomplete changes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Internet_Explorer_8&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Autocomplete changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Address_bar" title="Address bar">address bar</a> features domain highlighting for added security so that the top-level domain is shown in black whereas the other parts of the URL are grayed out. Domain highlighting cannot be turned off by users or web sites. Other features of the address bar include support for pasting multi-line URLs and an improved model for inserting the selection caret, and selecting words, or entire URLs in the Address bar. The inline autocomplete feature has been dropped from Internet Explorer 8, leading to criticism by <a href="/wiki/Beta_version" class="mw-redirect" title="Beta version">beta users</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AddBarIE8_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AddBarIE8-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Automatic_tab-crash_recovery">Automatic tab-crash recovery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Internet_Explorer_8&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Automatic tab-crash recovery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>If a website or add-on causes a tab to crash in Internet Explorer 8, only that tab is affected. The browser itself remains stable and other tabs remain unaffected, thereby minimizing any disruption to the browsing experience. If a tab unexpectedly closes or crashes it is automatically reloaded with the same content as before the crash.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Developer_tools">Developer tools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Internet_Explorer_8&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Developer tools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer_Developer_Tools" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet Explorer Developer Tools">Internet Explorer Developer Tools</a></div> <p>For developers, Internet Explorer 8 includes tools that allow debugging <a href="/wiki/HTML" title="HTML">HTML</a>, <a href="/wiki/CSS" title="CSS">CSS</a>, <a href="/wiki/JavaScript" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a>, and <a href="/wiki/VBScript" title="VBScript">VBScript</a> within the browser.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Favorites_Bar">Favorites Bar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Internet_Explorer_8&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Favorites Bar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Another new feature in IE8 is a redesigned <i>Favorites Bar</i>, which can now host content such as Web Slices, <a href="/wiki/Web_feed" title="Web feed">web feeds</a>, and documents, in addition to website links.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inline_search_within_pages">Inline search within pages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Internet_Explorer_8&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Inline search within pages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Internet Explorer 8 now has replaced the <i>Find...</i> dialog box with an inline <i>Find</i> toolbar which can be activated by pressing <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1249182868">.mw-parser-output .keyboard-key{border:1px solid #aaa;border-radius:0.2em;box-shadow:0.1em 0.1em 0.2em rgba(0,0,0,0.1);background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);background-image:linear-gradient(to bottom,var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0),var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa),var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0));color:var(--color-base,#202122);padding:0.1em 0.3em;font-family:inherit;font-size:0.85em}</style><kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">F</kbd> or from search box drop-down menu but the <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249182868"><kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">F3</kbd> (or any other kind of a keyboard-driven) NextFind command has gone. Internet Explorer 8 highlights all instances of found words while allowing the user to continue the navigation normally.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="InPrivate">InPrivate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Internet_Explorer_8&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: InPrivate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Private_browsing" title="Private browsing">Private browsing</a></div> <p>A new security mode called InPrivate debuted with IE8, and consists of two main features: InPrivate Browsing and InPrivate Filtering.<sup id="cite_ref-Mediati2008Aug27_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mediati2008Aug27-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> InPrivate Browsing has been described as a "porn mode" in various news outlets.<sup id="cite_ref-McDougall2008Aug26_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McDougall2008Aug26-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A similar feature, first introduced in <a href="/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari</a> in 2005,<sup id="cite_ref-Tam2005Oct2_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tam2005Oct2-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was later implemented in <a href="/wiki/Mozilla_Firefox_3.5" class="mw-redirect" title="Mozilla Firefox 3.5">Firefox 3.5</a>, <a href="/wiki/Opera_10#Private_Tabs_and_Windows" class="mw-redirect" title="Opera 10">Opera 10.5</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome" title="Google Chrome">Google Chrome</a>. </p><p>When a user uses InPrivate Browsing in Internet Explorer 8, one's browsing history, temporary Internet files, form data, cookies, and usernames and passwords are not retained by the browser, leaving no local evidence of browsing or search history. </p><p>InPrivate Filtering provides users an added level of control and choice about the information that third party websites can use to track browsing activity. InPrivate Subscriptions allow users to augment the capability of InPrivate Blocking by subscribing to lists of websites to block or allow. </p><p>As with other private browsing modes, there are ways that information about a browsing session can be recovered. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Performance_and_stability">Performance and stability</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Internet_Explorer_8&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Performance and stability"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IExplore.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/IExplore.svg/220px-IExplore.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/IExplore.svg/330px-IExplore.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/IExplore.svg/440px-IExplore.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="706" /></a><figcaption>The architecture of IE8</figcaption></figure> <p>Internet Explorer 8 includes performance improvements across the HTML parser, CSS engine, mark-up tree manipulation as well as the <a href="/wiki/JScript" title="JScript">JScript</a> runtime and the associated <a href="/wiki/Garbage_collection_(computer_science)" title="Garbage collection (computer science)">garbage collector</a>. <a href="/wiki/Memory_leak" title="Memory leak">Memory leaks</a> due to inconsistent handling of circular references between JScript objects and DOM objects were corrected.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For better security and stability, IE8 uses the <i>Loosely Coupled Internet Explorer</i> (<i>LCIE</i>) architecture and <a href="/wiki/Process_isolation" title="Process isolation">runs the browser frame and tabs in separate processes</a>. LCIE prevents glitches and hangs from bringing down the entire browser and leads to higher performance and scalability. Permissions for <a href="/wiki/ActiveX" title="ActiveX">ActiveX</a> controls have been made more flexible – instead of enabling or disabling them globally, they can now be allowed on a per-site basis.<sup id="cite_ref-addons_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-addons-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="SmartScreen_Filter">SmartScreen Filter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Internet_Explorer_8&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: SmartScreen Filter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>SmartScreen Filter extended <a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer_7" title="Internet Explorer 7">Internet Explorer 7</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Phishing" title="Phishing">phishing</a> filter to include protection from socially engineered malware. Every website and download is checked against a local list of popular legitimate websites; if the site is not listed, the entire address is sent to Microsoft for further checks.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If it has been labeled as an <a href="/wiki/Impostor" class="mw-redirect" title="Impostor">impostor</a> or harmful, Internet Explorer 8 will show a screen prompting that the site is reported harmful and shouldn't be visited. From there the user can either visit his or her <a href="/wiki/Homepage" class="mw-redirect" title="Homepage">homepage</a>, visit the previous site, or continue to the unsafe page.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If a user attempts to download a file from a location reported harmful, then the download is cancelled. The effectiveness of SmartScreen filtering has been reported to be superior to socially engineered malware protection in other browsers.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This feature can be disabled or enforced using <a href="/wiki/Group_Policy" title="Group Policy">Group Policy</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IE8DevTools.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4b/IE8DevTools.PNG/220px-IE8DevTools.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4b/IE8DevTools.PNG/330px-IE8DevTools.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4b/IE8DevTools.PNG 2x" data-file-width="364" data-file-height="273" /></a><figcaption>Internet Explorer 8 Developer Tools in a <a href="/wiki/JavaScript" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a> debugging session</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Suggested_sites">Suggested sites</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Internet_Explorer_8&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Suggested sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This feature is described by Microsoft as a tool to suggest websites, which is done by the browser sending information to Microsoft over a secure connection, which keeps the information and a per-session, uniquely generated identifier for a short time.<sup id="cite_ref-ieblog-suggestedsites_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ieblog-suggestedsites-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Suggested Sites feature is turned off by default and is disabled when the user is browsing with InPrivate enabled or visiting <a href="/wiki/Transport_layer_security" class="mw-redirect" title="Transport layer security">SSL</a>-secured, <a href="/wiki/Intranet" title="Intranet">intranet</a>, <a href="/wiki/IP_address" title="IP address">IP address</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Internationalized_domain_name" title="Internationalized domain name">IDN</a> address sites. Information that could be personally identifiable, such as the user's IP address and browser information is sent to Microsoft as an artifact of the <a href="/wiki/HTTPS" title="HTTPS">HTTPS</a> protocol. Microsoft has stated that they do not store this information. </p><p>The functionality was defended by Microsoft after itworld.com's Gregg Keizer described it as a "<a href="/wiki/Phoning_home" title="Phoning home">phone home</a>" feature.<sup id="cite_ref-itworld.com_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-itworld.com-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Web_Slices_and_authenticated_feeds">Web Slices and authenticated feeds</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Internet_Explorer_8&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Web Slices and authenticated feeds"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Web_Slice" title="Web Slice">Web Slice</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Internet_Explorer_8_Web_Slice.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/35/Internet_Explorer_8_Web_Slice.png/220px-Internet_Explorer_8_Web_Slice.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/35/Internet_Explorer_8_Web_Slice.png/330px-Internet_Explorer_8_Web_Slice.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/35/Internet_Explorer_8_Web_Slice.png 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="266" /></a><figcaption>IE8 Favorites menu displaying a WebSlice in a flyout Window</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Web_Slice" title="Web Slice">Web Slices</a> are snippets of a full webpage to which a user can <a href="/wiki/Web_feed" title="Web feed">subscribe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-newfeat_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newfeat-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Web Slices are kept updated by the browser automatically, and can be viewed directly from the Favorites bar, complete with graphics and visuals. Developers can mark parts of the pages as Web Slices, using the <code><a href="/wiki/HAtom" title="HAtom">hAtom</a></code> and <code>hSlice</code> <a href="/wiki/Microformat" title="Microformat">microformats</a>. Web Slices have been compared to <a href="/wiki/Active_Desktop" title="Active Desktop">Active Desktop</a>, introduced in <a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer_4" title="Internet Explorer 4">Internet Explorer 4</a> in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-welcometo1997_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-welcometo1997-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Microsoft donated the specification to the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Creative_Commons" title="Creative Commons">Creative Commons</a> Public Domain Dedication. It is also covered by the <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Open_Specification_Promise" title="Microsoft Open Specification Promise">Microsoft Open Specification Promise</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Windows_RSS_Platform" title="Windows RSS Platform">Windows RSS Platform</a> also supports authenticated feeds beginning with Internet Explorer 8.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Zooming_and_image_scaling">Zooming and image scaling</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Internet_Explorer_8&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Zooming and image scaling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Full-page zoom now reflows the text to remove the appearance of horizontal scrollbars on zooming.<sup id="cite_ref-addons_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-addons-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Image_scaling" title="Image scaling">Image scaling</a> is done using <a href="/wiki/Bicubic_interpolation" title="Bicubic interpolation">bicubic interpolation</a> resulting in smoother looking images when scaled.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Using the <a href="/wiki/Compatibility_mode#Internet_Explorer" title="Compatibility mode">Compatibility View mode</a> will cause style issues with <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-text mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><select></code> form elements when changing zoom levels. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="ActiveX_behavior_control">ActiveX behavior control</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Internet_Explorer_8&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: ActiveX behavior control"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The information bar lets users allow an ActiveX control to run on all Web sites or only the current one. Users can easily make changes to this behavior through the Manage Add-ons dialog box. For each ActiveX control, there's a list of sites where it has been approved by the user. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Removed_features">Removed features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Internet_Explorer_8&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Removed features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>It is no longer possible to have Internet Explorer automatically open the current session at the next startup. Previous sessions can still be restored manually.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Address Bar inline AutoComplete has been removed.<sup id="cite_ref-AddBarIE8_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AddBarIE8-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CSS_hack" title="CSS hack">CSS Expressions</a> are no longer supported in Internet Explorer 8 Standards mode.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Web folders can only be opened through the drive mapping tools.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Support for the proprietary <code><wbr></code> element is dropped.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The option to delete files and settings stored by addons or ActiveX controls is removed, as it is now performed automatically.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Web page links and images can be dragged only to the desktop or to an open Explorer window.<sup id="cite_ref-4_Internet_Explorer_8_Annoyances_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4_Internet_Explorer_8_Annoyances-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Standards_support">Standards support</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Internet_Explorer_8&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Standards support"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Standards_mode">Standards mode</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Internet_Explorer_8&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Standards mode"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Internet Explorer 8's main rendering mode, known as standards mode, has improved support for various <a href="/wiki/Web_standards" title="Web standards">web standards</a>, especially CSS, compared to Internet Explorer 7 and earlier versions.<sup id="cite_ref-msdnie8_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msdnie8-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The web standards supported by IE8 include the following: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Accessible_Rich_Internet_Applications" class="mw-redirect" title="Accessible Rich Internet Applications">Accessible Rich Internet Applications</a> specification for enhanced accessibility in <a href="/wiki/Ajax_(programming)" title="Ajax (programming)">Ajax</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Rich_Internet_application" class="mw-redirect" title="Rich Internet application">rich Internet applications</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-addons_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-addons-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>CSS level 1 is fully supported. CSS level 2 is mostly supported;<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, several rendering bugs and regressions may affect conformance.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> CSS level 3 is partially supported.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Data:_URI" class="mw-redirect" title="Data: URI">Data: URIs</a> (limited to non-navigable content less than 32 KiB)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Document_Object_Model" title="Document Object Model">DOM</a>, which brings it in line with implementations in other browsers. Attributes and properties in DOM objects are now handled differently, and the behavior of the <code>getAttribute</code>, <code>setAttribute</code>, and <code>removeAttribute</code> modifiers have been changed to match the behavior of other browsers.<sup id="cite_ref-lightup_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lightup-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DOM_storage" class="mw-redirect" title="DOM storage">DOM storage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HTML" title="HTML">HTML</a>, including the HTML <a href="/wiki/Object_element" class="mw-redirect" title="Object element">object</a> fallback and the <code><a href="/wiki/HTML_element#General_phrase_elements" title="HTML element">abbr</a></code> and elements<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Partial <a href="/wiki/HTML_5" class="mw-redirect" title="HTML 5">HTML 5</a> support, including <a href="/wiki/Cross-document_messaging" class="mw-redirect" title="Cross-document messaging">cross-document messaging</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/selectors-api/">Selectors</a> APIs</li></ul> <p>However, IE8 does not support some other W3C standards: </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Acid3ie8.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/Acid3ie8.PNG/220px-Acid3ie8.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/Acid3ie8.PNG/330px-Acid3ie8.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/Acid3ie8.PNG/440px-Acid3ie8.PNG 2x" data-file-width="683" data-file-height="384" /></a><figcaption>Internet Explorer's failure (24/100) of the Acid3 rendering test</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MathML" title="MathML">MathML</a></li> <li>Significant parts of <a href="/wiki/Document_Object_Model#Standardization" title="Document Object Model">DOM Level 2 and 3</a>, including the standard <a href="/wiki/DOM_Events" class="mw-redirect" title="DOM Events">event model</a> used by other browsers.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scalable_Vector_Graphics" class="mw-redirect" title="Scalable Vector Graphics">Scalable Vector Graphics</a>. The lack of SVG support in IE8 was criticized by World Wide Web inventor <a href="/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee" title="Tim Berners-Lee">Tim Berners-Lee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XHTML" title="XHTML">XHTML</a> (except when used as a form of HTML)</li></ul> <p>IE8 passes the <a href="/wiki/Acid2" title="Acid2">Acid2</a> test,<sup id="cite_ref-IE_8:_On_the_Path_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IE_8:_On_the_Path-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but fails the <a href="/wiki/Acid3" title="Acid3">Acid3</a> test with a score of 24/100. During its development, Microsoft developed over 7,000 tests for CSS level 2 compliance, which were submitted to the W3C for inclusion in their test suite.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Compatibility_View_mode">Compatibility View mode</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Internet_Explorer_8&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Compatibility View mode"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Compatibility_mode#Internet_Explorer" title="Compatibility mode">Compatibility mode § Internet Explorer</a></div> <p>Internet Explorer 8 was promoted by Microsoft as having stricter adherence to W3C described web standards than Internet Explorer 7. As a result, as in every IE version before it, some percentage of web pages coded to the behavior of the older versions would break in IE8. This would have been a repetition of the situation with IE7 which, while having fixed bugs from IE6, broke pages that used the IE6-specific hacks to work around its non-compliance. This was especially a problem for offline HTML documents, which may not be updatable (e.g., stored on a read-only medium, such as a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM). </p><p>To avoid this situation, IE8 implements a form of <a href="/wiki/Version_Targeting" class="mw-redirect" title="Version Targeting">Version Targeting</a> whereby a page could be authored to a specific version of a browser using the <code>X-UA-Compatible</code> declaration either as a <a href="/wiki/Meta_element" title="Meta element">meta element</a> or in the <a href="/wiki/HTTP" title="HTTP">HTTP</a> headers.<sup id="cite_ref-beyonddoctype_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beyonddoctype-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In order to maintain backwards compatibility, sites can opt-into IE7-like handling of content by inserting a specially created <a href="/wiki/Meta_element" title="Meta element">meta element</a> into the web page that triggers the "Compatibility View" mode in the browser, using:<sup id="cite_ref-msdnie8_60-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msdnie8-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-html mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">meta</span> <span class="na">http-equiv</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"X-UA-Compatible"</span> <span class="na">content</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"IE=EmulateIE7"</span> <span class="p">/></span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Adoption">Adoption</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Internet_Explorer_8&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Adoption"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers" title="Usage share of web browsers">Usage share of web browsers</a></div> <p>Five weeks after the release of IE8 Beta 2 in August 2008, Beta 1's market share had grown from 0.05 percent to 0.61 percent, according to <a href="/wiki/Net_Applications" title="Net Applications">Net Applications</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-marketshare-IE8-hits1_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marketshare-IE8-hits1-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2009, just under four months after the final release, the market share jumped to 13 percent.<sup id="cite_ref-marketshare-IE8-hits2_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marketshare-IE8-hits2-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of September 2013<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Internet_Explorer_8&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, estimates of IE8's global market share ranged from 6.93% to 8.73%.<sup id="cite_ref-W3Counter_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-W3Counter-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-StatCounter_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StatCounter-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Net_Applications_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Net_Applications-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to a Net Applications web analytics report from October 2014, Internet Explorer 8 accounted for 17.31% of web traffic, now overtaken by IE11 in usage. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reviews_and_reception">Reviews and reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Internet_Explorer_8&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Reviews and reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Reviews"></span>In a March 19, 2009, review, Benny Har-Even of IT PRO offered some praise of Internet Explorer 8, noting its reliability and good features and concluding that it was "certainly the best version of Internet Explorer in a long time," but also that "there's not yet anything here to make Firefox users want to jump ship."<sup id="cite_ref-ITPRO_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITPRO-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He offered praise to Microsoft for paying attention to their competition and producing "a better featured, faster and more reliable browsing experience for the masses" and suggested that as Microsoft continues to improve the product, it would become "harder to persuade the unconverted to switch away from IE."<sup id="cite_ref-ITPRO_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITPRO-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The next month, on April 2, Mark Joseph Edwards wrote in the newsletter <i>Windows Secrets</i> that the new edition of Internet Explorer had greatly improved security, speed, and compatibility, but opined that it still lagged behind competitors in all three areas.<sup id="cite_ref-Secrets_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Secrets-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Edwards noted that, at the time, Internet Explorer 8 was still underperforming relative to other browsers in speed and was not as successful in displaying webpages as they were intended to display as such browsers as Firefox and Opera. In terms of security, he wrote that its "continued reliance on ActiveX makes the browser vulnerable in its very foundation."<sup id="cite_ref-Secrets_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Secrets-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For these reasons, he suggested that Firefox remained a better alternative to Internet Explorer 8, even though it was a "much better browser than IE 7."<sup id="cite_ref-Secrets_75-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Secrets-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Around 2010, a <a href="/wiki/Theme_(computing)" title="Theme (computing)">theme</a> named "BlueSky" was created for the Mozilla Firefox browser with the aim to resemble the graphical user interface of Internet Explorer 8 as accurately as possible.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="System_requirements">System requirements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Internet_Explorer_8&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: System requirements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"> <caption>Versions and configurations of Windows supported by IE8<sup id="cite_ref-sys-req_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sys-req-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Operating system</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Service_pack" title="Service pack">Service pack</a> needed</th> <th>CPU architecture</th> <th>Minimum RAM </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Windows_XP" title="Windows XP">Windows XP</a></td> <td>SP2 or later</td> <td><a href="/wiki/IA-32" title="IA-32">IA-32</a><sup id="cite_ref-XP-32_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-XP-32-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>64 MB </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Windows_XP_x64_Edition" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows XP x64 Edition">Windows XP x64 Edition</a></td> <td>SP2 only</td> <td><a href="/wiki/X64" class="mw-redirect" title="X64">x64</a><sup id="cite_ref-Server2k3-64_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Server2k3-64-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>128 MB </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Windows_Server_2003" title="Windows Server 2003">Windows Server 2003</a></td> <td>SP2 only</td> <td><a href="/wiki/IA-32" title="IA-32">IA-32</a><sup id="cite_ref-Server2k3-32_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Server2k3-32-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/X64" class="mw-redirect" title="X64">x64</a><sup id="cite_ref-Server2k3-64_81-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Server2k3-64-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>64 MB on IA-32, 128 MB on x64 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Windows_Vista" title="Windows Vista">Windows Vista</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Release_to_manufacturing" class="mw-redirect" title="Release to manufacturing">RTM</a> or later</td> <td><a href="/wiki/IA-32" title="IA-32">IA-32</a><sup id="cite_ref-Vista2k8-32_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vista2k8-32-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/X64" class="mw-redirect" title="X64">x64</a><sup id="cite_ref-Vista2k8-64_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vista2k8-64-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>512 MB </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Windows_Server_2008" title="Windows Server 2008">Windows Server 2008</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Release_to_manufacturing" class="mw-redirect" title="Release to manufacturing">RTM</a> or later</td> <td><a href="/wiki/IA-32" title="IA-32">IA-32</a><sup id="cite_ref-Vista2k8-32_83-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vista2k8-32-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/X64" class="mw-redirect" title="X64">x64</a><sup id="cite_ref-Vista2k8-64_84-1" class="reference"><a 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colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="General98" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">General</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_web_browsers" title="Comparison of web browsers">Comparison</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_lightweight_web_browsers" title="Comparison of lightweight web browsers">lightweight</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_web_browser" title="History of the web browser">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_web_browsers" title="List of web browsers">List</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_web_browsers_for_Unix_and_Unix-like_operating_systems" title="List of web browsers for Unix and Unix-like operating systems">for Unix</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers" title="Usage share of web browsers">Usage share</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="1990s98" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">1990s</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WorldWideWeb" title="WorldWideWeb">WorldWideWeb (Nexus)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1991</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Line_Mode_Browser" title="Line Mode Browser">Line Mode Browser</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Libwww" title="Libwww">libwww</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1992</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Erwise" title="Erwise">Erwise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MacWWW" title="MacWWW">MacWWW (Samba)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MidasWWW" title="MidasWWW">MidasWWW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TkWWW" title="TkWWW">tkWWW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ViolaWWW" title="ViolaWWW">ViolaWWW</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1993</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AMosaic" title="AMosaic">AMosaic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arena_(web_browser)" title="Arena (web browser)">Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cello_(web_browser)" title="Cello (web browser)">Cello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emacs/W3" class="mw-redirect" title="Emacs/W3">Emacs/W3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)" title="Lynx (web browser)">Lynx 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosaic_(web_browser)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mosaic (web browser)">NCSA Mosaic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VMS_Mosaic" class="mw-redirect" title="VMS Mosaic">VMS Mosaic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1994</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AirMosaic" title="AirMosaic">AirMosaic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IBox" title="IBox">Internet in a Box</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fresco_(web_browser)" title="Fresco (web browser)">ANT Fresco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argo_(web_browser)" title="Argo (web browser)">Argo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IBM_WebExplorer" title="IBM WebExplorer">IBM WebExplorer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SlipKnot_(web_browser)" title="SlipKnot (web browser)">SlipKnot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Internet_Users_Essential_Tool" title="Minnesota Internet Users Essential Tool">Minuet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AOLpress" title="AOLpress">Navipress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netscape_(web_browser)#Netscape_Navigator_.28versions_1.0.E2.80.933.0.29" title="Netscape (web browser)">Mosaic/Mosaic Netscape/Netscape Navigator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spyglass,_Inc." title="Spyglass, Inc.">Spyglass Mosaic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/InterCon_Systems_Corporation#TCP.2FConnect_II" title="InterCon Systems Corporation">TCP/Connect II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1995</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agora_(web_browser)" title="Agora (web browser)">Agora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ALynx" class="mw-redirect" title="ALynx">ALynx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMSD_Ariadna" title="AMSD Ariadna">AMSD Ariadna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyberjack" title="Cyberjack">Cyberjack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/InterCon_Systems_Corporation#WebShark" title="InterCon Systems Corporation">eWorld Web Browser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grail_(web_browser)" title="Grail (web browser)">Grail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet Explorer 1">Internet Explorer 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer_2" title="Internet Explorer 2">Internet Explorer 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netscape_(web_browser)#Netscape_Navigator_.28versions_1.0.E2.80.933.0.29" title="Netscape (web browser)">Netscape Navigator 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/InterCon_Systems_Corporation#NetShark" title="InterCon Systems Corporation">NetShark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OmniWeb" title="OmniWeb">OmniWeb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HotJava" title="HotJava">HotJava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UdiWWW" title="UdiWWW">UdiWWW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/InterCon_Systems_Corporation#WebShark" title="InterCon Systems Corporation">WebShark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W3m" title="W3m">w3m</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1996</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cyberdog" title="Cyberdog">Cyberdog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arachne_(web_browser)" title="Arachne (web browser)">Arachne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AWeb" title="AWeb">AWeb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IBrowse" title="IBrowse">IBrowse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amaya_(web_editor)" title="Amaya (web editor)">Amaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer_3" title="Internet Explorer 3">Internet Explorer 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netscape_(web_browser)#Netscape_Navigator_.28versions_1.0.E2.80.933.0.29" title="Netscape (web browser)">Netscape Navigator 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser#Version_2" title="History of the Opera web browser">Opera 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oracle_PowerBrowser" title="Oracle PowerBrowser">Oracle PowerBrowser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/InterCon_Systems_Corporation" title="InterCon Systems Corporation">tcpCONNECT4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voyager_(web_browser)" title="Voyager (web browser)">Voyager</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1997</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Netscape_Communicator" title="Netscape Communicator">Netscape Communicator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer_4" title="Internet Explorer 4">Internet Explorer 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser#Version_2" title="History of the Opera web browser">Opera 2.1</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1998</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NeoPlanet" title="NeoPlanet">NeoPlanet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozilla_Application_Suite" title="Mozilla Application Suite">Mozilla Application Suite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser#Version_3" title="History of the Opera web browser">Opera 3–3.21</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ICab" title="ICab">iCab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer_5" title="Internet Explorer 5">Internet Explorer 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OmniWeb" title="OmniWeb">OmniWeb 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser#Version_3" title="History of the Opera web browser">Opera 3.5–3.62</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible uncollapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="2000s98" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">2000s</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beonex_Communicator" title="Beonex Communicator">Beonex Communicator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galeon" title="Galeon">Galeon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K-Meleon" title="K-Meleon">K-Meleon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konqueror" title="Konqueror">Konqueror</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MediaBrowser" title="MediaBrowser">MediaBrowser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netscape_6" title="Netscape 6">Netscape 6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser#Version_4" title="History of the Opera web browser">Opera 4–4.02</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ICab" title="ICab">iCab 2.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer_6" title="Internet Explorer 6">Internet Explorer 6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OmniWeb" title="OmniWeb">OmniWeb 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser#Version_5" title="History of the Opera web browser">Opera 5–5.12</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2002</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Camino_(web_browser)" title="Camino (web browser)">Camino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GNOME_Web" title="GNOME Web">Epiphany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netscape_7" title="Netscape 7">Netscape 7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser#Version_6" title="History of the Opera web browser">Opera 6–6.1</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2003</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/GreenBrowser" title="GreenBrowser">GreenBrowser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxthon#Browser_versions" title="Maxthon">Maxthon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser#Version_7" title="History of the Opera web browser">Opera 7–7.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SlimBrowser" title="SlimBrowser">SlimBrowser</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2004</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Firefox_version_history" title="Firefox version history">Phoenix/Firebird/Firefox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser#Version_7" title="History of the Opera web browser">Opera 7.5–7.55</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2005</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AOL_Explorer" title="AOL Explorer">AOL Explorer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deepnet_Explorer" title="Deepnet Explorer">Deepnet Explorer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firefox_version_history#Release_history" title="Firefox version history">Firefox 1.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netscape_Browser" title="Netscape Browser">Netscape Browser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser#Version_8" title="History of the Opera web browser">Opera 8–8.54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)#Safari_2" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari 2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2006</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Firefox_version_history#Release_history" title="Firefox version history">Firefox 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer_7" title="Internet Explorer 7">Internet Explorer 7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser#Version_9" title="History of the Opera web browser">Opera 9–9.27</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2007</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maxthon#Browser_versions" title="Maxthon">Maxthon 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser#Version_9" title="History of the Opera web browser">Opera 9.5–9.64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)#Safari_3" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SeaMonkey#Release_history" title="SeaMonkey">SeaMonkey 1.1</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2008</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome" title="Google Chrome">Chrome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firefox_version_history#Release_history" title="Firefox version history">Firefox 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netscape_Navigator_9" title="Netscape Navigator 9">Netscape Navigator 9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NetSurf#Release" title="NetSurf">NetSurf 1.2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome" title="Google Chrome">Chrome 2–3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firefox_version_history#Release_history" title="Firefox version history">Firefox 3.5</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Internet Explorer 8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser#Version_10" title="History of the Opera web browser">Opera 10–10.63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pale_Moon" title="Pale Moon">Pale Moon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)#Safari_4" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SeaMonkey#Release_history" title="SeaMonkey">SeaMonkey 2.0</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="2010s98" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">2010s</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome" title="Google Chrome">Chrome 4–8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firefox_version_history#Release_history" title="Firefox version history">Firefox 3.6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunascape#History" title="Lunascape">Lunascape 6.0.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxthon#Browser_versions" title="Maxthon">Maxthon 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NetSurf#Release" title="NetSurf">NetSurf 2.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser#Version_11" title="History of the Opera web browser">Opera 11–11.64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)#Safari_5" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari 5</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2011</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome" title="Google Chrome">Chrome 9–16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firefox_version_history#Release_history" title="Firefox version history">Firefox 4–9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer_9" title="Internet Explorer 9">Internet Explorer 9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunascape#History" title="Lunascape">Lunascape 6.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser#Version_12" title="History of the Opera web browser">Opera 12–12.17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SeaMonkey#Release_history" title="SeaMonkey">SeaMonkey 2.1–2.4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterfox" title="Waterfox">Waterfox</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2012</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome" title="Google Chrome">Chrome 17–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firefox_version_history#Release_history" title="Firefox version history">Firefox 10–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer_10" title="Internet Explorer 10">Internet Explorer 10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunascape#History" title="Lunascape">Lunascape 6.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxthon#Browser_versions" title="Maxthon">Maxthon 3.4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NetSurf#Release" title="NetSurf">NetSurf 2.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)#Safari_6" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari 6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yandex_Browser" title="Yandex Browser">Yandex</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2013</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome" title="Google Chrome">Chrome 24–31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firefox_version_history#Release_history" title="Firefox version history">Firefox 18–26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer_11" title="Internet Explorer 11">Internet Explorer 11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser" title="History of the Opera web browser">Opera 15–18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)#Safari_7" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari 7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SeaMonkey#Release_history" title="SeaMonkey">SeaMonkey 2.15–2.22</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2014</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome" title="Google Chrome">Chrome 32–39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firefox_version_history#Release_history" title="Firefox version history">Firefox 27–34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunascape#History" title="Lunascape">Lunascape 6.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NetSurf#Release" title="NetSurf">NetSurf 3.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser" title="History of the Opera web browser">Opera 19–26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)#Safari_8" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari 8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SeaMonkey#Release_history" title="SeaMonkey">SeaMonkey 2.23–2.31</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2015</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome" title="Google Chrome">Chrome 40–47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firefox_version_history#Release_history" title="Firefox version history">Firefox 35–43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunascape#History" title="Lunascape">Lunascape 6.10–6.12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Edge_Legacy#Edge_Legacy_release_history" title="Microsoft Edge Legacy">Microsoft Edge 20, 25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser" title="History of the Opera web browser">Opera 27–34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)#Safari_9" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari 9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SeaMonkey#Release_history" title="SeaMonkey">SeaMonkey 2.32–2.39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivaldi_(web_browser)#History" title="Vivaldi (web browser)">Vivaldi Technical Preview 1–Beta 2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2016</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)#History" title="Brave (web browser)">Brave 0.7–0.12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome" title="Google Chrome">Chrome 48–55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firefox_version_history#Release_history" title="Firefox version history">Firefox 44–50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunascape#History" title="Lunascape">Lunascape 6.13–6.15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Edge_Legacy#Edge_Legacy_release_history" title="Microsoft Edge Legacy">Microsoft Edge 38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser" title="History of the Opera web browser">Opera 35–42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)#Safari_10" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari 10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivaldi_(web_browser)#History" title="Vivaldi (web browser)">Vivaldi Beta 3–1.6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yandex_Browser" title="Yandex Browser">Yandex 16</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2017</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)#History" title="Brave (web browser)">Brave 0.13–0.19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome" title="Google Chrome">Chrome 56–63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firefox_version_history#Release_history" title="Firefox version history">Firefox 51–57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Edge_Legacy#Edge_Legacy_release_history" title="Microsoft Edge Legacy">Microsoft Edge 40, 41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser" title="History of the Opera web browser">Opera 43–49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)#Safari_11" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari 11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SeaMonkey#Release_history" title="SeaMonkey">SeaMonkey 2.46–2.49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivaldi_(web_browser)#History" title="Vivaldi (web browser)">Vivaldi 1.7–1.13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yandex_Browser" title="Yandex Browser">Yandex 17</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2018</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basilisk_(web_browser)" title="Basilisk (web browser)">Basilisk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)#History" title="Brave (web browser)">Brave 0.20–0.60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome" title="Google Chrome">Chrome 64–71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firefox_version_history#Release_history" title="Firefox version history">Firefox 58–64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Edge_Legacy#Edge_Legacy_release_history" title="Microsoft Edge Legacy">Microsoft Edge 42–44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser" title="History of the Opera web browser">Opera 50–57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)#Safari_12" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari 12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivaldi_(web_browser)#History" title="Vivaldi (web browser)">Vivaldi 1.14–2.2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterfox" title="Waterfox">Waterfox 56.0–56.2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yandex_Browser" title="Yandex Browser">Yandex 18</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2019</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)#History" title="Brave (web browser)">Brave 0.61–1.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome" title="Google Chrome">Chrome 72–79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firefox_version_history#Release_history" title="Firefox version history">Firefox 65–71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Edge_Legacy#Edge_Legacy_release_history" title="Microsoft Edge Legacy">Microsoft Edge 44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser" title="History of the Opera web browser">Opera 58–65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)#Safari_13" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari 13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivaldi_(web_browser)#History" title="Vivaldi (web browser)">Vivaldi 2.3–2.10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterfox" title="Waterfox">Waterfox 60.1–68.0a2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naver_Whale" title="Naver Whale">Whale 1.4–1.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yandex_Browser" title="Yandex Browser">Yandex 19</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="2020s98" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">2020s</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)#History" title="Brave (web browser)">Brave 1.2–1.18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome" title="Google Chrome">Chrome 80–87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firefox_version_history#Release_history" title="Firefox version history">Firefox 72–84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Edge#New_Edge_release_history" title="Microsoft Edge">Microsoft Edge 79–87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser" title="History of the Opera web browser">Opera 66–73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SeaMonkey#Release_history" title="SeaMonkey">SeaMonkey 2.53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivaldi_(web_browser)#History" title="Vivaldi (web browser)">Vivaldi 2.11–3.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yandex_Browser" title="Yandex Browser">Yandex 20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)#Safari_14" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari 14</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2021</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)#History" title="Brave (web browser)">Brave 1.19–1.33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome" title="Google Chrome">Chrome 88–96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firefox_version_history#Release_history" title="Firefox version history">Firefox 85–95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Edge#New_Edge_release_history" title="Microsoft Edge">Microsoft Edge 88–96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser" title="History of the Opera web browser">Opera 74–82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SeaMonkey#Release_history" title="SeaMonkey">SeaMonkey 2.53.10.2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivaldi_(web_browser)#History" title="Vivaldi (web browser)">Vivaldi 3.6–5.0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yandex_Browser" title="Yandex Browser">Yandex 21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)#Safari_15" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari 15</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2022</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arc_(web_browser)#Production_and_release" title="Arc (web browser)">Arc 0.46–0.81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)#History" title="Brave (web browser)">Brave 1.34–1.46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome" title="Google Chrome">Chrome 97–108</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firefox_version_history#Release_history" title="Firefox version history">Firefox 96–108</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Edge#New_Edge_release_history" title="Microsoft Edge">Microsoft Edge 97–108</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser" title="History of the Opera web browser">Opera 83–94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivaldi_(web_browser)#History" title="Vivaldi (web browser)">Vivaldi 5.1–5.6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yandex_Browser" title="Yandex Browser">Yandex 22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)#Safari_16" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari 16</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2023</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arc_(web_browser)#Production_and_release" title="Arc (web browser)">Arc 0.85–1.21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)#History" title="Brave (web browser)">Brave 1.47–1.61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome" title="Google Chrome">Chrome 109–120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firefox_version_history#Release_history" title="Firefox version history">Firefox 109–121</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Edge#New_Edge_release_history" title="Microsoft Edge">Microsoft Edge 109–120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser" title="History of the Opera web browser">Opera 95–106</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivaldi_(web_browser)#History" title="Vivaldi (web browser)">Vivaldi 5.7–6.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yandex_Browser" title="Yandex Browser">Yandex 23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)#Safari_17" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari 17</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2024</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arc_(web_browser)#Production_and_release" title="Arc (web browser)">Arc 1.25–1.74</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)#History" title="Brave (web browser)">Brave 1.62–1.73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome" title="Google Chrome">Chrome 121–131</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firefox_version_history#Release_history" title="Firefox version history">Firefox 122–133</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Edge#New_Edge_release_history" title="Microsoft Edge">Microsoft Edge 121–131</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Opera_web_browser" title="History of the Opera web browser">Opera 107–115</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivaldi_(web_browser)#History" title="Vivaldi (web browser)">Vivaldi 6.6–7.0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yandex_Browser" title="Yandex Browser">Yandex 24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)#Safari_18" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari 18</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2025</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arc_(web_browser)#Production_and_release" title="Arc (web browser)">Arc 1.77–</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)#History" title="Brave (web browser)">Brave 1.74–</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome" title="Google 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