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http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/ie8/readiness/Install.htm
I don't recommend installing if you use IE as your primary browser (shame on you anyway). Figured this may be useful to some dev's out there or just the uber-curious.
I got it installed on both a Vista, and XP machine with no problems, XP did want an additional update/validation though before going through the install. Installer is only 11mb, so it is obvious it is meant to be nothing more than an update to IE7. Interface is the same with the exception of a new button that allows all open tabs to be displayed in tiled thumbnail form.
I can also middle mouse click on a link and open in a new tab... yay more Firefox features. Setup also allowed me to easily import all my firefox settings, aswell as recommend extensions for IE that compare with the ones installed on FF.
It seems to render regular pages much faster than 7, almost with firefox like responsiveness. However, still being in beta stage, a handful of the pages i surfed get displayed completely botched. Google maps was funny to look at in it.
Fortunately there is an "Emulate IE7" button right on the main bar, which after hitting than and restarting the browser... its back to IE7 almost transparently.
I don't recommend installing if you use IE as your primary browser (shame on you anyway). Figured this may be useful to some dev's out there or just the uber-curious.
I got it installed on both a Vista, and XP machine with no problems, XP did want an additional update/validation though before going through the install. Installer is only 11mb, so it is obvious it is meant to be nothing more than an update to IE7. Interface is the same with the exception of a new button that allows all open tabs to be displayed in tiled thumbnail form.
I can also middle mouse click on a link and open in a new tab... yay more Firefox features. Setup also allowed me to easily import all my firefox settings, aswell as recommend extensions for IE that compare with the ones installed on FF.
It seems to render regular pages much faster than 7, almost with firefox like responsiveness. However, still being in beta stage, a handful of the pages i surfed get displayed completely botched. Google maps was funny to look at in it.
Fortunately there is an "Emulate IE7" button right on the main bar, which after hitting than and restarting the browser... its back to IE7 almost transparently.