Internet Explorer 8

<p>Windows Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) is a <a href="/facts/Web_browser/2pfyymLs">web browser</a> for <a href="/facts/Windows/bwhAhuSL">Windows</a>. It was released by <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a> on March 19, 2009, and was the default browser on <a href="/facts/Windows_7/tldLdbnX">Windows 7</a> and <a href="/facts/Windows_Server_2008_R2/fphr15Tu">Windows Server 2008 R2</a>.
</p><p>It is the first version of IE to pass the <a href="/facts/Acid2/EMogz4qA">Acid2</a> test, the last of the major browsers to do so. (In the later <a href="/facts/Acid3/zX0JtLt6">Acid3</a> Test, it only scores 24/100.) It is the last version of Internet Explorer to support <a href="/facts/Windows_XP/IozrkAYS">Windows XP</a> SP2–SP3, <a href="/facts/Windows_XP_x64_Edition/Xsx8RocW">Windows XP x64 Edition</a> SP2, <a href="/facts/Windows_Server_2003/3vIJam5L">Windows Server 2003</a> SP2, <a href="/facts/Windows_Vista/IASEUCTB">Windows Vista</a> RTM–SP1, and <a href="/facts/Windows_Server_2008/hrcPjTCH">Windows Server 2008</a> RTM, as well as <a href="/facts/Itanium/0wkjSDpe">Itanium</a>-based processors. Additionally, it introduced a Compatibility View mode to optionally emulate older versions' rendering behaviour, and color-coded <a href="/facts/Tabbed_browsing/YswKP5Mg">tab</a> groups where links opened in new tabs share the color of the website they originated from. According to Microsoft, security, ease of use, and improvements in <a href="/facts/RSS/WBAWrkdj">RSS</a>, <a href="/facts/Cascading_Style_Sheets/tA90XBQo">CSS</a>, and <a href="/facts/Ajax_(programming)/cS0P0whT">Ajax</a> support were its priorities for IE8.
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Internet Explorer 8