A system similar to widgets from Windows Vista or Yahoo! Widgets Engine that allows you to find out updated information on specific topics found on a specific website without having to visit it.
The search box on the URL bar has been revamped: the icons of the available search engines are shown in the lower part, search suggestions are offered while you type, and results are accompanied by a small image that relates to the search. To facilitate integration with the services that Windows Live offers, Microsoft has included in Internet Explorer 8's menu bar a series of direct access links to web apps such as Windows Live blog, email, and Live Search translate, although you can also add accelerators for other third party services, such as Google, Yahoo!, Facebook, etc. IE8's interface has gone through very little modifications in regards to the previous version, except for the changes needed to introduce the following new features:Īccelerators. Here you will find the version of Internet Explorer 8 for Windows Vista. The Windows XP version isn't the same as the Windows Vista, which is also different from that of Windows Server 2008. There is a different version of Internet Explorer depending on which Windows operating system you use.