First lets take a look at the options during initial installation.
During the initial install it looks like I have the option to get the latest updates.
Sure, might as well.
After Installation is complete time to reboot.
Ok, looks like IE wants to help me discover websites by suggesting them to me.
Normally I would not want this feature, but for this review I am turning it on.
you might always turn off the suggested sites at any time.
Time to choose Express or Custom parameters.
If you want more control over the setup process you will definitely want to use Custom controls.
If you are familiar and comfortable with Microsofts services go ahead and select that option.
For this installation I am selecting the option to see even more Accelerator option.
There is an option to kill the Accelerator providers, but come on test things out!
I am very excited about these new built in features.
This feature will protect you from phishing attempts and other scams.
However, I will Import from Firefox.
After clicking finish on the previous screen I get the other web client selection screen.
Bookmarks and Feeds Import Successful.
Taking A Look At New Features.Lets start digging in!
Expect to see more and more third party Accelerators as IE 8 becomes more of a standard.
I will test these out later, moving on.
The next thing which caught my attention was a message saying that the MSN homepage may require an add-on.
It is similar to the ActiveX warning but did not explicitly say it so I was not totally sure.
I do wish Microsoft would stop this from popping up on their own site!
I accept it and continue.
Many features are enabled by default such as Developer Tools.
It looks like everyone now wants an intuitive address bar.
Firefox 3 has the so called awesome bar.
Only 5 history entries will be shown.
If you want to see more just opt for expand arrow near the bottom.
The Quick Tabs button shows a small thumbnail of each page you have open in different tabs.
This comes in handy if you have multiple tabs open and need to access a certain page quickly.
With this version IE takes a lesson from Firefox and has included Crash Recovery.
This is a feature that previously could only be used by installing add-ons.
Here is an example of searching for a product with Amazon.
you might even grab the icons at the bottom to quickly switch between them.
Tired of your significant other harping on you about sites your visiting?
This feature is right up your alley!
