A nice offshoot of MIX 08 is the public availability of Internet Explorer (IE) 8 Beta 1 as of yesterday. While the new browser has many features, the standards support is what has me tickled pink, and you’ll be happy to hear blandname still renders properly in the new version.
So head on over to the IE8 page Microsoft has put up, and grab the first beta of the new next thing.
Some general info from the release notes, including some help on using certificates from within Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1, as well as a quick heads-up that the help is merely copied from IE7:
General information
Help content
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 contains help content from Internet Explorer 7. Some topics will be broken or irrelevant. The help content will be updated in a later release of Internet Explorer 8.
New home page in home page set
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 will add a new page to the home page set. This page will be automatically removed from the home page set two weeks after you install Internet Explorer Beta 1. You can remove this additional home page from your home page set at any time. Uninstalling Internet Explorer Beta 1 earlier than its automatic removal will not remove the additional home page. In that case, you can remove the home page manually.
Turning off the in-page WebSlice button
You can turn off the in-page WebSlice button in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 by using the following method:
However, when you turn off the in-page WebSlice button, WebSlice discovery is also turned off in the Feed Discovery button that is located on the frame.
Viewing certificates in Windows Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1
Windows XP
When you click the View certificates icon after you click the Security Status Indicator lock icon in the address bar, you incorrectly receive the following message:
To view the certificate, follow these steps:
| 1. | Right-click the document, and then click Properties. |
| 2. | In the Properties dialog box, click Certificates. |
Windows Vista
To view the certificate of an encrypted page, click the View certificates icon after you click the Security Status Indicator lock icon in the address bar.
If you right-click the document, you click Properties, and then you click Certificates, the certificate is not displayed.