<s>
Windows	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8	I-Application
(	O
IE8	B-Application
)	O
is	O
the	O
eighth	O
and	O
,	O
by	O
now	O
,	O
discontinued	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
for	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
on	O
March	O
19	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
7	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
default	O
browser	B-Application
in	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
2008	I-Device
R2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8	I-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
IE	O
to	O
pass	O
the	O
Acid2	O
test	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
last	O
of	O
the	O
major	O
browsers	B-Application
to	O
do	O
so	O
(	O
In	O
the	O
later	O
Acid3	O
Test	O
,	O
it	O
only	O
scores	O
24/100	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
security	O
,	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
,	O
and	O
improvements	O
in	O
RSS	O
,	O
CSS	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
support	O
were	O
its	O
priorities	O
for	O
IE8	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
IE8	B-Application
development	O
started	O
in	O
or	O
before	O
March	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2008	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
sent	O
out	O
private	O
invitations	O
for	O
IE8	B-Application
Beta	O
1	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
March	O
5	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
released	O
Beta	O
1	O
to	O
the	O
general	O
public	O
,	O
although	O
with	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
web	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
launched	O
with	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8	I-Application
Readiness	O
Toolkit	O
website	O
promoting	O
IE8	B-Application
white	O
papers	O
,	O
related	O
software	O
tools	O
,	O
and	O
new	O
features	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
download	O
links	O
to	O
the	O
Beta	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
Developer	O
Network	O
(	O
MSDN	O
)	O
added	O
new	O
sections	O
detailing	O
new	O
IE8	B-Application
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Major	O
press	O
focused	O
on	O
a	O
controversy	O
about	O
Version	B-Protocol
Targeting	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
two	O
new	O
features	O
then	O
called	O
WebSlice	B-Application
and	O
Activities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
readiness	O
toolkit	O
was	O
promoted	O
as	O
something	O
"	O
developers	O
can	O
exploit	O
to	O
make	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8	I-Application
'	O
light	O
up	O
 '	O
.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
27	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
made	O
IE8	B-Application
Beta	O
2	O
generally	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
World	O
noted	O
various	O
Beta	O
2	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
InPrivate	O
mode	O
,	O
tab	O
isolation	O
and	O
color-coding	O
,	O
and	O
improved	O
standards	O
and	O
compatibility	O
compared	O
to	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
7	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
name	O
changes	O
included	O
Activities	O
to	O
Accelerators	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
IE7	B-Application
Phishing	O
filter	O
renamed	O
Safety	O
Filter	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
Beta	O
to	O
SmartScreen	O
,	O
both	O
accompanied	O
by	O
incremental	O
technical	O
changes	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
5	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
a	O
tool	O
was	O
provided	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
to	O
block	O
the	O
automatic	O
install	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8	I-Application
via	O
Windows	O
Update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IE	B-Application
8	I-Application
reached	O
general	O
availability	O
on	O
March	O
19	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IE8	B-Application
was	O
released	O
with	O
25	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
grew	O
up	O
to	O
63	O
for	O
Vista	B-Application
32-bit	O
in	O
June	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
IE8	B-Application
on	O
most	O
supported	O
Windows	O
versions	O
ended	O
on	O
January	O
12	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
when	O
Microsoft	O
began	O
requiring	O
customers	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
available	O
for	O
each	O
Windows	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	O
in	O
which	O
IE8	B-Application
was	O
the	O
final	O
version	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
available	O
,	O
support	O
ended	O
alongside	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
support	O
for	O
that	O
version	O
of	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
meant	O
that	O
support	O
for	O
IE8	B-Application
on	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
ended	O
with	O
its	O
end	O
of	O
extended	O
support	O
on	O
April	O
8	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
IE8	B-Application
ended	O
on	O
October	O
13	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
that	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	O
Embedded	O
Standard	O
7	O
ended	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IE8	B-Application
contains	O
many	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
including	O
WebSlices	B-Application
and	O
Accelerators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Accelerators	O
are	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
selection-based	B-Application
search	I-Application
which	O
allow	O
a	O
user	O
to	O
invoke	O
an	O
online	O
service	O
from	O
any	O
other	O
page	O
using	O
only	O
the	O
mouse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IE8	B-Application
specifies	O
an	O
XML-based	O
encoding	O
which	O
allows	O
a	O
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
or	O
web	O
service	O
to	O
be	O
invoked	O
as	O
an	O
Accelerator	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
How	O
the	O
service	O
will	O
be	O
invoked	O
and	O
for	O
what	O
categories	O
of	O
content	O
it	O
will	O
show	O
up	O
are	O
specified	O
in	O
the	O
XML	B-Protocol
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarities	O
have	O
been	O
drawn	O
between	O
Accelerators	O
and	O
the	O
controversial	O
Smart	B-Application
tags	I-Application
feature	O
experimented	O
with	O
in	O
the	O
IE	B-Application
6	I-Application
Beta	I-Application
but	O
withdrawn	O
after	O
criticism	O
(	O
though	O
later	O
included	O
in	O
MS	O
Office	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
inline	O
autocomplete	O
feature	O
has	O
been	O
dropped	O
from	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8	I-Application
,	O
leading	O
to	O
criticism	O
by	O
beta	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
a	O
website	O
or	O
add-on	O
causes	O
a	O
tab	O
to	O
crash	O
in	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8	I-Application
,	O
only	O
that	O
tab	O
is	O
affected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
browser	B-Application
itself	O
remains	O
stable	O
and	O
other	O
tabs	O
remain	O
unaffected	O
,	O
thereby	O
minimizing	O
any	O
disruption	O
to	O
the	O
browsing	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
developers	O
,	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8	I-Application
includes	O
tools	O
that	O
allow	O
debugging	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
CSS	B-Language
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
and	O
VBScript	B-Application
within	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
new	O
feature	O
in	O
IE8	B-Application
is	O
a	O
redesigned	O
Favorites	O
Bar	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
now	O
host	O
content	O
such	O
as	O
Web	B-Application
Slices	I-Application
,	O
web	B-General_Concept
feeds	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
documents	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
website	O
links	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8	I-Application
now	O
has	O
replaced	O
the	O
Find	O
...	O
dialog	O
box	O
with	O
an	O
inline	O
Find	O
toolbar	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
activated	O
by	O
pressing	O
or	O
from	O
search	O
box	O
drop-down	O
menu	O
but	O
the	O
(	O
or	O
any	O
other	O
kind	O
of	O
a	O
keyboard-driven	O
)	O
NextFind	O
command	O
has	O
gone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8	I-Application
highlights	O
all	O
instances	O
of	O
found	O
words	O
while	O
allowing	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
continue	O
the	O
navigation	O
normally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
security	O
mode	O
called	O
InPrivate	O
debuted	O
with	O
IE8	B-Application
,	O
and	O
consists	O
of	O
two	O
main	O
features	O
:	O
InPrivate	O
Browsing	O
and	O
InPrivate	O
Filtering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
similar	O
feature	O
,	O
first	O
introduced	O
in	O
Safari	B-Application
in	O
2005	O
,	O
was	O
later	O
implemented	O
in	O
Firefox	B-Language
3.5	I-Language
,	O
Opera	O
10.5	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
user	O
uses	O
InPrivate	O
Browsing	O
in	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8	I-Application
,	O
one	O
's	O
browsing	O
history	O
,	O
temporary	O
Internet	O
files	O
,	O
form	O
data	O
,	O
cookies	O
,	O
and	O
usernames	O
and	O
passwords	O
are	O
not	O
retained	O
by	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
,	O
leaving	O
no	O
local	O
evidence	O
of	O
browsing	O
or	O
search	O
history	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8	I-Application
includes	O
performance	O
improvements	O
across	O
the	O
HTML	B-Language
parser	O
,	O
CSS	B-Language
engine	O
,	O
mark-up	O
tree	O
manipulation	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
JScript	B-Language
runtime	O
and	O
the	O
associated	O
garbage	B-General_Concept
collector	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Memory	B-Error_Name
leaks	I-Error_Name
due	O
to	O
inconsistent	O
handling	O
of	O
circular	O
references	O
between	O
JScript	B-Language
objects	O
and	O
DOM	B-General_Concept
objects	O
were	O
corrected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
better	O
security	O
and	O
stability	O
,	O
IE8	B-Application
uses	O
the	O
Loosely	O
Coupled	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
(	O
LCIE	O
)	O
architecture	O
and	O
runs	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
frame	O
and	O
tabs	O
in	O
separate	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LCIE	O
prevents	O
glitches	O
and	O
hangs	O
from	O
bringing	O
down	O
the	O
entire	O
browser	B-Application
and	O
leads	O
to	O
higher	O
performance	O
and	O
scalability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Permissions	O
for	O
ActiveX	B-Application
controls	I-Application
have	O
been	O
made	O
more	O
flexible	O
instead	O
of	O
enabling	O
or	O
disabling	O
them	O
globally	O
,	O
they	O
can	O
now	O
be	O
allowed	O
on	O
a	O
per-site	O
basis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SmartScreen	O
Filter	O
extended	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
7	I-Application
's	O
phishing	O
filter	O
to	O
include	O
protection	O
from	O
socially	O
engineered	O
malware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
labeled	O
as	O
an	O
impostor	O
or	O
harmful	O
,	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8	I-Application
will	O
show	O
a	O
screen	O
prompting	O
that	O
the	O
site	O
is	O
reported	O
harmful	O
and	O
should	O
n't	O
be	O
visited	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
effectiveness	O
of	O
SmartScreen	O
filtering	O
has	O
been	O
reported	O
to	O
be	O
superior	O
to	O
socially	O
engineered	O
malware	O
protection	O
in	O
other	O
browsers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
feature	O
is	O
described	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
as	O
a	O
tool	O
to	O
suggest	O
websites	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
done	O
by	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
sending	O
information	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
over	O
a	O
secure	O
connection	O
,	O
which	O
keeps	O
the	O
information	O
and	O
a	O
per-session	O
,	O
uniquely	O
generated	O
identifier	O
for	O
a	O
short	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Suggested	O
Sites	O
feature	O
is	O
turned	O
off	O
by	O
default	O
and	O
is	O
disabled	O
when	O
the	O
user	O
is	O
browsing	O
with	O
InPrivate	O
enabled	O
or	O
visiting	O
SSL-secured	O
,	O
intranet	B-General_Concept
,	O
IP	B-Protocol
address	I-Protocol
,	O
or	O
IDN	B-Language
address	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Information	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
personally	O
identifiable	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
IP	B-Protocol
address	I-Protocol
and	O
browser	B-Application
information	O
is	O
sent	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
as	O
an	O
artifact	O
of	O
the	O
HTTPS	B-Protocol
protocol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Web	B-Application
Slices	I-Application
are	O
snippets	O
of	O
a	O
full	O
webpage	O
to	O
which	O
a	O
user	O
can	O
subscribe	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Web	B-Application
Slices	I-Application
are	O
kept	O
updated	O
by	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
automatically	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
viewed	O
directly	O
from	O
the	O
Favorites	O
bar	O
,	O
complete	O
with	O
graphics	O
and	O
visuals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
can	O
mark	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
pages	O
as	O
Web	B-Application
Slices	I-Application
,	O
using	O
the	O
hAtom	B-General_Concept
and	O
hSlice	O
microformats	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Web	B-Application
Slices	I-Application
have	O
been	O
compared	O
to	O
Active	O
Desktop	O
,	O
introduced	O
in	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
4	I-Protocol
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
RSS	I-Application
Platform	I-Application
also	O
supports	O
authenticated	O
feeds	O
beginning	O
with	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Image	B-Algorithm
scaling	I-Algorithm
is	O
done	O
using	O
bicubic	B-Algorithm
interpolation	I-Algorithm
resulting	O
in	O
smoother	O
looking	O
images	O
when	O
scaled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
information	O
bar	O
lets	O
users	O
allow	O
an	O
ActiveX	B-Application
control	I-Application
to	O
run	O
on	O
all	O
Web	O
sites	O
or	O
only	O
the	O
current	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
each	O
ActiveX	B-Application
control	I-Application
,	O
there	O
's	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
sites	O
where	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
approved	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
possible	O
to	O
have	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
automatically	O
open	O
the	O
current	O
session	O
at	O
the	O
next	O
startup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CSS	B-Language
Expressions	O
are	O
no	O
longer	O
supported	O
in	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8	I-Application
Standards	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
the	O
proprietary	B-Application
<wbr>	O
element	O
is	O
dropped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
option	O
to	O
delete	O
files	O
and	O
settings	O
stored	O
by	O
addons	O
or	O
ActiveX	B-Application
controls	I-Application
is	O
removed	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
now	O
performed	O
automatically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8	I-Application
's	O
main	O
rendering	O
mode	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
standards	O
mode	O
,	O
has	O
improved	O
support	O
for	O
various	O
web	O
standards	O
,	O
especially	O
CSS	B-Language
,	O
compared	O
to	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
7	I-Application
and	O
earlier	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
web	O
standards	O
supported	O
by	O
IE8	B-Application
include	O
the	O
following	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Accessible	B-General_Concept
Rich	I-General_Concept
Internet	I-General_Concept
Applications	I-General_Concept
(	O
)	O
specification	O
for	O
enhanced	O
accessibility	O
in	O
Ajax-based	O
rich	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
CSS	B-Language
level	O
1	O
is	O
fully	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CSS	B-Language
level	O
2	O
is	O
mostly	O
supported	O
,	O
however	O
several	O
rendering	O
bugs	O
and	O
regressions	O
may	O
affect	O
conformance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CSS	B-Language
level	O
3	O
is	O
partially	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DOM	B-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
brings	O
it	O
in	O
line	O
with	O
implementations	O
in	O
other	O
browsers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Attributes	O
and	O
properties	O
in	O
DOM	B-General_Concept
objects	O
are	O
now	O
handled	O
differently	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
behavior	O
of	O
the	O
getAttribute	O
,	O
setAttribute	O
and	O
removeAttribute	O
modifiers	O
have	O
been	O
changed	O
to	O
match	O
the	O
behavior	O
of	O
other	O
browsers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
IE8	B-Application
does	O
not	O
support	O
some	O
other	O
W3C	O
standards	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Significant	O
parts	O
of	O
DOM	B-General_Concept
Level	O
2	O
and	O
3	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
standard	O
event	B-Application
model	I-Application
used	O
by	O
other	O
browsers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scalable	B-Application
Vector	I-Application
Graphics	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lack	O
of	O
SVG	B-Application
support	O
in	O
IE8	B-Application
was	O
criticized	O
by	O
world-wide-web	O
inventor	O
Tim	O
Berners-Lee	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IE8	B-Application
passes	O
the	O
Acid2	O
test	O
,	O
but	O
fails	O
the	O
Acid3	O
test	O
with	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
20/100	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
its	O
development	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
developed	O
over	O
7,000	O
tests	O
for	O
CSS	B-Language
level	O
2	O
compliance	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
submitted	O
to	O
the	O
W3C	O
for	O
inclusion	O
in	O
their	O
test	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8	I-Application
was	O
promoted	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
as	O
having	O
stricter	O
adherence	O
to	O
W3C	O
described	O
web	O
standards	O
than	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
7	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
as	O
in	O
every	O
IE	O
version	O
before	O
it	O
,	O
some	O
percentage	O
of	O
web	O
pages	O
coded	O
to	O
the	O
behavior	O
of	O
the	O
older	O
versions	O
would	O
break	O
in	O
IE8	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
would	O
have	O
been	O
a	O
repetition	O
of	O
the	O
situation	O
with	O
IE7	B-Application
which	O
,	O
while	O
having	O
fixed	O
bugs	O
from	O
IE6	B-Application
,	O
broke	O
pages	O
that	O
used	O
the	O
IE6-specific	O
hacks	O
to	O
work	O
around	O
its	O
non-compliance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
especially	O
a	O
problem	O
for	O
offline	O
HTML	B-Language
documents	O
,	O
which	O
may	O
not	O
be	O
updatable	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
avoid	O
this	O
situation	O
,	O
IE8	B-Application
implements	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
Version	B-Protocol
Targeting	I-Protocol
whereby	O
a	O
page	O
could	O
be	O
authored	O
to	O
a	O
specific	O
version	O
of	O
a	O
browser	B-Application
using	O
the	O
X-UA-Compatible	O
declaration	O
either	O
as	O
a	O
meta	O
element	O
or	O
in	O
the	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
headers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
maintain	O
backwards	O
compatibility	O
,	O
sites	O
can	O
opt-into	O
IE7-like	O
handling	O
of	O
content	O
by	O
inserting	O
a	O
specially	O
created	O
meta	O
element	O
into	O
the	O
web	O
page	O
that	O
triggers	O
the	O
"	O
Compatibility	O
View	O
"	O
mode	O
in	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
,	O
using	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Five	O
weeks	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
IE	B-Application
8	I-Application
Beta	O
2	O
in	O
August	O
2008	O
,	O
Beta	O
1	O
's	O
market	O
share	O
had	O
grown	O
from	O
0.05	O
percent	O
to	O
0.61	O
percent	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Net	O
Applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
estimates	O
of	O
IE8	B-Application
's	O
global	O
market	O
share	O
ranged	O
from	O
6.93	O
%	O
to	O
8.73	O
%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Net	O
Applications	O
web	O
analytics	O
for	O
October	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8	I-Application
accounts	O
for	O
17.31	O
%	O
of	O
web	O
traffic	O
,	O
now	O
overtaken	O
by	O
IE11	O
in	O
usage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
March	O
19	O
,	O
2009	O
review	O
,	O
Benny	O
Har-Even	O
of	O
IT	O
PRO	O
offered	O
some	O
praise	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8	I-Application
,	O
noting	O
its	O
reliability	O
and	O
good	O
features	O
and	O
concluding	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
certainly	O
the	O
best	O
version	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
in	O
a	O
long	O
time	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
that	O
"	O
there	O
's	O
not	O
yet	O
anything	O
here	O
to	O
make	O
Firefox	O
users	O
want	O
to	O
jump	O
ship	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
month	O
,	O
on	O
April	O
2	O
,	O
Mark	O
Joseph	O
Edwards	O
wrote	O
in	O
the	O
newsletter	O
Windows	O
Secrets	O
that	O
the	O
new	O
edition	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
had	O
greatly	O
improved	O
security	O
,	O
speed	O
and	O
compatibility	O
,	O
but	O
opined	O
that	O
it	O
still	O
lagged	O
behind	O
competitors	O
in	O
all	O
three	O
areas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edwards	O
noted	O
that	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8	I-Application
was	O
still	O
underperforming	O
relative	O
to	O
other	O
browsers	B-Application
in	O
speed	O
and	O
was	O
not	O
as	O
successful	O
in	O
displaying	O
webpages	O
as	O
they	O
were	O
intended	O
to	O
display	O
as	O
such	O
browsers	B-Application
as	O
Firefox	O
and	O
Opera	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
terms	O
of	O
security	O
,	O
he	O
wrote	O
that	O
its	O
"	O
continued	O
reliance	O
on	O
ActiveX	B-Application
makes	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
vulnerable	O
in	O
its	O
very	O
foundation.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
these	O
reasons	O
,	O
he	O
suggested	O
that	O
Firefox	O
remained	O
a	O
better	O
alternative	O
to	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8	I-Application
,	O
even	O
though	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
"	O
much	O
better	O
browser	B-Application
than	O
IE	O
7.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
2010	O
,	O
a	O
theme	B-Application
named	O
"	O
BlueSky	O
"	O
was	O
created	O
for	O
the	O
Mozilla	O
Firefox	O
browser	B-Application
with	O
the	O
aim	O
to	O
resemble	O
the	O
graphical	O
user	O
interface	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8	I-Application
as	O
accurately	O
as	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8	I-Application
is	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
that	O
supports	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
SP2+	O
,	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
XP	I-Operating_System
Professional	I-Operating_System
x64	I-Operating_System
Edition	I-Operating_System
SP2	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
SP2	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
x64	B-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
RTM	O
—	O
SP1	O
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
2008	I-Device
RTM	O
;	O
as	O
the	O
following	O
version	O
,	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
9	I-Application
,	O
only	O
supports	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
SP2	O
or	O
later	O
and	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
2008	I-Device
SP2	O
or	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
