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After passing the test phase with the release of Release Candidate versions of Internet Explorer 8 some time ago, Microsoft finally completed the final version of the flagship browser. Internet Explorer 8 final version officially by Microsoft on Thursday (18/03) which then was released to the public.

Launch Internet Explorer 8 is actually the long-awaited public, considering that the current Internet Explorer (IE) still dominates the Internet browser market in the world. In other words, Microsoft's latest browser will still have a captive market of its own which ensures speed in consumer acceptance. Microsoft itself claims latest browser, Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) is the fastest most secure browser ever created.

Microsoft itself does not fool around with that statement, given in addition to adding the speed aspect, Microsoft also added features 'Domain Highlighting', which automatically will highlight a top-level domain pages of our site access. Besides SmartScreen Filter also supports user security by providing automatic warnings when users access the site pages that are considered dangerous by Microsoft.

Release Candidate version of Microsoft offered this in Internet Explorer, at least we know there are 3 excellent feature offered in this browser, which is WebSlices, Accelerator, and Visual Search.

Webslice as one of the leading features in Internet Explorer will provide convenience for the user in terms of access website information. Undeniably, the browsing activity we do every day, we actually only need only a few pieces of information from every site we visit. This tendency is facilitated by Microsoft in Internet Explorer 8 is. We can collect and take part of the important information we want to follow the progress of the various sites we visit frequently, just by click on the button 'WebSlices'. After applying the 'WebSlices' in that section, then the browser will automatically display the 'Favorites Bar'. However, this feature may not fully apply to websites in the country, because to be able to use this feature, the technology side of web development related sites have already confirmed their compatibility first.

Webslice addition, two other important feature is the Accelerator and Visual Search. Accelerator allows you to quickly get information from every word that we choose (highlited) when we read an article without us having to switch the browser page. This process will surely accelerate the process of our reading of an article or story, without looking back we have to manually words we want to understand meaning in a proclamation, by copying and seek other means through the pages of the browser. With this Accelerator, users will be able to easily find various options regarding the definition of a word. There are several options that information we can choose in this Accelerator, among others 'blog with Windows Live', 'Email with Windows Live', 'Map with Live Search', 'Search with Google' to the 'Translate with Live Search'.

While Visual Search is an image search feature, which is expected to be more enriching search results provided so as to better satisfy users in terms of content and visual. Visual Search this concept was actually leaving from the fact that the human visual aspect plays an important role in the understanding of a thing. By showing not only content, but also the pictures that describe it, is expected to further increase user satisfaction in getting results from that search did.
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