Internet Explorer 8 is available only on PCs running Windows.
Check out Windows 7, which includes Internet Explorer 8.
Browser comparison chart
Look at some ways Internet Explorer 8 is taking the competition head-on:
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Security |  | | | With the SmartScreen filter, Internet Explorer 8 is the # 1 browser in malware and phishing protection. Internet Explorer 8 is: oo 2.9 times better than Firefox in protecting against malicious malware 5 times better than Chrome in protecting against malicious malware 3 times better than Chrome in protecting users against phishing attacks
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Privacy | | | |
By default, Internet Explorer 8 separates the address bar and search bar functions to help ensure that what you type in your address bar stays private and isn’t shared with anyone.
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Ease of use | | | |
Internet Explorer 8 is the only browser that offers tab grouping and color coding, Accelerators, Web Slices, and visual search suggestions that help make your daily online tasks easier.
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Web standards | | | |
Firefox and Chrome have more support for emerging standards like HTML5 and CSS3, but Internet Explorer 8 supports standards commonly used by the websites you visit today. That includes supporting more of the CSS 2.1 specification than any other browser.
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Developer tools | | | |
Internet Explorer 8 has the most comprehensive developer tools—including HTML, CSS and JavaScript editing, and JavaScript profiling—built in. The developer tools available with other browsers either need to be downloaded separately or aren't as complete.
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Reliability | | | |
Only Internet Explorer 8 has both tab isolation and crash recovery features.
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Customizability | | | |
Firefox may win in sheer number of add-ons, but many of the customizations you'd want to download for Firefox are already part of Internet Explorer 8 right out of the box. So you can focus on finding unique content rather than on the feature itself. oo |
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Compatibility | | | | |
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Manageability | | | |
Internet Explorer 8 wins hands down with ability to customize the installation, post deployment management of the browser, and compatibility tools. oo |
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Performance | | | |
"Fast" in the world of browsing isn't all about artificial laboratory micro-benchmarks. Real people measure browsing speed by how quickly they can accomplish something—whether it's comparing products, looking up an address, or locating a site they visited a few days ago.
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