Internet Explorer 8 default Browser of Windows 7

Internet Explorer 8 is the default browser that comes with Windows 7. It helps you surf the Internet in a quicker way. New features like Instant search, Web Slices, Accelerators, Compatibility View makes it stand ahead of all other previous versions and of all other competitive browsers like Firefox Mozilla, Google Chrome and others. The browser combines your browsing history with detailed suggestions from your favorite search providers in order to take you to more relevant search results. Instant search in internet browsers for windows 7 makes your work simple and displays a list of suggestions the moment you start typing. You can quickly access favorites without wasting time in typing.

SmartScreen technology
New SmartScreen technology provides you with instant and complete protection against malicious software and phishing attacks that can prove to be a threat to your security, as well as privacy.

It has now become easier to find changes on a website with the help of Web Slices. You just need to spot the green Web Slices icon on a site, click it. If any change has been made to the website, the Web Slices icon in your Favorites bar lights up. And, when you click on the glowing icon you can find out what changes have been made.

InPrivate Browsing
IE 8 offers InPrivate Browsing to the users which provide the option to prevent browsing history, cookies, usernames and passwords from being saved by the browser, it is comparatively lot more safer than the previous Internet Explorer versions. With In Private Browsing, no one can track your details. Cross-site Scripting protects you from hackers and web attacks. It also protects users from malicious websites from stealing your personal information

Compatibility View button
If a webpage doesn’t look right, just click the new Compatibility View button on the Address bar. The button corrects misaligned text or images on pages designed for older browsers.

Automatic crash recovery feature
With the help of new automatic crash recovery feature inscribed in Windows 7, if Internet Explorer 8 encounters a poorly built site that causes a tab to crash, only that tab will close, which is affected. All other tabs that are open in that window will remain unaffected.

With Internet Explorer 8 many of the browser related issues have been solved especially the ones concerned with the security. The risks of browser hijacks and script errors are also minimal. Speed, which was a major issue in the older versions, has also been improved to a great extent.