![]() IE8 will also be available from Microsoft’s main download center starting today. A few examples of sites that do have Web Slice functionality are eBay, Digg and Facebook. Web Slices in particular are not supported by many other sites in IE8 RC1. ![]() “IE8 has now more than 1400 group policy rules, where Firefox has about 15, and you only get those after installing a third-party plug-in,” she says.īarzdukas also mentioned that “significantly more” third parties will be supporting Web Slices and Accelerators, two popular IE8 browsing features that allow users to access information without leaving the browser. That’s a significant advantage,” Barzdukas says.īarzdukas added that Microsoft strongly encourages that enterprises get off Internet Explorer 6 and move to a modern browser like IE8 for its security features such as Automatic Crash Recovery and the Smartscreen Filter.Īlso for enterprises, Barzdukas emphasized IE8’s group policy support that allows IT managers to establish and enforce rules that prevent users from switching off a phishing filter or getting tricked into downloading malware. “While IE7 had a phishing filter, it did not have anti-malware incorporated into the Smartscreen filter that way IE8 does.
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