Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2
Technology Overview for Developers
Table of Contents
Executive Overview 5
Real World Interoperability and Compatibility 5
Standards Improvements 5
The Default Layout Mode 7
ActiveX 8
Adaptive Page Zoom 9
Improved Printing 11
W3C ARIA Support 11
File Upload Control 11
Faster and Easier 12
Integrated Developer Tools 12
CSS 2.1 Compliance 13
Acid2 Test Compliance 14
HTML and DOM Improvements 14
Ajax Navigations 15
DOM Storage 15
Connection Events 15
Cross-domain Requests (XDR) 16
Cross-document Messaging (XDM) 16
Safer Mashups: HTML Sanitization 16
Safer Mashups: JSON Sanitization 17
Selectors API 17
Data URI Support 18
Improved Namespace Support 18
MIME-Handling Changes 18
Reach Beyond the Page 19
Accelerators 19
Web Slices 20
Enhanced Instant Search 21
End-user and IT Pro Features 21
Crash Recovery 21
Performance and Memory Improvements 22
Managing Add-ons 23
Domain Name Highlighting 25
Enhanced Add-on Management 26
Data Execution Prevention 26
Conclusion 26
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