If you're a devotee of any other browser, you're probably groaning yourself silly right now, and with good reason. But it's the "five S's" - speed, stability, security, standards and search - that are the most important enhancements. There are bunches of little things, like new bookmark manager and the ability to isolate and print a specific part of any page, that are just added niceties. Users upgrading from previous versions of IE are going to be pleased. Highlight some text and right-click, for example, and you're given options to "Blog this" or "Search for this" or "Translate this." A feature called "Accelerators" extends the semantic web by providing context-sensitive commands in when you right-click on different page elements. There's a private browsing mode and new protections against scripting attacks. IE8 arrives with options to install such smart engines for Amazon, The New York Times and Wikipedia with a few clicks. Any website can build a plug-in search engine that gives richer results, complete with thumbnail images, snippets of text and page descriptions. The search box also returns preliminary results as you type. IE8 has a smart address bar - start typing a URL and a drop-down offers suggested destinations from your recent history, favorites and feeds. Search is central to the experience, as it should be.
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