IE 8 Terms & Facts

Smart Address bar
The smart Address bar is a feature you can use to locate the recently-visited web site
containing a word.

Caret Browsing
To navigate a web page using the keywords.


Web splice
Web Splices provide only a preview of the latest web page information
When you subscribe to a website, you are automatically subscribed to its associated
RSS feed

Web page Developers must enable Web Pages for Web Slices

A new Search Feature in IE 8
Find as you type searching
Search provider management

Quick Pick
Allows you to easily switch between search providers.

IE8 New search features.
Visual Search Suggestions
An integrated Find on this Page Feature

Search Enhancement on IE8
Search suggestions based on browsing history
User preference protection.

Compatibility View Feature
It enables you view a site configured for IE 7 in IE 8

What happens after a website you access causes a tab to crash ?
IE 8 re-opens the content in the tab and informs you of what has happened.

How to Enable Caret Browsing

IE provides two new features to aid navigation:

Tab grouping - IE 8 allows you to group tabs containing related web pages.
This is useful for grouping web pages that relate to the same subject.
Group tabs are highlighted in the same color you see how they are grouped/

Caret browsing - This is for users who prefer using their keyboard enables you move a cursor on on web page with a keyboard.

To enable caret browsing go to view and then select Caret Browsing. Another method is to press F7.