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 Compatibity View in Internet Explorer 8 .

There are lot of sites on Internet Explorer 8 which are still not compatible. To fix this problem select the compatibility view option.




After that add the site that you want to configure so it can be compatible.

How to Clear Cache & Cookies in Internet Explorer 8.0

To Clear Cache or Cookies in IE8 go to Tools-> Internet Options



Select Delete then you will get this window.



IE8 now has a preserve favorite option which lets you save the cache of the favorites. This enables you to search your favorites.

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.