Internet Explorer 8:

Internet Explorer 8(Beta):
I became curious to install the IE8 and experience the new features. So I installed and started using these features.

After a short experience I found many advantages and disadvantages in Internet explorer 8
Some of the good features I like were
1. The address bar Highlights only the web site name in the web address making it very easy to identify which website you are in.
For example: www.blogger.com/blog-this.G?t=internet+explorer+.................(so on) is the actual address but IE8 highlights BLOGGER.COM only
2. Colored tabs for easy classification
3. Accelerator: one of the key feature of this version - If many are wondering what it could be - then try this: it is nothing but a quick finder
This is similar to finding synonyms of a word in MS Word- In MS Word we highlight the text and right click and select synonyms to get a list of synonyms
Similarly you can highlight the word in the IE8 and the accelerator button will appear with list of services you had selected. This will help you to find definitions, locate address on maps, blog on the topic, translate a word to other languages etc.

For eg: I highlighted services and scrolled to Define when I got its meaning in a small extended window. This can be used to find places on MAPS, translation of words etc. A wonderful feature which reduces the copy paste and search if we need any further details on a word/topic.

Nothing comes without pitfalls
1. Microsoft has used Accelerator strategy to increase its service popularity over Google.
In IE8 the accelerators get quick views only for Microsoft's services like Live Maps, MSN search, Define, Microsoft translator etc.
Now who will search for a meaning in Google which has to be opened in a new window rather than just using the MSN Encarta? Below is an example of the accelerator feature. Observe the same word if selected with "define with Encarta" shows the definition immediately while "Define with Google" doesn't. This will have some impact on Google search.
Hope this gets changed in IE8 original version.

2. Lastly I dint like the IE8 looks when compared to IE7. I changed to IE8(beta) and found the looks duller than IE7

3. I found a new bug in Internet Explorer 8 - The table of contents/Internal links/bookmark links don't work in the normal mode - one has to change it to compatable mode by pressing the button near the address bar.

For eg: try going to a Wikipedia page with IE8 and click on any of the table of contents of a topic. It won't take you to the topic in the same page. Once the compatibility view button is pressed then the page reloads and then the links to topics within the page works.

Do post your comments n experience. Any other drawbacks you observed?