Internet Explorer 8
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![Quick Tabs on Internet Explorer 8](/Images/godic/202501/20/IE8_quick_tabs4558.png")
![A map Accelerator using the IE8 Accelerators Smart tag](/Images/godic/202501/20/Internet_Explorer_8_Beta_1_Activities4558.png")
![Internet Explorer 8 in InPrivate mode](/Images/godic/202501/20/Internet_Explorer_8_InPrivate4558.png")
Windows Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) is a web browser developed by Microsoft in the Internet Explorer browser series, released on March 19, 2009. It is the successor to Internet Explorer 7, released in 2006, and is the default browser for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems.