Download IE8 RTW Language Packs for Vista SP1

Concomitantly with the general availability of Internet Explorer 8 RTW, Microsoft also released to web the IE8 Language Packs. Fact is that the gold version of IE8 RTW is currently available for download in no less than 25 languages, but the software giant has taken it one step further. In addition to the fully localized languages of IE8, the Redmond company is also offering users worldwide the possibility to translate the graphical user interface of IE7’s successor.

“The Internet Explorer 8 Language Packs install language specific resource files, allowing users to view the user interface (UI) of Internet Explorer 8 in a different supported language,” Microsoft informed. Currently users of the following languages will be able to take advantage of the IE8 RTW Language Packs: Arabic, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Hong Kong), Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish.

The individual language packs are available exclusively for Windows Vista RTM/SP1 and Windows Server 2008. This because users will need to deploy the language packs on top of IE8 RTW running on Vista and Windows Server 2008, but only if the operating system already has matching OS language pack installed. The software giant is offering no less than 50 downloads, as all Language Packs are offered for both the 32-bit and the 64-bit flavors of the Windows client and server platforms.

Internet Explorer 8 Language Packs for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 are available for download here :

  Internet Explorer 8 (16.1 MiB, 72 hits)

Download Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) RTW for Vista SP1 and XP SP3

The official download links for IE8 gold are now up and running. Internet Explorer 8 is designed to integrate with Windows XP (including SP2 and SP3), Windows Vista RTM and SP1 as well as Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003. The first wave of IE7’s successor will be served in the following languages today: Arabic, Chinese (Traditional, Simplified and Hong Kong), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish. Microsoft has not disclosed its plans for additional releases of Internet Explorer 8.

In a first phase, Microsoft will make IE8 RTW exclusively available for download. Moving forward, the Redmond company will offer the browser through Windows Update. The last phase in the IE8 delivery process involves serving the browser through Automatic Updates. In the final wave, all IE6 and IE7 users running an IE8-supported platform with AU enabled will have Internet Explorer 8 automatically downloaded and installed on their machines.

Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) RTW is available for download here :

  Internet Explorer 8 (16.1 MiB, 72 hits)

(for 32-bit and 64-bit flavors of Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008).

Download Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) Release Candidate 1 (RC1) for Vista SP1 and XP SP3

The next iteration of Microsoft’s proprietary browser is close to finalization. The first Release Candidate (RC1) Build of Internet Explorer 8 is now available for download. Following the Beta 2 and the Partner Build releases at the end of 2008, IE8 RC1 is designed to integrate with both 32-bit and 64-bit flavors of Windows Vista RTM and Service Pack 1 (SP1), Windows XP SP3 and earlier, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. Microsoft released IE8 RC1 in no less than 25 localized variants.

Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is available for download here :

  Internet Explorer 8 RC1 (16.2 MiB, 89 hits)

IE8 Faster than Firefox 3.05 and Chrome 1.0?

Did you know that IE 8 loads faster than Firefox 3.05 and Chrome 1.0 on the top 25 popular web sites?

Is the faster on 5 out of the top 10 sites
12 of the top 25
3 times as many as Firefox
1/3 more than Chrome

Don’t believe me then watch the video below.

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Internet Explorer 8 Release To Web Available In Just 2 Weeks

Downloads of Internet Explorer 8 RTW are just around the corner as it is reportedly planning to be released in the week of March 16, 2009.

At the end of January 2009, Microsoft wrapped up and offered testers what it referred to as the last major development milestone of Internet Explorer 8, namely IE8 (Release Candidate) RC.

At this moment, Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is available for download here :

  Internet Explorer 8 RC1 (16.2 MiB, 89 hits)