Microsoft IE8 Beta 1 now available

InfoWorld | at | by Mike

Microsoft Wednesday unveiled IE8 Wednesday and posted links to what the company called "Beta 1 for developers." Anyone, however, can download and install the preview.

"I am pleased to announce that Beta 1 for developers is available now," said Dean Hachamovitch, the IE group's general manager, in a presentation from MIX08, a Microsoft Web development conference that opened Wednesday in Las Vegas, Nev.

According to the download page published early Wednesday, IE8 Beta 1 will be available in separate versions for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008.