A beta version of "IE 8" will appear in the first half of 2008, and general users can also download it

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1, that is, an invitation letter for beta testers of the next term IE 8 is issued here and there, according to it it is said that the beta versionIt will appear in the first half of 2008It is said that general users can also participate.

Details are as below.
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According to this article, the beta of IE 8 will be downloadable for general users to be tested. Before that, Technical Beta will be held for developers, which seems to be distributed this time.

The User - Agent of IE 8 will be as follows.

Mozilla / 4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0)