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After the release of IE7 Microsoft claimed that Internet explorer updates would be more frequent and hinted that these updates could be as frequent as every six to nine months. It is not far off two years since IE7 was released in beta format and the beta of IE8 has just become available.

I downloaded it today. Much too early to form an opinion let alone report any findings but that I will do as soon as is practical.

Please know this;

Beta downloads are exactly that. You should not download them on mission critical systems regardless of the source.

Even if a beta is stable and does not cause any issues it may be incomplete so any feature report based on beta usage may not be accurate based on a final release.

Beta releases may be upgraded so a beta release tested by you today mar result in a very different experience by someone downloading tomorrow.

If you want to take a test drive (and you have nominated a system specifically for this) go to

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/beta/default.aspx

I will report back next week on my experience.