This connection saves the information and a uniquely generated identifier, per-session for a short period of time. Microsoft has described this feature as a tool which can suggest websites in which browser sends information over a secure connection to Microsoft.
Microsoft set priorities like ease of use, security, Ajax support, Cascading Style Sheets and improvements in RSS for developing Internet Explorer 8.
About 20-22% is IE8’s estimated global market share.
This browser was launched as the successor to IE 7 released back in 2006 and is the default browser for Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 R2 operating systems excluding Europe. There are two builds available – 32-bit and 64-bit. Internet Explorer 8 was released on 19 March, 2009 for Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. Windows Internet Explorer 8 (abbreviated IE8) is Microsoft’s newly launched web browser in the very old browser series of Internet Explorer.