When I mentioned yesterday that Beta 2 of Internet Explorer 8 was coming soon I had no idea how soon! Microsoft have today released the Beta which means we get to find out how much quicker it is. They have released versions for Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008 in both 32-bit and 64-bit flavours.
According to IEBlog, this beta release is not so focused at developers like the first Beta, but is aimed at the general public as well. From the looks of it they've made changes to the navigation bar that makes it a great deal like the Firefox AwesomeBar, although in Microsoft's case they've stated where it's found the result. Does it really need to do that? If you're typing a URL do you really care where it's auto-completing it from?
