I just downloaded the latest IE8 beta that is available to the public and I am impressed with some of the new features especially the Automatic Crash Recovery, which is something I have wanted since IE6 was out and it seemed to happen more with IE7. Here is the wording from the Beta Feature page:
Automatic Crash Recovery (ACR) is a feature of Windows®Internet Explorer® 8 that can help to prevent the loss of work and productivity in the unlikely event of the browser crashing or hanging. The ACR feature takes advantage of the Loosely-Coupled Internet Explorer feature to provide new crash recovery capabilities, such as tab recovery, which will minimize interruptions to users’ browsing sessions.
They even have a whitepaper on it here.
Here are some of the other features to expect listed here:
Activities
WebSlices
Favorites Bar
Automatic Crash Recovery
Improved Phishing Filter
You can get the latest bits of the IE8 beta here.
There are release notes here, as well as testing tools and resources here like whitepapers, Hands On Labs, Internet Explorer VPCs,
Just in time for MIX08, which starts today.
Enjoy!